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The recommendations call for revamping the system in a financially sustainable way. The County Executive's Commission on Community Behavioral Health was formed in August, 2014 to conduct a thorough, countywide community assessment of behavioral health needs, including an analysis of strengths and gaps.
"Improving behavioral health services is a top priority of my administration," said Day. "With these valuable recommendations, we take a major step toward ensuring that individuals and families facing behavioral health issues get the help they need, anywhere, anytime in Rockland County."
Upon conclusion of the assessment, the commission provided both a comprehensive profile of Rockland County's current behavioral health needs, resources and opportunities, and made more than 200 recommendations for specific actions to re-design the county's mental health, chemical dependency treatment and prevention and developmental disabilities services.
In the months ahead, the county will move to an oversight role in the delivery of behavioral health services. As funding is secured on the state and federal levels, the county will act as a "pass-through" to local nonprofit partners to develop and implement programs in the form of direct care services to residents.
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