New York Launches Plan To Have Mental Health Clinics In All Schools

On February 27, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced $20 million in start-up funding to expand school-based mental health clinics. The goal is to address the state's youth mental health crisis by helping all schools support an on-site mental health clinic. With support from a school wanting to establish a clinic satellite, provider organizations can now apply for start-up funding on a rolling basis rather than through the state procurement process previously used.

Provider organizations licensed by the New York Office of Mental Health (OMH) can apply to establish a school-based satellite clinic . . .