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ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Since 2004, The International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS) has served at the only nation-wide organization to represent the interests of the peer […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The American Psychiatric Association has launched a SAMHSA funded Clinical Support System-SMI Resource’s whose mission is “to advance […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Carmel Regional Forum

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: OMH is looking to fill a new position aimed at improving rates of screening for and managing opioid […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Len Statham: “Our friends at the Northeast & Caribbean Addiction Technology Transfer Center […]

Topic: Employment: The Path To Recovery This web seminar, hosted by Christopher Coyle, Mental Health Program Specialist for the NYS […]

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following investigative report raises very serious questions about the Joint Commission’s oversight of US private and public […]

Housing Specialist Job Posting Peer Advocate Job Posting

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Upon beginning his third term yesterday at an inaugural address on Ellis Island, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: A powerful example of why we’ve joined with our colleagues to fight for a 2.9% COLA in the […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ has long worked to advance policies that promote criminal justice system diversion and re-entry services and to […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is kicking off a series of regional forums over the next few months with a January 16 […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Thanks to a strong advocacy push by more than two dozen statewide organizations and 5 national groups representing […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Governor Cuomo released details of the schedule for implementation of the minimum wage increase across NYS. In addition, […]

ACA Repeal Wouldn’t Stop Transition to Value-Based Payment, Efforts to Lower Drug Spending Even if the Affordable Care Act is […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Don’t miss this very timely live event and lineup that includes ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Co-President Jeff McQueen. BRSS TACS December […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Len Statham: “Our friends at the Northeast & Caribbean Addiction Technology Transfer Center […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Attached please find the final report from the “Strengthening Service Coordination for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to provide details of an additional session in the Hudson River Valley region of […]

ACTION NEEDED THIS WEEK! Require that Insurers and Health Plans Demonstrate Their Compliance with Federal and State Mental and Substance […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to invite our members […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: A wonderful counter to Pro Publica’s/ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Times’ recent piece suggesting that supported community housing is a failed […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Here’s an excellent new piece by longtime NYS based mental health advocate Michael Friedman assailing the false connection […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from Technical Assistance Collaborative* director and former NJ mental health commissioner Kevin Martone, who wrote […]

ACTION NEEDED TODAY Require that Insurers and Health Plans Demonstrate Their Compliance with Federal and State Mental and Substance Use […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!  ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The crises in community housing, workforce recruitment and […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes courtesy of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Director of Employment and Economic Self-sufficiency Initiatives Len Statham, who writes “this […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Times Assails NY Adult Home Resident Policy….but Misses the Full Story Harvey Rosenthal, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Yesterday’s ProPublica/NYTimes investigative piece […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]

Correction: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to invite our members and […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to invite our members […]

NYS Office of Mental Health Employment Opportunity Special Assistant Office of Consumer Affairs The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is […]

Call for Proposals 13th Annual Conference for NYC Working Peer Specialists At ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ University’s Kimmel Center Thursday, July 18, […]

Governor Cuomo Announces More Than $9 Million in Federal Funding Secured to Expand Opioid Addiction Treatment Services in ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to provide details of an additional session in the Hudson River Valley region of […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from the Sexual Assault and Mental Health Project’s Chrys Ballerano, who writes “join us this […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ has seen a drop of about 25% of youth arrests and incarcerations since the first phase […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Len Statham, who writes that “an important Social Security Work Incentive demonstration project […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Don’t miss next Wednesday’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ live Q&A interactive webinar on Employment hosted by the Center for […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: People living with mental health conditions are grossly overrepresented in our criminal justice system in large part because […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Please take a few minutes today to urge Governor Cuomo to double the annual budget for the geriatric […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Newly released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm that rates of death by suicide […]

Correction: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to invite our members and […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Please urge Gov. Cuomo to approve a bill that would help promote hiring of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ers with disabilities […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is very pleased to invite our members […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is a very active member of Bring it Home, a NYS coalition of community-based mental health housing […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Solitary confinement is increasingly viewed as torture, especially for people with extensive mental health conditions. Accordingly, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ will […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: The following comes from Andrew Karhan of the NYS Office of Mental Health. NYS is hosting five regional […]

So sorry all! Registration for this event is now closed. Stay tuned for times and dates for state Listening Sessions […]

Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. SUNY System Administration Building – Zimpher Boardroom 353 Broadway, Albany, NY […]

Lack of Housing and Mental Health Disabilities Exacerbate One Another by Heidi Schultheis  Center for American Progress  November 20, 2018 […]

By Felice J. Freyer Boston Globe  November 26, 2018 A Boston company is taking the concept of retail health care […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: “A Philadelphia effort called Safe Haven puts homeless patients into short-term housing and treats them for behavioral health […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: “Although there are several important exceptions, measurable differences in brain biology appear to contribute only a fraction of […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: A coalition of NYS community-based primary care, home care, and behavioral healthcare service providers including ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ have been […]

ACTION ALERT! Join the Call to Support Money Follows the Person! November 16, 2018 As the holiday season draws near, […]

Don’t be deterred by the weather! Join us TODAY, Thursday at a pivotal housing forum at 5:00 pm at Gustavos […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: With a Democratic majority in the NYS Senate, this should be the year for real criminal justice reform […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Here’s some very timely training and technical assistance opportunities that are being offered by our friends at SAMHSA’s […]

A Closer Look at the Federal Policy Change to Allow Medicaid to Pay for State/Private Hospital StaysHarvey Rosenthal, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Background […]

CMS May Allow Hospitals to Pay for Housing Through MedicaidBy Paul Barr  | Modern Healthcare November 14, 2018 HHS Secretary Alex Azar on […]

From Crain’s….Fresh off the Democrats’ triumph in the House, “Medicare for All” proponents are seizing the moment.IN THE HOUSE: JAYAPAL […]

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Note: Yesterday’s announcement by US Health and Human Services Secretary that states will now be able to apply to […]