My name is Lynn, and my daughter Angela is recovering from a mental illness.

I’ve worried about finding the best place for her treatment.

Luckily, we found it at a state psychiatric center for children.

But now the state wants to close the Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center — and three others around the state — and move our kids to the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center for adults.

Thirty years ago, children were moved out of large, old hospitals geared for adults, and into small, child-friendly centers — separate from adult patients.

Now the state wants to move kids back to the adults’ centers.

That would derail our children’s recovery.

I believe the state’s children’s psychiatric centers still offer the best hope for our children’s recovery.

Please. Help me protect that hope, for my daughter and hundreds of others like her.

Call the governor and your state lawmakers, and tell them to keep the Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center open.

Call 1-877-255-9417.

Let’s keep kids with kids, in mental health centers designed for them.

Partnership members:
NYS Public Employees Federation
Families Together in New York State, Inc.
Edward J. Clark, President, Board of Visitors, Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center
William P. Barrett, President, Board of Visitors, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
Ninfa States, Member, Board of Visitors, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
Elaine Rienke, Member, Board of Visitors, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
Dorothy B. Lee, Ph.D. President, Advisory Council, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Gloria Faretra, M.D., Executive Director, retired, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Ralph Somerfield, Member, Board of Visitors, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Jean Riger, Member, Board of Visitors, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Arlene Wolf, Advisory Committee, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Hortensia Stoyan, Member, Board of Visitors, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
American Association of University Women - New York State
Honorable Frank Padavan, New York State Senate
Service Employees International Union - New York State Council
New York State AFL-CIO
National Association of Social Workers - New York State
Honorable Arthur O. Eve, New York State Assembly
Ramon Perez, Member, Board of Visitors, Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center

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