We’re launching a comprehensive mental health plan for New York City.
The six principles below guide our work. Join the conversation and help us make mental health everyone’s business.
Change the Culture
Stigma stops people from getting the care they need. ThriveNYC is changing the culture by encouraging every New Yorker to be part of the solution.
Act Early
Early intervention is key to preventing mental illness. By investing in the mental health of New York’s youngest citizens, we can safeguard our children’s future.
Social Emotional Learning teaches children to manage their emotions in a positive way. By teaching Social Emotional Learning at all Early Learning and Pre-K for All sites, ThriveNYC is investing in the mental health of our children.
ThriveNYC provides healthy relationship training to all New York City teens in foster care. The training offers interactive workshops on dating violence and cyber abuse for adolescents, young adults, parents, and service providers.
ThriveNYC makes sure onsite mental health services are offered at all community schools to meet needs of students.
Network of Mental Health Consultants Serving All Schools
ThriveNYC has created a network of mental health consultants to provide additional mental health support to schools without existing mental health services.
Close Treatment Gaps
Barriers to treatment stop people from getting the care they need. By finding and closing treatment gaps, we can create a mental health system that works for everyone.
How We’re Closing Those Gaps
Partner with Communities
We are partnering with communities because New Yorkers are more likely to access services in places they already go to receive care.
By embracing the wisdom and strength of local communities, we can collaborate to create effective and culturally competent solutions.
Use Data Better
We’re testing new and innovative data models, and using best practices in data collection, surveys, and ongoing evaluations of initiatives.
A new Mental Health Innovation Lab is giving the City the data and resources it needs to coordinate this effort.
We’re using a child health survey to collect reliable citywide data on the health and emotional wellness of children. Many factors affect wellness for children and families, from adverse life events to access to care.
Strengthen Government’s Ability to Lead
Your government has a responsibility to support mental health. In order to achieve our ambitious goals and long-term change, we have to lead all government stakeholders towards our shared objectives.
NYC Well
The City launched NYC Well, a robust and accessible system that serves as an easy point of entry to many of the City’s behavioral health services.
The Mental Health Council connects and empowers City agencies to implement this plan.
Mental Health Council
Cities Thrive
The Cities Thrive Coalition brings together some of our nation’s best thinkers on mental health to develop innovative programs, discuss best practices, create an ongoing conversation and push our federal partners to join us in making mental health and substance misuse a top priority.