Through collaborations and community partnerships, the schenectady police department has emerged as a leader in new york state on how to address homelessness, and often CO-occurring mental health…

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the City of Schenectady $114,590 on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to hire one behavioral health case manager who will expand the Schenectady Police Department's Hub Program.

The case manager will work between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM in collaboration with police officers and community partners to respond to homeless individuals and address co-occurring mental health and substance use-related disparities. The Hub Program operates through partnerships between the police department, the Schenectady County Office of Community Services, and key community service providers. The grant funds an extension of the program's reach during after-business-hours periods when most service providers are typically closed, building the department's capacity to serve at-risk populations in the field during evening hours.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Work is performed in Schenectady, New York. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

Through collaborations and community partnerships, the schenectady police department has emerged as a leader in new york state on how to address homelessness, and often CO-occurring mental health and substance use-related disparities, through its hub program. This innovative initiative brings together the police department with the schenectady county office of community services and key community providers to serve those most at-risk in the field each day. Though well-recognized for its effectiveness, one significant challenge has continued to be the program's reach after traditional business hours, when most service providers are closed. The department wishes to utilize this grant to hire one behavioral health case manager, who would collaborate with officers and available community partners to respond to homeless individuals between 3:00PM and 11:00PM. We feel that through this addition, we will be able to continue to build capacity to better address this growing need.