With start-up funding from The New York Community Trust, van Ameringen Foundation, and Raymond P. Jones Foundation, Public Health Solutions has begun a program to integrate mental health treatment services within a reproductive health setting. The initial pilot of this service demonstrated that women suffering from mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression could successfully receive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the same site where they receive their reproductive health care. Short-term individual and group sessions are provided for up to 12 weeks. With the start of NYS Medicaid reimbursement for provision of this service by Licensed Clinical Social Workers in 2008, the program will be expanded from one site to several of the MIC sites.

Senior Deputy Director Natalie Tobier
Program Manager Sarah Blust