Positive growth as a result of navigating challenges and building resilience is a basic tenet of the behavioral health care world. It’s the journey through which we support clients; it’s how clinicians and other staff flourish in their professions; and it’s how we, as organizations, adapt.

As agencies, change as a response to challenge enables us to address gaps in care that can be filled by innovative new services or ways of working. It also fuels us as we make improvements in service delivery and infrastructure, and ultimately, it is what helps us become stronger behavioral health care providers.

At The Mental Health Association of Rockland (MHAR) and The Mental Health Association of Westchester (MHAW), change is underpinned by our commitment to our clients. It is that promise – to identify and address the needs of our community while continually seeking to improve access to care – that has brought our two agencies closer than ever.

It is with great pleasure we share that The Mental Health Association of Rockland and The Mental Health Association of Westchester filed an intention to merge with the New York State Attorney General this summer. Building upon decades of working together in different capacities, our intention to merge organizations is a natural step in our evolution as two Mental Health America affiliates with nearly 150 years of combined experience.

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