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Council presses H+H on mental health funding, maternal services and school-based continuum
Summary
Council members and H+H discussed proposed additions for mental health and maternal services in the FY26 executive plan, including a one-time $3.6 million for the school-based mental health continuum, a council request to baseline $5 million, maternal health peer specialists and pilots for women's trauma-informed care.
Council members used the executive budget hearing to press New York City Health and Hospitals about mental-health investments, maternal supports and school-based services.
The executive plan included a one-time $3.6 million allocation for the mental health continuum — a collaboration between H+H, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Department of Education to provide school-based mental health services — and the council's preliminary response urged baselining $5 million for the…
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