Greenwich House, Inc.

The Children’s Safety Project (CSP) provides psychiatric counseling and support services city-wide to children, adolescents, young adults and their non-offending family members who are dealing with physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence or other crimes. Most clients come from families with incomes of $10,000 or less. We treat more than 300 individuals, 156 clients between 2 and 21 years and their siblings, parents and extended family members. Clients come from all five boroughs of New York City and receive care regardless of their ability to pay for services. Our staff therapists work with children, parents and other family members, giving them the tools to recover from the adverse effects of trauma and abuse by focusing on their specific needs and unique strengths. Therapists work on developing positive relationships with the families they treat so that they create “safe spaces” for these families to express their anger in ways that prevent abuse and neglect. The staff emphasizes healing and empowerment by assisting children in coping with their feelings of guilt, shame, anger, depression, anxiety and powerlessness; they work with adults to help them develop positive behaviors and to identify and utilize community resources to build their own support systems.  We have currently trained the staff in a new methodology, Child-Parent Psychotherapy to treat children between the ages of 0 and 5 that are effected by domestic violence and child abuse; we have been receiving referrals for this service steadily.

Our program receives client by referral from the Crime Victim’s Board, hospitals and other social service agencies

All staff are paid therapists, with 2 Psychiatrists, 1 being the program director and four additional therapists, all social workers, and one a Spanish bi-lingual therapist.

Greenwich House serves seniors in the community with the critical mental health care that they desperately require in order to enhance their quality of life. Many of the clients we treat are homebound (40%); our services are the key to their survival. Others, though mobile, need the support of our services to maintain stability and remain in their homes.

This program provides more cost efficient and effective solutions when considering the health needs of this population verses the higher cost of institutional and long-term care alternatives. In fact, the cost for us to serve our clients is about $8,000 per client annually, while the cost for the government to institutionalize a senior with a similar profile is $74,445 per year.  SHCC services include assessment and treatment planning, psychiatric rehabilitative readiness determination & referral, verbal therapies, medication therapy, health services in conjunction with psychotherapy, case management, and home health aide services.  We also provide case management services to identify and help them apply for benefits (i.e. food stamps, senior citizen rent increase exemption.).  The SHCC team not only provides seniors with a continuum of care, such as with housekeeping and other household tasks, but also serves an essential role with social workers and other service providers in identifying and responding to seniors’ needs.

Community Arts including Visual, Music and Dance for all ages, presenting Ceramic exhibitions, concerts and offering after-school and summer camp arts programs for urban youth.

Greenwich House runs two licensed clinics to help adults to overcome their struggle with addiction.