The Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA-NYC) has received a $125,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) to expand and strengthen both the Veterans’ Mental Health Coalition of New York City and the Veteran’s Health Alliance of Long Island.

The coalition, created by MHA-NYC in collaboration with the National Alliance on Mental Illness of NYC (NAMI-NYC Metro), works to improve access to, and quality of, mental health and substance abuse care for veterans and their families.  The Veterans Health Alliance of Long Island, a project of the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, promotes the health and well-being of Long Island veterans and their families through advocacy and a broad array of services.

Over a two-year period, support from the grant will allow the coalition to expand by:

• Developing achievable policy agendas promoting appropriate, accessible, high-quality services for veterans and their families with behavioral health problems;
• Offering additional public and professional educational programs for mental health providers, veterans, service members and their families; and
• Building collaborative working relationships around the state with other organizations concerned about veterans’ mental health.

 “Our veterans with mental health needs deserve our help,” said Giselle Stolper, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of New York City.  “The New York State Health Foundation has been at the forefront of responding to these needs, and we are extremely grateful to the Foundation for awarding us this grant, which will allow us to take important next steps in addressing the unmet mental health challenges of veterans, service members, and their families.”

"We owe our veterans and their families the best possible health care and mental health services when they come back home,” said James R. Knickman, Ph.D., President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation. “These coalitions in New York City and on Long Island represent the organizations most committed to that vision, and we’re proud to support their efforts.”

“This grant provides a great opportunity to mobilize efforts to offer essential services to veterans and their families,” said Herb Ruben, Project Director for the Veterans’ Mental Health Coalition of New York City and the Veteran’s Health Alliance of Long Island. “Based upon my own experience as a Marine Corps veteran, I know how critical these services can be.”

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