| In
the fall of 1998, James Stone, Commissioner of the NYS Office
of Mental Health officially announced the Office of Mental
Health's Family Liaison Program (FLP). This statewide program
is headed by Rami Kaminski, M.D., Medical Director for Operations/Commissioner's
Family Liaison. Working directly with Dr. Kaminski are Joan
Shanebrook, ACSW, the Deputy for Upstate and Linda Ligenza,
ACSW, the Deputy for Downstate for the FLP. The FLP was
established to strengthen the vital working relationship
between families and state and local mental health providers.
The FLP works
with families and individual consumers of mental health
services throughout New York state. The majority of mental
health issues involving consumers and their families are
resolved by working directly with the local mental health
providers. The FLP is an additional resource for families
and consumers.
The directors
of the Office of Mental Health's five field offices also
act as FLP Field Coordinators. They are responsible for
resolving issues and concerns to families related to improving
the quality of mental health care their regions. They
are listed below.
Regional
Field Coordinators
NEW YORK CITY FIELD OFFICE
Joseph Lazar, Director
330 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 330-1650
FAX: (212)330-6359
LONG ISLAND
FIELD OFFICE
William Schmelter, Ph.D., Director
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Building 45-3
998 Crooked Hill Road
West Brentwood, NY 11717-1087
(631) 761-2886
HUDSON RIVER
FIELD OFFICE
Joe Riley, Director
Hudson River Field Office
4 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 3
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
Telephone: (845) 454-8229
FAX: (845) 454-8218
CENTRAL NEW
YORK FIELD OFFICE
Jeannie Straussman, CSW, Director
545 Cedar Street
Syracuse, New York 13210-2319
Telephone: (315) 472-2187
FAX: (315) 472-5279
WESTERN NEW
YORK FIELD OFFICE
Thomas Wallace, CSW, Director
737 Delaware Avenue, Suite 200
Buffalo, New York 14209
Telephone: (716) 885-4219
FAX: (716) 885-4096
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