Billy Bromage, MSW
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About
Titles
Assistant Clinical Professor (Social Work) of Psychiatry
Director of Community Organizing
Biography
Billy Bromage received his Master in Social Work degree, with a concentration in Community Organization, from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in 2012. He has been working in the field of community mental health in New Haven, Connecticut for nearly 25 years. He has been at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health since 2011, and the Connecticut Mental Health Center since 2013. He works as a community organizer, developing projects with grassroots leaders, people in recovery from mental illnesses and substance use, nonprofit organizations, city and state government officials, and other civic leaders to promote mental health, social justice, and inclusion in New Haven neighborhoods. He is a founding member of Focus Act Connect Every-day (FACE), Witnesses to Hunger New Haven, and the Unhoused Activists Community Team (U-ACT). Billy is co-chair of the Structural Competency track in the Social Justice and Health Equity curriculum. He serves as a liaison to the Community Advisory Board for Elm City COMPASS.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical Professor (Social Work)Secondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- MSW
- University of Connecticut
Research
Publications
2023
The Recovering Citizenship Learning Collaborative: a system-wide intervention to increase citizenship practices and outcomes. Journal of Public Mental Health
Flanagan, Elizabeth & Tondora, Janis & Harper, Annie & Benedict, Patricia & Giard, Julienne & Bromage, Billy & Williamson, Bridgett & Acker, Paul & Bragg, Cheri & Adams, Virginia & Rowe, Michael. (2023). The Recovering Citizenship Learning Collaborative: a system-wide intervention to increase citizenship practices and outcomes. Journal of Public Mental Health. 22. 10.1108/JPMH-12-2022-0125.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2022
Citizenship, Social Justice and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness
Reis G, Bromage B, Rowe M, Restrepo-Toro ME, Bellamy C, Costa M, Davidson L. Citizenship, Social Justice and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness. Psychiatric Quarterly 2022, 93: 537-546. PMID: 35048313, PMCID: PMC8769788, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-021-09968-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNavigating the Digital Divide: Providing Services to People with Serious Mental Illness in a Community Setting During COVID-19
Noori, S. Jordan, A., Bromage, W., Fineberg, S., Cahill, J. & Mathis, W.S. (2022). Navigating the Digital Divide: Providing Services to People with Serious Mental Illness in a Community Setting During COVID-19. SN Social Sciences, 2(8): 160. doi: 10.1007/s43545-022-00470-0Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2021
Helps my family survive hard times: An innovative summertime food relief program in New Haven, Connecticut
Zigmont, V.A., Tomczak, S.M., Bromage, B., Vignola, A. & Gallup, P. (2021). Helps my family survive hard times: An innovative summertime food relief program in New Haven, Connecticut. Journal of Poverty. DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2021.1890671Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2020
Collective citizenship: From citizenship and mental health to citizenship and solidarity
Quinn, N., Bromage, B. & Rowe, M. (2020). Collective citizenship: From citizenship and mental health to citizenship and solidarity. Social Policy & Administration, 54 (3), 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12551Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Facilitating community connections among people with mental illnesses: Perspectives from grassroots community leaders
Bromage B, Barrenger SL, Clayton A, Rowe M, Williamson B, Benedict P, Kriegel LS. Facilitating community connections among people with mental illnesses: Perspectives from grassroots community leaders. Journal Of Community Psychology 2018, 47: 663-678. PMID: 30500066, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnderstanding Health Disparities Through the Eyes of Community Members: a Structural Competency Education Intervention
Bromage B, Encandela JA, Cranford M, Diaz E, Williamson B, Spell VT, Rohrbaugh RM. Understanding Health Disparities Through the Eyes of Community Members: a Structural Competency Education Intervention. Academic Psychiatry 2018, 43: 244-247. PMID: 29761285, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-018-0937-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Project Connect: A community intervention for individuals with mental illness
Bromage, B., Kriegel, L., Williamson, B, Maclean, K., and Rowe, M. (2017). Project Connect: A community intervention for individuals with mental illness. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 20 (3), 218-233.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Organizing With Communities to Benefit Public Health.
Bromage B, Santilli A, Ickovics JR. Organizing With Communities to Benefit Public Health. American Journal Of Public Health 2015, 105: 1965-6. PMID: 26270282, PMCID: PMC4566566, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302766.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
News
News
- November 18, 2024Source: The Hartford Courant
Opinion: Medical Providers and Researchers Call to End CT Homeless Encampment Displacements
- November 20, 2023
PRCH Representatives Collaborate With City, Local Artist to Create Mural in New Haven
- January 25, 2022Source: Psychiatric Quarterly
Citizenship, Social Justice and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness
- July 08, 2019
Faculty, Trainees Speak at IRCC Conference