Parachute NYc resPite

BrooklYN, NY

TO REQUEST PARACHUTE NYC SERVICES, CALL 1(800) LIFE-NET (549-9692).

ABOUT SUS

Services for the UnderServed (SUS) believes every New Yorker has the right to lead a life with purpose.   For over thirty-five years, SUS has been transforming this belief into reality by working as an advocate for people living with challenging life situations as a result of a mental or intellec-tual disability, poverty, histories of incarceration, unemployment or substance abuse.  

Through housing, employment, skills-building, treatment and rehabilitation, and in partnership with the people who come to us for services, SUS creates pathways to a rich and productive life. It does its work one person at a time, in partnership with each of the 8,500 individuals whose lives it touches. SUS lives in, work in and contribute to communi-ties throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan and our city is better for it.  

TO CONTACT SUS’ CRISIS RESPITE CENTER, CALL (347) 505-0870.

2. Respite-Only Services

With an assessment and treatment summary from a current provider, individuals can begin to receive respite services within 24 hours of their request.

To inquire about referrals to the Crisis Respite Center, please call (347) 505-0870. There are two types of services that can be requested:

1. Parachute NYC Brooklyn Mobile Treatment Team A supportive team of professionals—including a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, and peer specialist—administers an in-home needs assess-ment within 24 hours of signing up. Individuals may receive services from the Mobile Treatment Team for up to a year and have priority access to the Crisis Respite Center.

How Can You Be RefeRRed?

An alternative to hospitalization in a short-term home-like environment

that supports people who are experiencing mental health crisis and helps them restore optimal

mental wellness

Through Mobile Treatment Teams, Crisis Re-spite Centers, and a Peer Support Line, Parachute NYC provides alternatives to hospitalization for people experiencing the first year or so of new mental health difficulties. Parachute NYC offers rapid access to home-based treatment and crisis respite centers where people can stay in a calm, open, and supportive environment.

Parachute NYC is a city-wide initiative that rolled out in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx in 2013 and Queens in 2014. Staten Island referrals are di-rected to Manhattan’s services. In Brooklyn, Para-chute NYC works exclusively with young people (ages 18-30) experiencing a first episode of a serious mental health issue.

Brooklyn home-based treatment is provided by Woodhull Need-Adapted Mobile Crisis. (718) 260-7725.

The Brooklyn Crisis Respite Center is staffed and operated by Services for the UnderServed. (347) 505-0870.

The city-wide Peer Support Line is provided by Community Access. (646) 741-HOPE.

wHat is PaRaCHute NYC? BRooklYn CRisis ResPite CenteR activities aNd ameNities Stay and participation in activities is voluntary. Guests of the Crisis Respite Center have access to the following: • Free 24/7 peer support in a safe, friendly, home- like environment• Stays of 1 to 14 days• 10 individual bedrooms and 5 bathrooms• Psycho-educational support• Peer support groups• Fun, recreational, and social support groups

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The SUS Brooklyn Crisis Respite Cemter is lo-cated on a beautiful residential street in Browns-ville, Brooklyn. The center is located near shop-ping and is just minutes from the #3 train.

eligiBilitY For resPite care

To stay at the SUS Brooklyn Crisis Respite Center, individuals must meet the following requirements:

• 18-65yearsold• Experiencingafirst-episodeofaseriousmen tal health issue (within one year of onset of symptoms or has limited involvement us ing mental health services) • Voluntarilyseekingoracceptingservices• Medicallystable• ResidentofBrooklyn• Instablehousing(nothomeless)• Not at imminent risk to themselves or others such that he/she requires a higher or different level of care • Does not have a diagnosis of dementia or organic brain syndrome