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Partners in Parenting (PIP)
Community-Based Programs
The Partners in Parenting Program (PIP) provides home-based psychotherapy and parenting
skills training to parents or other adults who suffer from a mental illness and who are raising children.
This includes mothers and fathers, as well as grandparents and others who have responsibility
for bringing up children and adolescents. Partners in Parenting also provides mental health
treatment services to children and adolescents. Partners in Parenting operates out of the
Northern Westchester Counseling Center, a clinic licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health.
PIP services are also available to currently homeless families through our Shelter-Based Program.
Is It For Me?
Program participants must:
- Be Westchester County residents
- Have or be eligible for Mandated Preventive Services through the Department of Social Services
and/or a history of homelessness
- Be an adult with responsibility for raising children or adolescents or be a child or adolescent
- Suffer from a mental illness (adults) or have emotional or behavioral difficulties (children and adolescents)
- Have difficulty getting to a community mental health clinic
For information regarding services through this program, please contact Program
Manager Patrice Monaghan at 914-683-2559, extension 421,
or email us at help@mhawestchester.org.
What We Deliver
Partners in Parenting therapists come to your home (or another location convenient for you)
to provide individual therapy for adults, children and adolescents, family therapy and
parenting skills training. A psychiatrist at the Northern Westchester Counseling Center also provides medication therapy. (For a further description of medication therapy
please see the section on Adult Treatment.)
The Partners in Parenting staff will also assist you in finding other services that you
may need - such as child care or vocational training. The staff will help you to advocate
for yourself and your children at school, DSS (Department of Social Services) and in other settings.
Where
The Partners in Parenting therapists make every attempt to meet with you in your home.
Therapists can also meet with you at your job, school or program site, if this is more convenient for you.
When
The therapists in the Partners in Parenting Program generally schedule appointments
between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. The therapists make every effort to
work with participants’ schedules.
Partners in Parenting therapists are available via a pager system for emergency
coverage on weeknights and weekends.
Languages Spoken
Therapy services are available in both English and Spanish; a Spanish-speaking psychiatrist is available.
Cost
Most services are billed to Medicaid (including managed care Medicaid) and Medicare
with no direct cost to you. If you do not have insurance coverage, a fee can be set based
on a sliding scale.
No one is denied services because of an inability to pay.
Staff/Service Providers
PIP Community-Based Program staff include a Program Director, certified clinical social
workers (CSWs) and a consulting psychiatrist (MD). Program representatives work
collaboratively with multiple community services to ensure continuity of care, including:
- WCDSS (Westchester County Department of Social Services)
- WCDCMH (Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health)
- Community housing providers
- Mandated Preventive Services
- Family Preservations
- Community-based medical, mental health and substance abuse prevention
and treatment programs
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