Preventing heroin overdoses
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is spearheading an effort to equip more law enforcement officers with the heroin antidote Narcan. It takes just three minutes to revive a person overdosing on heroin or prescription pain medication by pushing the drug...
Odyssey House opens second supportive housing program in the Bronx
More than 100 community leaders, government partners, Odyssey House board members, staff and supporters gathered in the Bronx on April 24th for the Tinton Avenue ribbon cutting ceremony. Tinton Avenue is our second supportive housing program to open in this month.The...
First green supportive housing building opens in the Bronx
Odyssey House officially opened its first green supportive housing building on Thursday, April 10th. Located on Soundview Avenue, the building provides permanent housing for 56 single, low income adults living with special needs. We'll be posting more photos and...
Two new designs for supportive housing
Urban Architectural Initiatives has completed two supportive housing projects in the Bronx for single, low-income adults living with special needs, developed by the social service agency Odyssey House. The five-story, 35,000-square-foot project on Soundview Avenue in...
Mentally Ill, in Prison and Outside
In Saturday's edition of The New York Times, Odyssey House President & CEO Dr. Peter Provet is one of several experts commenting on a recent article examining the growing number of people with severe mental illness who are coming into contact with the criminal...
Bronx Ribbon Cuttings
Odyssey House Soundview Avenue Thursday, April 10, 2014 715 Soundview Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 Odyssey House Tinton Avenue Thursday, April 24, 2014 880 Tinton Avenue Bronx, NY 10456 Odyssey House Soundview Avenue provides permanent supportive housing in the Bronx for 56...
Celebrating women of strength
Friendships between women are special. In their friendships, women tend to share feelings and problems more than men do with friends; and in times of stress or anxiety, women are more likely to turn to their friends and confidantes for emotional relief.Many people...
Integrated health care for older adults
A $250,000 grant from the New York State Office of Mental Health will establish behavioral health care services for older adults through an internal partnership with our Article 28 clinic. The primary project objectives are to screen and assess older adult patients...
Two new supportive housing programs are now open
Please join us to celebrate the openings of our new supportive housing buildings!Odyssey House Soundview Avenue provides permanent supportive housing in the Bronx for 56 single, low-income adults living with special needs and is our first green building. Odyssey House...
Preparing for managed care
The spring 2014 issue of Behavioral Health News included an article about how managed care regulations are transforming the behavioral health landscape, written by Peter Provet, Ph.D., president and CEO, and Gary Harmon, Ph.D., vice president and director of research...
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