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County seeks $250,000 to stand up street psychiatry pilot with Albany Police Department

3639852 · May 29, 2025
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Summary

County Department of Mental Health presented a request to amend the 2025 budget and accept $250,000 in state funding routed through the Albany Police Department to stand up a mobile street psychiatry team; program not yet operating and no formal vote was recorded due to lack of quorum.

Department of Mental Health staff told the Albany County Health Committee that the county is seeking to amend its 2025 budget to accept $250,000 in state funding routed through the Albany Police Department to support a street psychiatry pilot aimed at bringing treatment into community settings.

“We are doing...a street psychiatry initiative that we’re hoping will complement some of…

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