Yves Ades

YVES ADES, Ph.D. has been involved in the design, development and operations of supervised housing for psychiatrically disabled populations since 1985. In 1986 Dr. Ades joined the Institute for Community Living (ICL), a newly forming social service non-profit as one of its founding Program Directors. Until 2000 Dr. Ades served as Senior Vice President for Residential Rehabilitation and Support Services at ICL and was instrumental in the development and operation of its housing and treatment programs.  Dr. Ades was also involved in the implementation of  one of New York City’s first Assertive Community Treatment Teams, which now serve as a staple of community- based support for homeless people with mental illness and other disabilities who have not been successfully engaged by traditional mental health services.  In 2000 Dr. Ades joined the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). As CASES’ Director of Mental Health Programs, Dr. Ades lent his expertise to the development and implementation of residential and case management programs that meet the specialized rehabilitation and support needs of the increasing numbers of people with serious mental illness involved in the criminal justice system. At CASES, Dr. Ades was instrumental in designing and obtaining funding for a new transitional re-entry housing model for offenders with mental illness.  He also participated in creating a Jail Diversion Program, funded by SAMHSA, for offenders with mental illness being adjudicated in the Manhattan Criminal Court, and designed a Web-based training program in the early identification of mental illness for the Department of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (DPCA).