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, […]
Our Behavioral Healthcare System is in Crisis; Here’s How We Fix It
September 02, 2022 by Dr. Victoria Pham Very often patients with serious issues such as active hallucinations, self-harm behavior, severe depression, and suicidality wait for days in common spaces or crowded hospital hallways for observation or the next available inpatient psychiatric bed. I’ve seen patients in need of hospitalization far exceed available beds in New York […]
Victoria Pham: 2022 Crain’s Notable Health Care Leaders
August 23, 2022 Under the direction of Pham, the Institute for Community Living provides mental health support, substance use treatments, intellectual disability accommodation services and behavioral health–medical integrative care. She serves nearly 15,000 individuals in 100 programs across New York City. She offers monthly lectures on psychopharmacology to physicians and nurse practitioners at the state […]
Navigating the Road to Recovery: An Art and a Science
Jose Cotto, LCSW April 19, 2022 Defining recovery is all-encompassing. It may be recovery from mental illness, substance use, trauma, losses and, as we’ve recently learned, from the effects of a pandemic. Most often it is thought about as a journey toward regaining something that was lost or returning to a former state. In behavioral […]
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness: Peers Play a Critical Role
Edwin Rosario | Jose Cotto, LCSW July 14, 2022 Sharing a lived experience may be the single most important tool we have to address the stigma of living with a mental illness, and the isolation of COVID only exacerbated how important it can be to have someone to talk with who truly understands. Over the past […]
CEO Jody Rudin featured in Crain’s Notable 2022 LGBTQ Leaders
June 20, 2022 Jody Rudin oversees one of New York’s largest mental and behavioral health services and housing organizations. At the Institute for Community Living, she is responsible for operation, fundraising, and government relations. In addition, she focuses on growing the organization and its whole-health model of services, increasing services for children and young adults. […]
Nevins Street Apartments Grand Re-opening – Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams Announce Completion of $72 Million Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development in Downtown Brooklyn
May 9, 2022 Nevins Street Apartments Adds 129 Affordable and Supportive Homes to Downtown Brooklyn with 6,000 Square Feet of Retail Space 78 Apartments Reserved for Formerly Homeless Individuals, Veterans, Young Adults, and Individuals Recovering From a Substance Use Disorder Part of Governor’s $25 Billion Five-Year Transformative Housing Plan Governor Kathy Hochul and New York […]
