ECMC Receives $10.9 Million State Grant to Expand Behavioral Health Services

Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMC) has been awarded a $10.9 million state grant through the New York State Department of Health's (NYS DOH) Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV to support the expansion of its Behavioral Health services. The funding will enable ECMC to meet the increasing demand for care and provide appropriate care as community needs evolve. The grant will be used to expand the inpatient psychiatric service, including the addition of a new 24-bed unit, and upgrade the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP). ECMC's Behavioral Health service is critical in addressing the needs of individuals experiencing severe mental illness and behavioral health crisis in Western New York.

Key Takeaways:

• ECMC received a $10.9 million state grant for Behavioral Health services through the NYS DOH's Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV.
• The grant will support the expansion of ECMC's inpatient psychiatric service, including a new 24-bed unit, and upgrades to the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP).
• The funding will enable ECMC to meet the increasing demand for care and provide appropriate care as community needs evolve.
• Since 2023, ECMC has increased its overall Behavioral Health direct patient care staffing level by approximately 7%.
• ECMC's Behavioral Health service is critical in addressing the needs of individuals experiencing severe mental illness and behavioral health crisis in Western New York.
• The grant supports ECMC's continuing efforts to expand services to meet the increasing demand for care.
• ECMC is grateful to its local Behavioral Health partners, including Mental Health Advocates, BestSelf, Crisis Services, National Alliance on Mental Illness/Buffalo & Western New York, and UBMD Psychiatry, who supported ECMC's application for this funding.

Statistics:

• $10.9 million: the amount of the state grant awarded to ECMC for Behavioral Health services.
• 7%: the increase in ECMC's overall Behavioral Health direct patient care staffing level since 2023.
• 132: the number of inpatient beds serving adolescents, adults, and seniors at ECMC's acute care psychiatric program.
• 24: the number of beds in the new inpatient psychiatric service unit.
• 2023: the year ECMC started increasing its overall Behavioral Health direct patient care staffing level.

Sources:

• Buffalo, NEW YORK, Aug. 12 -- Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation
• Governor Kathy Hochul
• Thomas J. Quatroche Jr., PhD, ECMC President CEO
• Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation Copyright 2017 Contify.com