Janine Perazzo is currently a senior director at NYC Health + Hospitals, in the Office of Behavioral Health. A Social Worker by training, Janine has helped design, develop and roll out the social work component of the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (B-HEARD), a groundbreaking partnership where social workers are partnered with EMT/Paramedics to respond to behavioral health emergencies. Janine has worked for over 15 years providing clinical, administrative policy and program design for individuals with serious mental illness. Janine received her Masters Degree in Social Work at Fordham University.