Grove Street Academy remains open while Children’s Home residential program to close

KINGSTON – The residential placement program at the Children s Home of Kingston will be closing in early 2027, Ulster County Legislature Chairman Peter Criswell said Monday. Its Chapter 853 school, though, will continue to serve students with emotional and learning disabilities, he said. The news comes following a meeting between legislative leaders and administration of the Children’s Home last Friday. Criswell said the children’s home is working to place each residential student with “as little disruption as possible to their schooling and wellbeing.” He said for 150 years, the Children’s Home “has been a place where young people who haven’t found the right fit elsewhere finally find someone in their corner. Keeping the academy open means that work continues.”