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New York City’s Children and Mental Health: Prevalence and Gap Analysis of Treatment Slot Capacity Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Inc. on behalf of: NYC Citywide Children’s Committee and NYC Early Childhood Strategic Mental Health Workgroup January 2012 Acknowledgements We would like to extend our thanks to the participants of the New York City Citywide Children’s Committee and the New York City Early Childhood Mental Health Strategic Workgroup who helped to gather the data for this project. In particular, we are appreciative of the support and guidance we received from both Evelyn Blanck, the chair of both committees, and Dr. Jennifer Havens, former co-chair of the Citywide Children’s committee. We extend our thanks as well to CCC’s former Senior Policy Associate Joan Siegel, who shepherded the project. Finally, we are indebted to the 47 clinics that responded to the survey voluntarily and with the promise of confidentiality. It is their willingness to take the time to talk with us that made this analysis possible. Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Methodology 2 Determining Prevalence 2 Determining Capacity3 Data Limitations 3 Key Findings: Citywide Prevalence 4 Prevalence Analysis: Bronx4 Prevalence Analysis: Brooklyn5 Prevalence Analysis: Manhattan5 Prevalence Analysis: Queens5 Prevalence Analysis: Staten Island6 Chart: Prevalence Estimates of Behavioral Problems Among New York City Children Ages 0-4 6 Chart: Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among New York City Children Ages 5-179 Key Findings: Capacity and Gap Analysis12 Treatment Slots/Capacity in Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island:12 Gap Analysis for Brooklyn, Bron