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  CITY HALL PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS   Day: WEDNESDAY                                    Trains 4,5 or 6 to Brooklyn Bridge Date: SEPTEMBER 25, […]

CMS announces new Medicare-Medicaid partnership with ���������� to improve care Initiative will provide better, more coordinated care for Medicare-Medicaid […]

E-News – August 2013 Vol 1 – Number 2 www.JusticeCenter.ny.gov   Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Andrew […]

HEADLINES What is the NYS Health Benefit Exchange? Who Can Get Coverage? Will Mental Health Be Covered? How Much Will […]

���������� Note: Responses from psychiatrists and other doctors to a ���������� Times Sunday Review article, “When Doctors Discriminate” written […]

The ���������� Board of Directors has selected the following extraordinary group of movement heroes as this year’s award honorees. They […]

Adult Career and Continuing Educational Services – Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) Delaying new contract start date to January 1, 2014   […]

���������� Note: We are only two weeks away from ����������’ information and inspiration packed Annual Conference to be held this […]

  Community Spotlight: Wellness in the Big Apple     Since 2011, SAMHSA’s Wellness Initiative has highlighted nationwide events that […]

���������� Note: Congratulations to our colleagues at the NYS Rehabilitation Association for selecting Michael Seereiter as their new President and […]

Greetings Colleagues & Partners, Please join us for this very important announcement…and we encourage you to share this information with […]

You can view tomorrow’s first meeting of the NYS Office of Mental Health’s Regional Centers of Excellence Steering Committee on […]

���������� Note: How do we break down the barriers to integration and start to truly work together in the delivery […]

TO:          State Mental Health Commissioners/Directors                NASMHPD Medical Directors Council                  Cultural and Linguistic Competence Coordinators’ Network    FROM:      Robert W. […]

���������� note: We have a huge demand for a ride from ���������� City to the Conference next month. The […]

���������� Note: The following comes from NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson. On behalf of the Office of Alcoholism & Substance […]

Here’s more information about the outstanding musical and comedy performance that will be featured at this year’s ���������� Annual Conference, […]

���������� Note: NYS plans to reconfigure the largest state hospital system in the nation. As the piece below suggests, these […]

���������� Note: While the content of the coverage in this broadcast is mixed, there’re some wonderful quotes from ���������� Co-President […]

U.S. Probes Psych Drug Use on Kids By Lucette Lagnado   Wall Street Journal  August 12, 2013   Federal health officials […]

State Setting Up New System To Help Expensive Patients By Elizabeth Cooper  Utica Observer-Dispatch  August 10, 2013   Imagine a […]

State Advocates Support Inpatient Downsizing By Jeff Meyers Plattsburgh Press-Republican August 12, 2013   PLATTSBURGH — Officials statewide are praising […]

���������� Note: Next year, ���������� State is putting over a billion dollars’ worth of public mental health and addiction […]

���������� Note: A powerful piece underscoring the critical impact that inadequate, inappropriate or unresponsive medical care has on people with […]

���������� Note: EARLY REGISTRATION RATES ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Register now for the  2-day certification level training program on eCPR to […]

Veterans Mental Health Summits Meeting the mental health care needs of Veterans and their families is among one of the […]

As part of National Recovery Month, SAMHSA is launching the third annual National Wellness Week from September 16-22, 2013 to […]

���������� State Lags on Firing Workers Who Abuse Disabled Patients By Danny Hakim  ���������� Times  August 8, 2013   […]

���������� Note: How do we break down the barriers to integration and start to truly work together in the delivery […]

Magellan: Save the Dates! Sept. 18 or Oct. 9 Peer and Family Supports: Better Outcomes for Individuals and Families   […]

NYS Faulted For Impasse On $10 Billion Waiver Crain’s Health Pulse  August 8, 2013   The Cuomo administration and the […]

���������� Note: Health, wellness and healing are integral aspects to an individual’s recovery. This fall’s ���������� Annual Conference will offer […]

���������� Note: The SAMHSA-supported National SBIRT Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) is sponsoring three free webinars on integration of substance […]

Lawyers of Sound Mind? By Melody Moezzi  ���������� Times  August 5, 2013   RALEIGH, N.C. — LAST week, swarms of […]

���������� Note: ���������� is a proud member of BRSS TACS’ leadership team and our staff, led by Chacku Mathai, regularly […]

HealingForward: Online Information and Support Program for Parents of Youth who Self-Injure   Are you or someone you know a […]

Grassroots Human Rights Defenders Invited to Apply for Human Rights Advocates Program A program of the Institute for the Study of […]

���������� Note: Peer run services and supports are getting unprecedented interest and value from national and state system redesign initiatives.  […]

���������� is happy to announce our six comics for our 31st Annual Conference, Keeping the Focus on Recovery and Rights! […]

���������� Note: Over the next year or so, services for over 120,000 ����������ers with ongoing health and behavioral health […]

  ���������� Note: Over the next year or so, services for over 120,000 ����������ers with ongoing health and behavioral […]

Brooklyn Hospital Closings a Blow to Psychiatric Care By Nina Bernstein ���������� Times  August 1, 2013   Two years […]

  Medicaid Expansion Will Cover Half Of U.S. Population In January 2014 Open Minds  August 4, 2013   Developed by […]

���������� Note: ����������’s Medicaid program is unique in that it embraces and seeks to fund thousands of units of […]

���������� Note: Last month, the ���������� Employment Committee was able to bring you breaking news information from OMH staff about […]

In May 2008, the United States House of Representatives proclaimed July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness […]

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presents: Financing Recovery Support Services In this webinar, SAMHSA will provide information […]

���������� Note: As a Brooklyn hospital with a large behavioral health inpatient and outpatient capacity announces plans to close, state […]

���������� Note: There’re only 5 weeks until ����������’ information and inspiration packed Annual Conference to be held this September 10-12 […]

���������� Note: Following is a larger version of a letter submitted to the ���������� Times following its publishing an […]

���������� Note: Included in this timely piece is an illuminating look at what community health workers, who function like peer […]

Disability Community Unveils Key Principles of Community Integration Washington – July 31 2013 – At two congressional briefings celebrating the 23rd anniversary of […]

���������� Note: States continue to lag in meeting ADA requirements, as clarified by the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, to serve […]

���������� Note: There’re only 5 weeks until ����������’ information and inspiration packed Annual Conference to be held this September 10-12 […]

CMHS National Advisory Committee Council Meeting-August 14, 2013 We invite you to attend the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) […]

���������� Note: There’s been some local, union and legislator push back to the NYS Office of Mental Health’s plan to […]

New Guide On Suicide Prevention For Mental Health Workers Medical News Today  July 29, 2013 SANE Australia has released a […]

OMH Plan Calls for Closing of 9 Psychiatric Centers By Matthew Dondiego  Legislative Gazette  July 30, 2013 The ���������� […]

A Different Kind Of Medicaid ExpansionMedicaid managed-care insurers prepare to offer plans on insurance exchanges, testing whether more Americans are […]

This alert comes to us from NYAIL and the National Low Income Housing Coalition Urge Your Representative to Oppose the House  […]

���������� NOTE: Comedy Volunteers Wanted! Renowned comic David Granirer, founder of Stand Up For Mental Health, will be training people […]

���������� Note: Please contact your Congressional representative today to urge their support for the Excellence in Mental Health Act, which […]

Housing Agreement Ends 10-Year Battle for NYC Adult-Home Residents with SMI Mental Health Weekly – July 29, 2013 ���������� mental […]

Mental Health Parity Rules Coming Soon Published: Jul 24, 2013 By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON – The […]

Notice of Public Hearing OASAS Statewide Comprehensive Plan 2013-2017 OMH Statewide Comprehensive Plan 2013-2017 August 27, 2013 from 2:00 to […]

Dr. Michael Flaherty Guest Column  RTP E News  July 25, 2013 Building a Dialogue and Vision for Prevention, Recovery, and […]

Your Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health The Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health is designed to support […]

���������� Note: ���������� is very pleased to present this year’s program schedule for our Annual Conference to be held this […]

New (and Notable) Integrated Care Research Being at the forefront of a new(er) approach to care, it is important to […]

���������� Note: Each year, the ���������� Board of Directors recognizes individuals and organizations for their extraordinary contributions to advancing the […]