Our Mission
About the Coordinated Children’s Service Initiative (CCSI)
The purpose of the Coordinated Children’s Service Initiative (CCSI) is to advance the development of a system of care for children and youth with mental health challenges in New York City. A system of care is defined as a comprehensive spectrum of mental health and other necessary services which are organized into a coordinated network to meet the multiple and changing needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional, social and behavioral challenges and their families. (Stroul and Friedman, 1986, 1996)
The Citywide Oversight Committeee (COC) and Borough Based Councils (BBCs) provide the structure to carry out the NYS CCSI law and advance the mission of the NYC system of care.
The NYC CCSI By-Laws can be found here (pdf).
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Please Welcome New Queens BBC Family Co-Chair: Mercedes Amparo
CCSI-NYC welcomes Mercedes Amparo from Queens Children’s Psychiatric Center (QCPC)’s Family Support Center , as the newest co-chair to join the Queens Borough Based Council (BBC). She will be joining fellow co-chairs Karen Fitzpatrick, Community Services Coordinator at QCPC, and Gary Krigsman, Supervising Physician of DOHMH’s Bureau of School Health, …
Please Welcome New BBC Co-Chair: Devon Bandison
CCSI-NYC welcomes Devon Bandison from Visiting Nurse Service of New York’s FRIENDS program, as the newest co-chair to join the Bronx Borough Based Council (BBC). He will be joining fellow co-chairs Amiee Abusch, Director of JBFCS’s Pelham Family Services, Enid Lugo, Parent Advocate at Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center, and Bronx …
Please Welcome New BBC Co-Chairs: Amiee Abusch & Akmeer Kahiem
CCSI-NYC welcomes Amiee Abusch, Director of JBFCS’s Pelham Family Services, as the newest co-chair to join the Bronx Borough Based Council (BBC). She will be joining fellow co-chairs Jessica Fear, Director of Children’s Services at VNSNY, Enid Lugo, Parent Advocate at Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center, and Bronx Children’s Service …
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- Brooklyn
- COC
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