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SUNY Plattsburgh mental health services expand

The waiting room at SUNY Plattsburgh's Counseling Center
SUNY Plattsburgh Senior Communications Specialist Felicia Krieg
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SUNY Plattsburgh
The waiting room at SUNY Plattsburgh's Counseling Center

New grants will expand mental health services for students at SUNY Plattsburgh.

The college in northern New York has received a $400,000 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund grant that will pay for an evening mental health counselor, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a Student Assistance Program through October 2023.

A counselor from Behavioral Health Services North will be on campus on Monday and Tuesday evenings to expand on the services provided by the college’s four full-time mental health counselors.

Existing services include individual and group therapy, therapy dogs and a Wellness Week.