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���������� Note: ���������� is joining with Kristin Woodlock and Edye Schwartz for a Thursday noon webinar aimed at offering some guidance on working from home and some examples on how to best extend support to the individuals we serve, at a time when many need us the most. See a few excerpts from some examples below. Please send as many recommendations and materials as you can to me at harveyr@nyaprs.org in advance of that webinar. Thank you!

• A NYC clubhouse has expanded its Warm-line hours to 24 hours per day, is holding their daily community meeting live on their Facebook page, is using a digital platform  for all working groups and is providing a meal delivery service.

• A WNY peer run agency has shifted their peer support services to phone and video conferences, continues to provide peer services for their local contracting partners and has extend their support to the employees of companies that have partnered with their return to work programs.   

• A Long Island rehabilitation and peer support agency is offering expanded hours for telephone and online support and is encouraging area individuals to use their website to identify peer support services and other assistance via an “I Need Help” button.

• A North Country peer run peer agency is calling everyone they serve to check in and following up with daily call if desired ,as well as bringing needed food and goods to self-quarantined members

Earlier this week we offered a message of hope and help* to our readers and announced that, in that spirit, ���������� will be hosting a series of free webinars aimed at sharing all of the ways people are finding to stay connected and to provide service and support at a time when they have never been needed more.

Please join us at noon next Thursday, March 26 for our kick-off webinar: “Taking on the Challenge of Working Remotely and in Community during the Virus Crisis”  that will feature presentations by

• Kristin Woodlock of Woodlock & Association on ‘Remote Working: Tips of Staying Effective, Brave, Awkward and Kind’ and the launching of a “”Strive for Five Challenge” in partnership with the Coalition for Behavioral Health

• Harvey Rosenthal offering a Compendium Of Strategies that agencies and individuals are employing across the state to step up their remote and in-community work and

• Edye Schwartz of Edye Schwartz Consulting as moderator.

Please join us by registering at  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Wishing all a very safe, well supported and healthy weekend,  Harvey

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