10% Of New York Children On Medicaid Received New Community-Based Behavioral Health Services

About 10% of New York children eligible for a new set of Medicaid community-based behavioral health services actually received them between January 2019 and April 2020. In 2017, when the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) was preparing to implement a new slate of six community-based Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) to address children’s social, emotional, behavior health, or addiction disorders, it had estimated that 200,000 Medicaid-eligible children and adolescents each year would be eligible for the new services. CFTSS went live in 2019. Between January 2019 and April 2021 . . .