Division of Mental Hygiene

Works with providers, consumers and families to ensure access to high-quality services, improve the lives of New Yorkers with mental illness and chemical dependency disorders, and help those with mental retardation and developmental delays and disabilities.

Bureau of Chemical Dependency
Contracts with service providers to provide residential, outpatient and hospital-based treatment; detoxification; prevention and education programs. The Bureau monitors programs’ productivity, provides technical assistance to service providers and assesses the need for chemical dependency treatment and prevention services throughout the city.

Bureau of Clinical Affairs and Health Integration
Works to increase depression screening in primary care, integrate health improvements into the mental hygiene service system and coordinate care for children and adolescents. The Bureau strives to improve New Yorker’s ability to respond to the psychological effects of a disaster and provides clinical consultation and cross-disability coordination.

Bureau of Early Intervention
Supports infants and children with developmental delays in their efforts to realize their full potential. The Bureau works to reduce the likelihood of delays among at-risk children, empower families to meet their child and family’s needs and help eligible children secure therapeutic services.

Bureau of Mental Health
Contracts with NYC service providers to offer treatment, rehabilitation and referral services, as well as housing and vocational services, to NYC children and adults. The Bureau oversees more than 700 treatment, rehabilitation, housing, case management, advocacy and assisted outpatient treatment programs.

Bureau of Mental Hygiene Administration
Provides administrative support to the Division of Mental Hygiene by managing information technology, human resources, purchasing, procurement and budget.With the agency’s contracting office, the Bureau also manages the contract registration process for mental health, chemical dependency and mental retardation/developmental disabilities services.

Bureau of Mental Hygiene Policy and Planning
Collaborates with other stakeholders to develop quality improvement projects for mental hygiene providers. The Bureau provides analytic support for fiscal and programmatic decisions, coordinates the development of local government plans, develops performance measures and conducts program audits.

Bureau of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities
Contracts services for New Yorkers with mental retardation or developmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy and other neurological impairments. The Bureau works with service recipients, families, providers and advocates to identify gaps in service and develop creative solutions.

Office of Consumer Affairs
Provides training and consumer information on mental hygiene services and responds to public requests. The office works with the Federation for Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism Services and a variety of community-based organizations to promote consumer participation in mental hygiene services.