Wednesday, May 14, 2025
5/14/2025
Rockland SOC Expansion - the Rockland County, New York (RC) District Attorney launched the Multi-AgencyCollaborative for Safe and Healthy Youth (MACSHY) to respond to a reduction in resources and increase in need for services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and serious mental illness (SMI). MACSHY employs System of Care (SOC) principles in its service delivery, focusing on the Partnership for Safe Youth Center (PSY), a co-location center housing staff from RC's Department of Mental Health (DMH), Department of Social Services (DSS), Department of Probation (DP), and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). The benefits of PSY include sharing information easily, coordinating services and care, and providing families seeking services a readily identifiable entity to contact for information and referrals. Expansion of the PSY will serve approximately 255 children and youth ages 5 - 21 per grant year for a total of more than 1022 children, youth, and families served. Participants will be referred to PSY by BOCES, school districts, courts, providers, and other County agencies. PSY will assess and refer children, youth, and families to the broader SOC in RC
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