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Geriatric Mental Health Initiative

Generated from the gc-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

NYC Aging provides mental health services in local communities by placing licensed mental health clinicians at older adult centers in all five boroughs.

  • Owner record: ny/nyc-geriatric-mental-health-initiative
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: care_recipient
  • Review by: 2026-11-14
  • Authority: NYC Aging

Offering 1: mental health services

Services include screenings, therapeutic counseling, engagement activities, information, and referrals.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}

Conditions:

  • All of these:
  • Fact rule: recipient.age ≥ 60
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "older New Yorkers"

Access route 1.1

  • Where: NYC Aging Aging Connect
  • How: Call Aging Connect for services or to learn more about the initiative.
  • Phone: 212-244-6469

Evidence

  • /name: "## Geriatric Mental Health Initiative" (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /authority: "NYC Aging provides mental health services in local communities by placing licensed mental health clinicians at older adult centers in all five boroughs." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /caregiving_effect: "NYC Aging provides mental health services in local communities by placing licensed mental health clinicians at older adult centers in all five boroughs." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /offerings/0/kind: "Mental health services offered in older adult centers include screenings to determine mental health needs, supportive and evidenced-based therapeutic counseling (which may be individual, group, family, or couples counseling), engagement activities to provide education and raise awareness about mental health symptoms, as well as providing information and referrals." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "Mental health services offered in older adult centers include screenings to determine mental health needs, supportive and evidenced-based therapeutic counseling (which may be individual, group, family, or couples counseling), engagement activities to provide education and raise awareness about mental health symptoms, as well as providing information and referrals." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "Our mental health services are available to all older New Yorkers ages 60 and older and are provided by bilingual/bicultural licensed clinicians who speak the community’s spoken languages, including Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. You do not have to be an older adult center member to receive services. Services are offered in-person, virtually, or telephonically based on an individual’s preference." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "If you, or someone you know, needs services or would like to learn more about NYC Aging’s Geriatric Mental Health Initiative, please call Aging Connect at 212-AGING-NYC (212-244-6469). If one has thoughts of suicide, call 911 immediately." (source, capture 87cfef35a54aaaff0504eaa2e009afd3ed9e5d66f109f0c9f2d3a43fe0192121)