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SI Behavioral Network is a Not- for-Profit Organization conceptualized and implemented by:

 

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Þ Beacon Of Hope

Þ Project Hospitality

Þ Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers Behavioral Health Services,  Staten Island

Þ Sky Light Center

Þ South Beach Psychiatric Center

Þ Staten Island Mental Health Society

 

AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS

Þ Staten Island University Hospital

Þ Volunteers of America

 

The first staff members were hired in April 2002.

SIBN works with community-based providers, committed to creating a  more cohesive and integrated care system for individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness.

 

The major goals since inception have focused on developing a service delivery system that:

Þ Utilizes care coordinators to minimize the fragmentation of services and ensures access to clinically indicated levels of care

Þ Focuses on the needs of priority populations

Þ Promotes the expectation that each individual can either recover from or better manage their psychiatric disability

Þ Promotes both empowerment and peer support

Þ Ensures recipient choice

Þ Reduces reliance on inpatient hospitalization

Þ Identifies and addresses individual service needs

Þ Increases provider system accountability

SI Behavioral Network, Inc.

Board of Directors

 

Kenneth Popler, PhD

President

 

Linda Paradiso, RN

Richmond University Medical Center

 

William Henry MPA

South Beach Psychiatric Center

 

Al Lambert

 

Dennis Scimone, MSW

Secretary

Beacon of Hope

 

Joseph DeVivo, MSW

St. Vincent’s Behavioral Health

 

Ernie Lumer, MSW

Treasurer

Skylight Center

 

Linda Steinmann

Project Hospitality