Testimony to the City Council on Health and Mental Health
Good morning, Chair Schulman, Chair Lee, and members of the Committees on Health and Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction. Thank you for your leadership on the City Council and for the opportunity to testify. I’m Jody Rudin, CEO of the Institute for Community Living, or ICL. ICL serves about 13,000 children, families, and adults experiencing […]
Street Teams and Clubhouses: A New Plan to Help Mentally Ill New Yorkers
March 2, 2023 In his latest plan to help people with severe mental illness, Mayor Eric Adams says the city will focus on sending more counselors and medical professionals into the streets, not police officers. “I think the resources are well placed in terms of where the greatest acuity of need is,” Jody Rudin said. […]
Governor Hochul Announces Details of $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul New York State’s Continuum of Mental Health Care
February 2, 2023 “Governor Hochul’s plan invests in the right places, along the continuum of evidence-based programs, from prevention to permanency, ” – Jody Rudin On Thursday, February 2, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul announced details of her comprehensive $1 billion multi-year plan to overhaul the continuum of mental health care and drastically reduce the number […]
Jody Rudin on Inside City Hall
February 2, 2023 “This is a transformational plan that really has the potential to take us from a fragmented system of care to an integrated and comprehensive one.“ President and CEO Jody Rudin sat down with Errol Louis on Inside City Hall to discuss Governor Hochul’s $1 billion plan to expand and improve access to mental health care […]
Hochul to Unveil a $1 Billion Plan to Tackle Mental Illness in New York
January 10, 2023 In a State of the State address, the governor will seek to create new beds for people with severe mental illness and offer more mental health care to children. ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul will unveil a far-reaching billion-dollar plan on Tuesday to close some of the many gaps in the […]
Formerly homeless New Yorker finds rehabilitation through art therapy
January 18, 2023 A Brooklyn based nonprofit offers one-stop support to thousands of New Yorkers who are homeless or in danger of living on the street. More than 100,000 New Yorkers are homeless. “I just wanted to show the world that color is beautiful,” said Victor Alicea who once was homeless himself. Now, his life […]
State announces funding for up to 5,000 supportive housing units
January 4, 2023 The Institute for Community Living plans to use the funds to renovate the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, which focuses on supporting young adults aging out of foster care, according to the organization. The latest round of awards from a state program will provide funding for as many as 5,000 […]
The Brian Lehrer Show: How to Help New Yorkers Experiencing Psychosis
December 9, 2022 Jody Rudin, President and CEO of Institute for Community Living, talks with Brian Lehrer about how to help young people experiencing psychosis and how important it is for their mental health that they get help early on. Plus Benn, a student and participant in the Institute for Community Living’s […]
New York’s Plan to Address Crisis of Mentally Ill Faces High Hurdles
November 30, 2022 Many New Yorkers agree that the city must do more to help people with severe mental illness who can be seen wandering the streets and subways. But on Wednesday, a day after Mayor Eric Adams announced an aggressive plan to involuntarily hospitalize people deemed too ill to care for themselves, experts in mental illness, […]
Op-Ed | New York City’s veterans need our support year-round, not just on Veterans Day
November 09, 2022 by Jody Rudin, CEO, Institute for Community Living (ICL) Every Veterans Day, we honor the individuals of the United States armed forces who risked their lives to protect ours. Unfortunately, during the other 364 days, many of us do too little to support them, even though many veterans face extreme life challenges, […]
