Program areas at CEC
Primary care: Charles Evans Center prides itself on providing comprehensive quality healthcare services to those individuals and families who are most in need regardless of their ability to pay. Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for the achievement of health equity and for increasing the quality of a healthy life for everyone. Cec provides a holistic approach to medicine with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Our goal is to improve patient's care through early detection, diagnosis, treatment and education. Cec provides a wide range of services including primary medicine, dental, neurology, podiatry, women's health and social work, psychological and psychiatric services. We are also a leader in the community for providing telehealth services and are a vaccination Center for covid-19 influenza.
Supervised community residences - transitional housing program: cec provides three single site community residences. These residences provide group living for adults with onsite staffing, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services include: medication monitoring, symptom management, rehabilitative activities and community integration, including transportation training, banking, shopping, socialization, linkages to psychiatric and medical services in the community, linkages to employment and or educational services, etc. These services and supports provide residents with skills to move on to more independent housing opportunities. Community residences are located in glen cove, glen head and east hills.
Supported housing - independent living program: cec provides over 150 permanent, safe and affordable residential placements in our supportive scattered-site housing program. This program offers rental assistance and support services to mental health consumers who are ready to live independently. In this program, individuals live in apartments or houses throughout nassau and suffolk counties. Housing case managers meet with individuals several times per month to work on the individual's goals and assist with coordinating care and services. Specialized support services have been developed for families and for consumers who are homeless and/or who are deaf.