In both rural and urban areas, mental health professionals — particularly those who can deliver evidence-based treatments — are in short supply.
To fill gaps in the mental health care workforce and lower barriers to accessing mental health care, regional governments and coalitions have been exploring new strategies to address mental health care delivery. One such effort, begun in 2016, is the Connections to Care (C2C) Collaborative in New York City, which has built an innovative model of delivering mental health screening and evidence-based interventions through staff at community-based organizations (CBOs) that already serve at-risk populations.
RAND researchers worked with New York City government partners to evaluate the implementation, impact, and cost of the C2C program.
The United States is facing a mental health crisis, but a large proportion of those who need treatment never get it. Task sharing -- training the staff of community-based organizations to provide some mental health support -- can be part of the solution.
In this report, RAND researchers describe the Connections to Care task-shifting model and their evaluation of how it was implemented, its intended impact on mental health and other outcomes, and how much it costs community-based organizations.
This interim report presents preliminary evaluation findings for New York City's Connections to Care program, which seeks to expand access to mental health support for low-income New Yorkers via a task shifting model.
This brief highlights how the Connections to Care (C2C) program works, the evaluation RAND will undertake, and some thoughts from participating organizations at the outset of the program.
The RAND Corporation is evaluating the results of the Connections to Care mental health program in New York City; this brief research report presents preliminary findings from interviews with leadership at participating community-based organizations.
The American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Institute of Mental Health offer a two-part webinar series focusing on the mental health needs of unemployed individuals. RAND researcher Lynsay Ayer is one of the webinar instructors.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Unemployed Individuals Webinar (external link)