Take Action to Help Children and Youth Access the Mental Health Services They Need

New York’s children and families are facing a mental health crisis, with only 1 in 4 children able to access the outpatient behavioral health services they need. Providers throughout the state report pausing intakes and putting families on waitlists, sometimes for as long as a year, to receive services. Because of this waitlist crisis, families across the state are experiencing hospitalizations, police involvement, lost education, job loss, family anxiety, and numerous other harms caused by access barriers.

Please take action and urge state leaders to invest in children’s behavioral health services to improve access to care.