The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health promotes mental health for all New Yorkers
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In 2025, The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health celebrated the first-ever U.S. adaptation of the World Health Organization’s Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE) program, in response to New York City’s youth mental health crisis shortage of licensed clinicians in the public sector.
Co-developed by OCMH with Brooklyn-based youth, families, and community organizations—together with the Department of Youth and Community Development and the New School Center for Global Mental Health—EASE NYC equips trusted, non-clinical staff such as team leaders and activity specialists with tools to deliver structured emotional support. These staff, often the first adults young people turn to, help guide youth ages 10-16 through a critical stage of emotional development and resilience building.
This spring, more than 20 frontline staff were trained to deliver the culturally adapted model to over 60 youth and caregivers across New York City. The first of its kind in the United States, EASE NYC is helping young people manage stress, anxiety, and depression while strengthening community-rooted pathways to care. As a cost-effective and scalable approach, EASE NYC is laying the foundation for a healthier, more emotionally supported future for all New York City youth.
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Learn more about NYC 988 (Formerly NYC Well)
The #988Lifeline is here to support you. No matter what‘s on your mind—and no matter when you want to talk. Connect with someone who is ready to listen and support you.
Learn moreHow to get mental health and substance use services in NYC
As New Yorkers, we look out for each other. If you need help or want to help someone who needs mental healthcare, get started with our guide, produced with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Health + Hospitals. Low or no-cost mental health services are available in many languages, in neighborhoods across NYC — regardless of insurance coverage, age, immigration status, or ability to pay.
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The Academy for Community Behavioral Health provides training, coaching, and technical support that equip social service providers to proactively address behavioral health. Courses focus on relevant, actionable behavioral health tools. They range from brief trainings to comprehensive certificate programs, and support growth for individuals, teams, and organizations.
The Academy’s free courses are open to all New York City nonprofit social service providers, including community-based organizations and City or State agencies.
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B-HEARD — the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, which pairs mental health professionals with FDNY EMTs to respond to 911 mental health calls is hiring social workers.
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