08-05-2025
10 NY Youth ACT teams will receive $450K, including this Southern Tier program
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $4.5 million in state funding for 10 Youth Assertive Community Treatment teams across the state including Children's Home of Wyoming Conference.
The funding will be provided by the state Office of Mental Health, divided into a single $450,000 payment for each of the 10 service provides.
The Children's Home of Wyoming Conference will be awarded funding to expand its services in Chenango County, to include 36 children between the ages of 10 to 21.
The multidisciplinary teams across New York will assist 360 children dealing with emotional disturbances who are at risk of entering high intensity services or who are transitioning back home.
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"Children and youth living with mental illness sometimes require additional care to remain at home or return back into the community," Hochul said in a press release.
'This expansion of our Youth ACT program will help provide more families with this critical support and the services they can rely on to bring their child home after inpatient care or from a residential facility.'
Access Supports for Living Inc., serving Westchester County
The Charles Evans Center, serving Nassau County
Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling, serving Suffolk County
Children's Home of Wyoming Conference, serving Chenango County
Interborough Developmental & Consultation Center, serving Brooklyn
The Child Center of NY, two teams serving Manhattan and Queens
Jewish Child Care Association of NY, serving the Bronx
Child and Family Services of Erie County, serving Erie County
Richmond University Medical Center, serving Staten Island
During the annual 'What's Great in Our State' Celebration of Children's Mental Health event in Albany last week, Hochul took another step to recognize organizations and individuals dedicated to addressing childhood mental health. May 4 to May 10 has been made Children's Mental Health Awareness Week for the state of New York.
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This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Children's Home gets $450K for Chenango NY expansion
