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AGENCY TESTIMONY
City-level mental health programming in the executive budget
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Dr. Morse outlines key mental health programs that have been preserved and funded in the mayor's executive budget, ensuring the continuation of critical services for New York City residents.
- Preservation of programs previously funded under the American Rescue Plan, now allocated city tax levy funding
- Continuation of intensive mobile treatment teams for mental health crisis response and long-term treatment
- Funding for clubhouses offering peer support to people with severe mental illness
- Resources allocated for trauma recovery centers providing services to victims of violent crime
- Implementation of a community syringe redemption program for safer needle disposal
Michelle Morse
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In particular there are two main programs that were previously funded under the American Rescue Plan which expired in December 2024.
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The executive budget preserved these programs and allocated city tax levy funding for their continuation.
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These programs include number one, our intensive mobile treatment teams who successfully de escalated a majority of the mental health crises they responded to in FY twenty four and provided long term treatment to individuals with complex mental health needs.
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These teams are crucial to provide immediate care, help avoid unnecessary hospitalizations, and connect New Yorkers to services.
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And number two are clubhouses, which offer life saving peer support to people with severe mental illness.
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We anticipate an enrollment of 6,600 Clubhouse members by July of twenty twenty seven and we will continue to grow Clubhouse memberships as time goes on.
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We're grateful too for the dedication of resources to support trauma recovery centers.
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The centers provide case management, therapy, and crisis intervention services to people who've been victims of violent crime.
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We appreciate the council's leadership in funding these through the discretionary process and we're excited to bring these centers into our continuum of care.
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This budget also includes funds for the community syringe redemption program.
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That initiative makes communities and people who use drugs safer by removing used needles from circulation in public places.
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In just the first four weeks of operation, more than 20,000 needles have been safely retrieved in priority neighborhoods.