Governor Hochul Highlights $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul New York State’s Continuum of Mental Health Care

FY 2024 Budget Provides $890 Million in Capital and $120 Million in Operating Funding to Establish and Operate 3,500 New Residential Units

Includes $30 Million to Expand Mental Health Services for School-Aged Children

Dramatically Expands Outpatient Services Throughout the State

Closes Gaps in Insurance Coverage that Have Posed a Barrier to New Yorkers Needing Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services

Governor Designates May as Mental Health Awareness Month, May 7-13 as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

Governor Kathy Hochul today highlighted her $1 billion transformative, multi-year investment to overhaul the State’s continuum

of mental health care and drastically reduce the number of New Yorkers with unmet mental health needs. The Mental Health Care Plan was passed as part of the FY 2024 Budget, and will increase inpatient psychiatric treatment capacity, dramatically expand outpatient services, boost insurance coverage, and develop thousands of more units of supportive and transitional housing for people with mental illness. Governor Hochul made the announcement at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, and was joined by Congressman Brian Higgins, Mayor Byron Brown, and mental health and community leaders.

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