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Funding and demographics of children's psychiatric care at Bellevue
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Dr. Mitch Katz and James Cassidy clarify funding details and provide demographic information about the children's psychiatric program at Bellevue Hospital.
- The additional funding mentioned in the preliminary plan is actually only about $100,000, not $2.3 million as initially stated.
- Overall, H+H provides behavioral health services to 78,000 children across all facilities.
- Demographic data shows that 60% of patients identify as Black, African American, Hispanic, Latinx, or Asian American Pacific Islander.
- 30% have limited English proficiency, and 70% are insured by Medicaid or have no insurance.
- Information about the program is distributed through city referral lines, including 988 referrals and schools.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Nice.
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That's good.
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The children's program now.
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The preliminary plan includes additional funds of 2,300,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty five only to support inpatient psychiatric care for children at Bellevue.
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The Bellevue facility contains a comprehensive psychiatric emergency program CPEP for children.
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What will this additional funding be used for?
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What aspect of youth inpatient psychiatric care at Bellevue will this funding support?
Dr. Mitch Katz
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I want, James Cassidy to explain the fiscal part because this has a a slightly strange aspect.
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Okay.
James Cassidy
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Sure.
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I think this is really, you know, it's a long standing intracity arrangement that we've had with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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So they've given us the funds for this.
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So it's not
Mercedes Narcisse
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Put it in little closer.
James Cassidy
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Yeah.
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Not 2 point in here.
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It's not $2,300,000 in new funding.
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It's really this was a modification in the January plan to bring us to the historical levels.
Dr. Mitch Katz
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Mhmm.
James Cassidy
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But as part of it, they did do a small amendment to increase the funds to increase, adolescent site capacity at Bellevue.
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It's not $2,300,000
Mercedes Narcisse
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three.
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So what is it?
James Cassidy
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The the new funding's only about a hundred thousand dollars or so.
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So
Dr. Mitch Katz
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it is worth pointing out that Bellevue has some extraordinary programs for children and children's mental health.
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It's just that this is not we don't want people to think this is a a 2,300,000.0 augmentation.
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It's a hundred thousand dollar augmentation for, as James has explained, for adolescent health care.
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And it's just a it needs it's a correction that needs to be
Mercedes Narcisse
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made.
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You.
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Yeah.
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Appreciate it.
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Sorry.
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I appreciate it.
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We all did.
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Number have to be correct.
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I agree.
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What's the number of children that will be served by Bellevue?
Dr. Mitch Katz
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So overall, we provide to seven 78,000 children get behavioral health services, but that's all of health and hospitals.
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I don't know if I have a Bellevue only.
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I don't have a Bellevue only number.
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I'll have to get that for you.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Okay.
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Will this the funding that we were talking about lead to an increased headcount at Bellevue by any chance?
Dr. Mitch Katz
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For it's a hundred thousand, no.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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We are concerned that families in families in low income neighborhoods are not aware of the CPAP program for children at Bellevue.
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Do you have demographic data on the patients at CPAP in terms of the parenting the parents income level and the neighborhoods where they are coming from?
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What are we what outreach efforts are being made to inform the public about the CPAP CPAP program?
Dr. Mitch Katz
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So the what I what we have is we have demographic information.
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So 60% identify as either black African American, Hispanic, Latinx, or Asian American Pacific Islander.
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Thirty percent are limited English proficiency, and 70% are insured by Medicaid or have no insurance at all.
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So we're talking very, very, very low income for that.
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In terms of the we have both we provide information through the city's referral lines including nine eighty eight referrals and schools.
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I think we can always do a better job of making sure that it's available.
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People can come.
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They can walk in.
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They can call.
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It is available twenty four hours a day.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Thank you.
Dr. Mitch Katz
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Certainly, if you have ideas or other people have other ideas of how better to get out the word, we're very open to that.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Thank you.
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So since we're talking about school, are we partnering with DOE to make sure that it's being promoted?
Dr. Mitch Katz
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Yes.
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Absolutely.
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Alright.