Celebrating 31 Years of Bringing People from Crisis to Community
105 Carlton Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11205 / Phone (718) 625-4545 / Fax (718) 625-0635

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Programs and Services
BCHS offers two Scattered-Site Apartment Programs for 135 adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses in private apartments throughout the Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Fort Greene, Fort Hamilton, Park Slope and Prospect Heights sections of Brooklyn. By offering a rich continuum of services, such as on-going case management, daily living skills training, substance abuse counseling, and mental health care, we provide clients the intensive support they need to live independently.

The Transitional Apartment Program places 63 formerly homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental illnesses in private apartments throughout Brooklyn for up to 36 months.

The Supported Apartment Program places 72 individuals into long-term and permanent apartments. BCHS provides clients intensive support, including on-going case management, daily living skills training, substance abuse counseling, and mental health care, to help residents maintain successful independent living.
Brooklyn Gardens provides short-term, transitional, and permanent housing for 180 formerly homeless New Yorkers. Because each building opens into a common courtyard with benches, chess tables, and gardens, the physical space encourages social interaction, and allows residents to develop a real community. Case management and therapeutic, educational, and recreational services are provided, along with apartment referral, independent living training, parenting skills training, health care, and substance abuse counseling. The duration and intensity of service depends upon the program. There are three programs within this facility:
* Oak Hall is a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) facility serving 74 low-income men and women who have been homeless or are at high risk of homelessness, the majority of whom have a chronic mental illness and/or a history of substance abuse;
* Ivy House is a residence for 18 formerly homeless men and women with psychiatric disorders requiring intensive supervision and care;
* Arbor Inn is a transitional facility for 44 formerly homeless mothers, each with a child up to the age of 8.
Vocational Assistance: BCHS provides education, job readiness preparation, and job training to all our clients. For local Brooklyn residents, BCHS maintains a computer lab and community education center complete with on-site instructors.