About Whole Health

Mission

Our mission is to build a healthy, equitable community in Tompkins County by addressing the root causes of health disparities and integrating mental, physical and environmental health.

Vision

We envision a future where every person in Tompkins County can achieve wellness.

Intent

An integrated and empowered team, advancing a collaborative effort to promote prevention and equitably improve individual and population health.

Culture. Align the organization around our shared Mission and Values-Based Culture to create an empowered, engaged, and cohesive team.

Integration. Merge the department structures to become one organization and increase our ability to better serve our clients and community.

Services. Coordinate our services and capabilities to support the whole person and integrate prevention techniques to holistically improve health outcomes.

Community. Strengthen the collaborative effort within Tompkins County to equitably impact individual and population health.

Data. Review and establish effective data collection to measure programmatic, organizational and county progress against our priorities.

Strategic Plan 2024-2026

Learning

Because we value learning…

• We respectfully and constructively speak up and share our ideas. We encourage others to do the same.
• We listen when others speak and seek to understand their unique perspective. We respect differing ideas with an open mind to find the best outcomes.
• We take risks, try new ways of working, and we use mistakes as learning opportunities.

Innovation

Because we value innovation…

• We encourage creativity and welcome alternative points of view to create a safe space for innovation.
• We take initiative and actively participate in finding solutions to improve our workplace.
• We seek out opportunities to expand our impact and improve health outcomes for our clients and community.

Collaboration

Because we value collaboration…

• We seek out and explore opportunities to work with others, including internal co-workers and external stakeholders.
• We draw on the experience and expertise within our organization and break down organizational silos to provide the best services to our clients and community.
• We thoughtfully and intentionally share information or expertise to have the biggest impact across our organization and community.
• We work with existing and new partners to engage populations we have difficulty reaching.

Compassion

Because we value compassion…

• We are compassionate and embrace diversity of lived experiences with an open-mind and without judgment.
• We treat each other, our clients, and community members with dignity and respect.
• We prioritize the safety of colleagues, clients and our community members.
• We are responsible and accountable for our own self-care so that we are ready and able to care for others. We are supportive of each other.

Integrity

Because we value integrity…

• We give our best, strive for excellence, and assume the best of others.
• We are dependable and keep our commitments to each other and the community.

Frank Kruppa
Commissioner of Whole Health

Harmony Ayers-Friedlander
Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health

Brenda Grinnell Crosby
Deputy Public Health Director

Mental Health Services (Green St. offices) (Where to park)   |   Public Health (Brown Rd. offices)

Mental Health Services

Mental Health Services
201 East Green St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

Parking

Parking is available in the
Cayuga St./ Green St. Garage
235 S. Cayuga St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

• Map of Parking for 201 East Green St.(PDF, 743KB)
• Google Maps - Parking for 201 East Green St.

Tompkins County Whole Health

Tompkins County Whole Health
55 Brown Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850

Parking

Plenty of on-site parking.

Adults

• Immunizations
• Anonymous HIV testing
• Therapy and Counseling Services – walk-ins welcome
• Medication Management and Assisted Therapy
• PROS – Personalized Recovery Oriented Services

Children and Youth

• Children with Special Care Needs – early intervention services
• Preschool Special Education Services
• Therapy and Counseling Services, including school-based settings

Families

• Moms PLUS+ – prenatal and postpartum care, breastfeeding support
• Lead Poisoning Prevention
• Vital Records – birth and death certificates
• WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children)

Community Programs

• Community Health Workers
• Communicable Disease Control
• Healthy Neighborhoods Program
• Tobacco Free Tompkins and Tobacco Control
• Rabies Prevention and Control
• Opioid Overdose Prevention
• Community Health Planning and Data
• Public Health Preparedness
• On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS)
• Public Water Systems

Businesses

• Food Services and Permits
• Temporary Residences
• Children’s Camps
• Swimming Pools
• Beaches
• Mass Gatherings

Student Internships

TCWH internships provide students with hands-on experience working on real-world public health and mental health projects that ultimately benefit the greater Tompkins County community. Learn about internships and apply.

Task Force Report

Review Of The Tompkins County Mental Health And Public Health Leadership Models 2019(PDF, 1MB) (Open and download the PDF)

The year 2019 marked the fourth year of a shared leadership model for the Tompkins County Mental Health and Public Health Departments. As stated in the December 2015 resolution which created this structure, County Administration was charged with reviewing the opportunities and challenges of the structure and providing a recommendation to the Legislature by the end of 2019 regarding how the departments should function in the future. Three of the seven Resolves are as follows:

"RESOLVED, on recommendation of the Budget, Capital, and Personnel Committees, That this Legislature authorizes the County Administrator to implement a plan for the responsibilities of the Public Health Director to be expanded to include the responsibilities heretofore granted to the Commissioner of Mental Health for the period December 1, 2015, through December 31, 2018, plus such additional time in 2019 as the Legislature deems necessary to evaluate the performance of the combined department head model, determine whether that model shall continue, consider other organizational alternatives, and accommodate any organizational transition required by the Legislature’s decision,

“RESOLVED, further, That beginning in early 2019, Tompkins County will conduct a 360 degree style performance review of the current arrangement to evaluate how well the interim administrative solution is working from the perspective of staff, boards, community members, and other stakeholders;

"RESOLVED, further, That in the same time period, Tompkins County will form a task force to examine the operations and consider the future directions of both the Health and Mental Health Departments, to include consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of an administrative partial or full merger, identification of the various aspects of their operations and any functions that might be combined, and any lessons that can be learned from other counties that have merged these particular functions;”