AGENCY

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH,

MENTAL RETARDATION AND ALCOHOLISM
I PHONE:
212-334-2081
SERVICES

93 Worth Street I FAX:

212-941-0794
New York, N.Y.

10013

PUBLIC LIAISON

Donna Ball I PHONE:

212-334-1170

Assistant Commissioner

MISSION STATEMENT

The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services is

mandated by the City Charter and State Mental Hygiene Law to plan, contract for,
monitor, and evaluate local mental health, mental retardation, and alcoholism services in
New York City. The Department administers approximately 820 programs through 334
contracts with more than 150 voluntary agencies, 14 Health and Hospitals Corporation
facilities, the City's correctional facilities, Family Criminal Courts, and the Human
Resources Administration. The services directly funded and monitored by the
Department provide care to more than 425,000 persons each year, including emotionally
disturbed children and adolescents, mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
children and adults, mentally ill adults, alcoholics, persons referred from the courts and
prisons for psychiatric services, and mentally disabled men and women.

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