title: Volunteer counselors: an innovative, economic response to mental health service gaps.
abstract: Since 1970, the Volunteer Counseling Service of Rockland County, New York, has pioneered the innovative use of community lay people to do high-level counseling for clients with a wide range of serious social problems. The article gives the history and an overview of the mechanics and the model of work that have made this agency viable.
authors.affiliation: Volunteer Counseling Service of Rockland County, Inc., New City, NY 10956.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Golden
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009518:New York; D014838:Volunteers / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce