The money focuses on behavioral health staff at the 11-hospital system, which provides about 60 percent of New York City’s behavioral health services, the system said in a release shared with Becker’s. Each of the 16 grants were worth between $30,000 and $50,000 per employee.
The money was made possible through an anonymous $1 million donation, meaning that a further $420,000 is available for additional grants. Applications are open until May 1 for those.
Early-career psychiatrists have on average $190,000 of medical school debt, psychiatric nurse practitioners have on average $56,000 of debt, social workers have on average $68,000 of debt and psychologists have on average $80,000 of debt, NYC Health + Hospitals said.
