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���������� is very pleased to announce our featured speakers at this year’s ���������� Annual Conference, “A New Alliance: It Takes […]

���������� Note: Several days ago, I asked people to send in their person thoughts and feelings on the passing of […]

���������� Note: Great thanks to Governor Hochul for her investments to support tuition assistance, paid internships, and direct stipends for minority […]

NYS Office of Mental Health Launches Partnership to Help Black ����������ers Heal from Buffalo Tragedy and Increased Rates of […]

���������� Note: According to the Gotham Gazette, use of Kendra’s Law outpatient commitment orders in ���������� are up by […]

Special Assistant- Planning Director, OMH Central Office From $112,155 to $141,538 Annually Full Posting: https://statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacancyDetailsView.cfm?id=108247 Contact: Sarah Mahar, omhhrm@omh.ny.gov The […]

���������� Note: Per yesterday’s news release below, ���������� is very pleased to see the issuance of the RFP for the […]

���������� Seeks Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives  Over the past 4 decades, the ���������� Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation […]

���������� Seeks Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives Over the past 4 decades, the ���������� Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation […]

���������� Note: A group of disability rights groups including ���������� and allied education groups have released the attached letter of […]

���������� Note: The following comes to you from the ���������� Cultural Competence Committee. How Your Organization Can Recognize Juneteenthby Ella […]

Peer Support MentorJob Description The Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc. (MHEP) is a not-for-profit agency organized in 1988 to develop […]

Associate Commissioner Mental Health, Central OfficeFrom $149004 to $184540 AnnuallyFull Posting: https://statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacancyDetailsView.cfm?id=106571     Contact Sarah Mahar: omhhrm@omh.ny.gov Application Deadline Extended: 06/24/2022 […]

���������� Note: As a follow up to the posting we just sent regarding today’s announced tentative Senate bipartisan gun control, […]

���������� Note: Please take a minute to call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s office and urge him to move and pass […]

���������� Note: As you’ll see from the just posted article below, the NYS Senate is poised to pass the Clean […]

  Make 2 Phone Calls Today! Tell Legislative Leaders to Move and Pass the Clean Slate Bill This Last Week […]

HHS Announces its first ever Behavioral Health Recovery Innovation Challenge The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the […]

  May 19, 2022 Greetings, As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this month, the ���������� […]

���������� Note: The following looks into efforts by some NYS Legislators to identify ways in which the Buffalo killer might […]

Advocates For People With Mental Illnesses Fear Vilification After Buffalo ShootingBy Nick Reisman City of Albany  Spectrum News  May 16, […]

Please join extremely special opportunity to share our grief, trauma and outrage with those across ���������� and beyond! ============== […]

���������� State Office of Mental Health Webinar“Addressing Community Grief and Trauma in Wake of the Tragedy in Buffalo”Wednesday, May […]

Nowhere To Go: As Psychiatric Beds Disappear, Troubled Teens Fill ERsDearth of treatment options for patients under 18 in the […]

���������� Note: ���������� and our colleagues in the psychiatric and broader disability rights movement are very encouraged to see how […]

  May 9, 2022 Greetings, The ���������� State Office of Mental Health’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is excited […]

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that she is appointing Representative Antonio Delgado to serve as Lieutenant Governor of ����������. Representative Delgado […]

Governor Hochul Announces Appointment of Representative Antonio Delgado as Lieutenant Governor Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that she is appointing Representative Antonio […]

���������� Note:  The ���������� State Rehabilitation Council is currently seeking diverse membership representation for its next 3-year term.  Representing […]

Opinion: Coercion and Institutionalization Won’t Fix NY’s Mental Health Crisis “We must reject policies that single out, scapegoat, and sweep […]

We are at a critical juncture and need you to keep pouring on our shared opposition to an expansion of […]

���������� Note:  Yesterday, a group of mental health, cross disability, legal rights and criminal justice reform advocates gathered in Albany […]

���������� Note:  Yesterday, a group of mental health, cross disability, legal rights and criminal justice reform advocates gathered in Albany […]

For Immediate Release: 3/29/2022 GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES $21 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR NATION’S FIRST ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT […]

����������/NYLPI Note: See the article below to confirm that negotiations on the budget and Kendra’s Law are further intensifying as […]

���������� Note: NYS Senator Samra Brouk has been a deeply inspiring champion for the rights and appropriate services for people […]

The newly released position paper from NYS Legislature’s Black, Hispanic, Puerto Rican and Asian caucus makes no reference to expanding […]

���������� Note: The following article takes a deeper look at strategies to engage and assist ���������� City residents who […]

The NYS Assembly released a budget proposal last night that addresses 2 major priorities for ���������� members: a substantial increase […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 2, 2022 Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343 media@hhs.gov Secretary Becerra Kicks Off National Tour to Strengthen Mental Health […]

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer ($117,249)The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene/Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) ����������, NYDeadline: March 8, […]

���������� Note: Tonight President Biden will include an extraordinary number of progressive proposals that address a broad range of long […]

���������� Note: The following news articles over the past few days have underscored the importance and effectiveness of voluntary alternatives […]

Mental Health Care For Black Communities Requires A Nuanced ApproachCrain’s Health Pulse  February 22, 2022 Mental health providers and startups […]

���������� Note: Here’s a wonderful article by Shannon Higbee, CEO of ���������� member agency Recovery Options Made Easy. ROME is […]

���������� Note: The following piece comes to us from the ���������� Cultural Competence Committee. Please join the Committee to aid […]