Fewer than half of the Big Apple’s specialized shelters meant to help the chronically homeless — just 18 out of 41 facilities — can offer on-site mental health services to needy clients, The Post has found.
The rate of availability in other parts of New York City’s oft-criticized shelter system was even lower at the end of 2020, the most recent period covered by the records reviewed, which provide an inventory of services offered in city shelters.
Just nine of the city’s 247 shelters for families with children offer mental health services on-site — a rate of less than 4 percent.
Things are scarcely better
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