Fordham-Tremont Community Mental Health Center was founded in 1978, and is sponsored by St. Barnabas Hospital. The primary mission of the Center is to provide comprehensive community-based mental health, psychiatric and preventive services to residents of the Bronx.

The Center has expertise in program development for special populations and in the provision of innovative mental health, substance abuse and preventive services, including: consultation and education, information and referral services, case management and mobile outreach.  Bilingual staff are available at all sites.

The Center has pioneered programs focused on the development of culturally competent services to Hispanic populations, seriously and persistently mentally ill, mentally ill chemical abusers, victims of violence/crime, Latin American Immigrants, and batterers.

In 1990, the Center was selected as the lead agency in the Bronx to provide crisis intervention and mental health services to victims of the Happy Land Social Club fire. Special recognition was received from the President of Honduras for Services provided to the Honduran community. In 1987, the Center received the National Community Mental Health Centers' Public Relations Award for its bilingual brochure on Child Sexual Abuse. In 1993, the Center was the recipient of the first award given by the New York City Community Services Board and the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services for its creative systems, special initiative, and superior standards of service excellence. In 1995, the Center's Family Violence Crisis Service was selected for listing in the New York State Directory of Innovative Programs.