TYSA is a data-driven collaboration aimed at leveraging the power of collective impact to decrease substance use and substance-related harms, improve mental health, and increase healthy choices for Staten Island’s youth and young adults. This coalition seeks to increase opportunities to access quality prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services on Staten Island to change the dialogue around behavioral health issues.
Our community is facing record levels of mental health and substance use-related issues. Youth are struggling with anxiety, depression, and suicide and are ever more likely to turn to substances to cope. Parents and other adults are overwhelmed, and many cannot afford housing, healthcare, and other essential items. So many in our community have lost loved ones to suicide and overdose.
We at TYSA acknowledge this. We have been working to improve Staten Island’s behavioral health using data-driven, evidence-based approaches for over a decade and will continue to do so until the behavioral health needs of all Staten Islanders have been met.
TYSA uses the following metrics to measure the success of our strategies:
Decreased substance use and overdoses
Decreased mental health issues and suicidal ideation/ attempts/deaths
Increased protective factors (i.e., community connectedness, available and culturally appropriate local programming, etc.)
Decreased risk factors (i.e, attitudes favorable towards substance use, availability of substances, etc.)
Increased funding from local, state, and federal government agencies that supports behavioral health for Partnerships and the overall behavioral health landscape.
TYSA is a dynamic partnership of private and nonprofit organizations, city and state government agencies, philanthropists, parents, teachers, and young people with personal and professional expertise. TYSA utilizes collective impact to decrease substance misuse and improve mental health through education, reducing stigma, collecting and distributing data, providing opportunities for youth community involvement, connecting the community with needed services and resources, and advocating for systems-level change at local, state, and federal levels.
If you are interested in participating in any of the following TYSA’s workgroups, please contact Natalie Wieschenberg (natalie1@sipcw.org)
Summary: Community-based partners discuss how to effectively prevent, intervene early, and treat substance use and mental health issues among primarily school-aged youth.
Schedule: Monthly on the 1st Tuesday; 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM. Prevention meetings are held remotely via Zoom.
Summary: Partners develop and advance policy platforms that impact community behavioral health—such as the availability of substances and treatment, the quality of treatment, and government funding.
Schedule: Monthly on the 2nd Thursday; 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM. P&A meetings are held remotely via Zoom.
This workgroup is split into 2 subgroups: the Executive P&A Workgroup (12:00 - 12:45); and the Open P&A Workgroup (12:45 - 1:30).
Summary: Partners discuss how to effectively leverage data to assess community needs, and how to evaluate and improve TYSA strategies.
Schedule: Monthly on the 2nd Friday; 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. KID meetings are held remotely via Zoom.
Summary: Partners discuss how to effectively improve the accessibility and quality of the borough’s behavioral health treatment and recovery programs.
Schedule: Monthly on the 3rd Tuesday; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM. CoC meetings are held fully remotely via Zoom for roughly half of meetings, and held in-person at various locations on Staten Island, with an option to join remotely via Zoom for the other half of meetings.
Summary: Partners discuss how to effectively prevent drug overdoses and other drug-related harms, reduce stigma towards people who use drugs, and share information and current events related to drug use and overdoses.
Schedule: Monthly on the 4th Friday; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. CPI meetings are held remotely via Zoom.
Summary: TYSA’s Youth Consultants discuss and implement strategies that support the behavioral health of youth, with an emphasis on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth.
Schedule: Every 2 Weeks on Friday; 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. YC meetings are held remotely via Zoom.
Finding help for mental health or substance use issues can be overwhelming. If you need help, please consider using these resources.
Note: Even if you aren’t sure a program is right for you, call them and ask if they can help you find what is.
(718)-818-6300
https://www.rumcsi.org/services/emergency-services/cpep/
1-844-ONE-CALL (1-844-663-2255)
NAMI Teen & Young Adult HelpLine
Available Mon-Fri, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (ET)
Call 1.800.950.NAMI (6264), text “HelpLine” to 62640, or email at helpline@nami.org.
Never Use Alone (1.877.696.1996)
Available 24/7, all days of the year.
Partnership to End Addiction Helpline for Parents
Text “CONNECT” to 55753. A specialist will reply directly within 24 hours.
Fill out their Contact Form to connect with a specialist over email. A specialist will follow-up within 24 hours.
Make an appointment to speak with a specialist with this Online Form.
Specialists are available: Mon-Fri 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Sat-Sun 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET).
RUMC Mobile Crisis Outreach Services
718-818-6900
https://www.rumcsi.org/services/emergency-services/cpep/
Alcoholics Anonymous
For people who have or have had problems with alcohol use.
Visit www.statenislandaa.org or call the NY Inter-Group’s Hotline 212.647.1680.
Al-Anon
For people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.
Visit www.nyalanon.org or call 212.941.0094 to learn more.
Narcotics Anonymous
For people who have or have had problems with any drug use.
Visit www.newyorkna.org for the Greater NY Region, and www.na-si.org for Staten Island.
Call 212.929.NANA (6262) for the NY Regional Helpline.
Nar-Anon
For people who have been affected by someone else’s drug use.
Visit www.nar-anon.org/naranon/ or call 718.967.2609 to learn more.
SMART Recovery for Family & Friends NYC
Visit www.smartrecovery.org, email SMARTstatenisland@gmail.com, or call 646.854.8840 to learn more.
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
For people grieving the loss of a loved one due to substance use.
Visit www.grasphelp.org, email StatenIslandGrasp@gmail.com, or call 718.313.5733 to learn more.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (Staten Island Chapter)
930 Willowbrook Rd, SI, NY 10314.
Visit www.namistatenisland.org or call 718.477.1700 to learn more.
NAMI NYC Metro
NYC Teenspace (offered by NYC DOH and powered by Talkspace)
Free MH support program for any teenager age 13-17 living in NYC.
Learn more at www.nycteenspace.com.
Charlie Health
IOP Online Therapy.
Visit https://www.charliehealth.com/locations/new-york/staten-island or call 1.866.805.2001 for more information.
Bridge Back to Life Center
1 (844) 896-2285
https://bridgebacktolife.com/
Camelot (Clubhouse Model)
(718) 816-6589
http://www.camelotcounseling.com/
Celebrate Hope Recovery Center
(844) 694-6734
https://celebratehopenyc.com/
Christopher's Reason
Outpatient Treatment Center: 718.605.1989
Recovery Community Living Center: 718.967.1992
24/7 Open Access Recovery Center: 718.984.1973
http://www.christophersreason.org/
Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI)
718-808-1300
https://chasiny.org/
Samaritan Daytop Village
(718) 981-3136
http://www.samaritanvillage.org/index.php
Silver Lake Behavioral Health
718.815.3155
https://www.silverlakebehavioralhealth.com/
South Beach Addiction Center
(718) 667-5202 OR (718) 667-2551
https://oasas.ny.gov/location/south-beach-addiction-treatment-center
Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services
718.ONE.CALL (718.663.2255)
https://jewishboard.org/
Venture House (Clubhouse Model)
(718) 658-7821
https://www.venturehouse.org/
Central Family Life
718-273-8414
https://www.centralfamilylifecenter.org/
Gotham Health Vanderbilt (NYC Health + Hospitals)
1-844-692-4692
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/locations/nyc-health-hospitals-gotham-healthvanderbilt/
Project Hospitality
718.448.1544
https://projecthospitality.org/
RUMC
844.934.2273
https://www.rumcsi.org/
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center
(718) 390-5142
https://www.saintjosephs.org/
SIUH
(718) 226-9000
https://siuh.northwell.edu/
South Beach Psychiatric Center
(718) 667-2300
https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/sbpc/
Sun River Health
844-400-1975
https://www.sunriver.org/
YMCA Counseling Service
718-948-3232
https://ymcanyc.org/locations/counseling-service
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