What is Kids Oneida?
GROUND Kids Oneida began in 1998 as a special project jointly established by the NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS Department of Health and Oneida County. The first three years of the program were considered the demonstration phase of the project (1998-2001). The purpose of Kids Oneida is to divert children with serious emotional disturbances (SED) in Oneida County from out-of-home institutional placements and/or shorten the time that children remain in such placements through the use of intensive, flexible community services. The model used for Kids Oneida replicates the one developed for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Mental Health Services Program for Youth (MHSPY) initiative. The MHSPY model has been used successfully in numerous sites across the United States. TARGET POPULATION TO BE SERVED • Residents of Oneida County between the ages of 6 years and 18th birthday who are; • Deemed at imminent risk of placement or institution by the Oneida County Committee on Appropriate Plac
