Postgraduate Center Residence

An apartment complex of twenty units in which housing is provided to the chronically mentally ill by Postgraduate Center for mental health under section 202 of the national housing act. Residence i, the 50th street Residence, has been in full operation throughout the past fiscal year. This transitional Residence provides services to twenty seriously and persistently mentally ill adults. Within the last several years, eight of the site's residents were discharged appropriately to alternative levels of care. The site also had eight new york state office of mental health priority admissions, noted as "high needs" clients. These clients were all admitted from state or acute care inpatient psychiatric units. All of these eight new clients have had a smooth transition to the site and continue to receive the full range of services.