“We are dedicated to providing high-quality care and services to the children and young people in our care, and this partnership will help strengthen those efforts,” said Commissioner Richter. “This partnership with NYU Langone will give caregivers the tools they need to ensure that children and young people in the City’s care can overcome the serious effects of trauma and lead happy, healthy and productive lives.” “Many youth who enter foster care have experienced some form of trauma in their lives, which can have devastating and long-lasting mental health effects,” said Deputy Mayor Gibbs. Grossman, MD, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center. “As leaders in child research and experts on the needs of children and families within the public child services systems, NYU Langone is dedicated to making real and measurable change in the child welfare system by sharing our leadership and knowledge of the field to help better the lives of children,” said Robert I. Together, we are committed to keeping children and young people in our City safe and healthy.” “This groundbreaking partnership between New York City and NYU Langone will help provide children in the City’s care with the high quality mental health services they need and deserve. “Children in the City’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems often suffer from the severe effects of trauma and require mental health care and attention from highly trained providers,” said Mayor Bloomberg. New York City is at the center of cutting-edge research in the field of children’s mental health, housing important institutions that lead ground-breaking research to help identify and treat children who have experienced trauma. Key partners in this collaboration include the New York State Office of Mental Health and Office of Children and Family Services, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and regional medical centers across the country. ACS, the Child Study Center, and Bellevue have been awarded three grants totaling more than $7 million by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Administration on Children, Youth and Families that will support programs assisting children in New York City with mental health assessment and treatment, as well as train service providers who care for these children.

Richter, the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Bellevue Hospital today announced an unprecedented effort to improve trauma services for children and young people in New York City’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Gibbs, New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) Commissioner Ronald E. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. FebruAdministration for Children's Services, Child Study Center at NYU Langone and Bellevue Hospital Receive More Than $7 Million in Grants to Treat Child Trauma

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