Mental Health Services in Domestic Violence Shelters
Mental Health Services in Domestic Violence Shelters
City implementation partner: HRA/DSS, Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender based Violence, NYC Health + Hospitals
This program is a collaboration between HRA/DSS, Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender based Violence and NYC Health + Hospitals. Through this program, multidisciplinary teams of mental health professionals will provide culturally competent, domestic violence-informed care and treatment to children, teens, and adults in the 55 domestic violence shelters across NYC. Services provided on site and via tele-health also include crisis support for individuals and families as well as training and support for staff.
9,439
adults and children received domestic violence residential services in 2020. This service will be available and accessible to all shelter residents. The actual numbers of those who receive clinical services will be reported once the program is fully operational
30%
of adult women who experience intimate partner violence reported “serious psychological distress,” and 31% to 84% of women who have experienced intimate partner violence are estimated to experience PTSD and other problems including depression and higher rates of substance use. Source.
There are
serious mental health consequences for children who witness and or experience domestic violence. Source.
