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���ϲ����� Note: The following article notes the incongruity of President Obama tying his executive actions on gun control to mental […]

���ϲ����� Note: The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions is offering a free webinar on February 4 from 2PM – […]

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is currently holding a hearing entitled “Improving the Federal Response to […]

���ϲ����� Note: SAMHSA’s Winter Webinar Series continues on January 26, from 1-2 PM EST, and is entitled: “Recovery-Oriented Community-Focused Responses […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following two articles – one from the Buffalo News, and one from the ���ϲ����� Daily News […]

Mental Health Legislation in the Senate: Hearings and Updates By Leah Harris Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy […]

���ϲ����� Note: Please join us on January 21 from 12-1 PM for a free webinar entitled “Advancing Cultural Competence in […]

���ϲ����� Note: According to the results of the recent Mental Health and Suicide Survey, college-aged adults are more likely to […]

���ϲ����� Note: Although there is popular enthusiasm for Gov. Cuomo’s proposed $15/hour minimum wage hike, nonprofit agencies are scrambling wondering […]

���ϲ����� Note: We are greatly saddened at the loss of Jeff Wise, one of ���ϲ����� State’s top longtime advocates […]

���ϲ����� Note: As many of you know, our 19th Annual Legislative Day is coming up on February 23rd here in […]

���ϲ����� Note: Several key criminal justice initiatives were unveiled in Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address on Wednesday, one […]

���ϲ����� Note: Please join us on January 21 from 12-1 PM for a free webinar entitled “Advancing Cultural Competence in […]

                                                                                                                                                                                                        January 13, 2016 First Look at the NYS 2016-17 Executive Budget […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address takes place at 12:30 PM today, followed by the highly anticipated […]

���ϲ����� Note: The National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) is presenting a free webinar on January 27, 2016 from 3:00 […]

���ϲ����� Note: Although Governor Cuomo has introduced 14 signature initiatives in advance of today’s State of the State address and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Join our presenters as they share how the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) started and now flourishes as a […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Cuomo announced a series of criminal justice reforms on Sunday that will be part of the proposed […]

���ϲ����� Note: We must ensure that there is a strong consumer and recipient voice in monitoring the impact of the […]

        The ���ϲ����� Collective in collaboration with the  Managed Care Technical  Assistance Center and Health Management Associates […]

���ϲ����� Note: Join our presenters as they share how the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) started and now flourishes as a […]

���ϲ����� Note: A study funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and led by Boston Medical Center found […]

���ϲ����� Note: Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) has developed two mini-modules entitled (1) “Dual Recovery,” that discusses the effectiveness of […]

���ϲ����� Note: Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds is suing that state and area providers for failing to intervene to help […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Obama administration announced a new pilot program – the Accountable Health Communities Model – on Tuesday, designed […]

���ϲ����� Note: The National Institute for Mental Health’s study on first episode psychosis (RAISE) demonstrates remarkable outcomes for individuals who […]

���ϲ����� Note: Please mark your calendars for ���ϲ����� Albany Legislative Day on February 23rd! See our attached flyer, and look […]

���ϲ����� Note: Included in yesterday’s proposals by President Obama to prevent unlawful gun ownership is a provision that would require […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing is organizing a Thunderclap – a social media flash mob – TOMORROW January […]

���ϲ����� Note: The University of Illinois at Chicago is seeking responses from peer specialists for a research survey that asks […]

Given how many homeless individuals have mental health conditions, ���ϲ����� is continuing to keep a close focus on the impact […]

���ϲ����� Note: Dutchess County, in upstate ���ϲ�����, is rolling out a very innovative 24-hour Crisis Stabilization Center that will […]

���ϲ����� Note: Here are some reactions to and clarifications about Governor Cuomo’s executive order directing authorities to remove homeless people […]

���ϲ����� Note: Included in President Obama’s initiatives to reduce gun violence that were released yesterday (see full release at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/04/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our) […]

Obama Dares GOP for Mental Health Reforms By Sarah Ferris The Hill 01/05/16 02:13 PM EST   President Obama is […]

���ϲ����� Note: Great thanks are due to Allen Daniels and his team for providing us with a very timely look […]

���ϲ����� Note: As former NYSOMH Commissioner and New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Chair Michael Hogan points out in his […]

���ϲ����� Note: According to a recently released nationwide survey in the United Kingdom, more than three-quarters of students have experienced […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Cuomo’s executive order requiring local governments to bring homeless people off the streets, using mental hygiene law […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following comes from ���ϲ�����’ Len Statham. NYESS Administrative Employment Network Presents:   Effectively Utilizing the  Ticket to […]

Deadline Extended on Forensic Peer Initiatives Survey! The College for Behavioral Health Leadership Peer Leaders Interest Group, The Temple University […]

���ϲ����� Note: A recently released government-funded study found that early intervention modalities that address first-episode psychosis have had notable success. […]

Good Afternoon, The timeline for the implementation of Behavioral Health Home and Community Based Services (BH HCBS) for the HARP […]

���ϲ����� Note: As the following piece reports, the mid-December release of the congressional FY 2016 spending bill included both funding […]

���ϲ����� Note: Join our presenters as they share how the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) started and now flourishes as a […]

���ϲ����� Note: Please mark your calendars for next year’s ���ϲ����� Albany Legislative Day on February 23rd! See our attached flyer, […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an executive order that removes juvenile offenders from adult prisons and places them […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP) is conducting a free Peer Specialist training beginning in early February, and […]

���ϲ����� Note: As a direct result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of uninsured Americans became insured in 2014. […]

���ϲ����� Note: According to a new report from SAMHSA, more Americans are seeking help for opioid abuse – particularly heroin […]

���ϲ����� Note: Today’s Albany Times Union features a very timely Op Ed from ���ϲ����� Policy Specialist Tom Templeton that focuses […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following piece relates to the recent NYS settlement that is expected to reduce the prison solitary population […]

���ϲ����� Note: Advocates have been working for decades to get ���ϲ����� State and NYC to provide people with psychiatric […]

���ϲ����� Note: According to a recent report by Germany’s chamber of psychotherapists, half of the refugees housed in Germany are […]

���ϲ����� Note: Representative Joe Kennedy III introduced legislation last week that would require insurance providers to disclose to federal regulators […]

���ϲ����� Note: On January 14, 2016 at 1 PM EST The College of Behavioral Health Leadership is hosting a webinar […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing is organizing a Thunderclap – a social media flash mob – on January […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Employment Resource Book is a terrific comprehensive, action-oriented guide developed by the Center for Practice Innovations and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Health Management Associates (HMA) is hosting a free webinar on January 14 from 1-2 PM EST to discuss […]

���ϲ����� Note: The interrelationships between physical and mental health are have become commonly understood and an increased driver for national […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Cuomo’s plan to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for state workers begins on […]

���ϲ����� Note: Increasing funding and providing better access to mental health services yields both positive and measurable outcomes. California’s university […]

���ϲ����� Note: See attached flyer regarding the SAMHSA funded NAADAC Minority Fellowship Program for Addiction Counselors     NAADAC Minority […]

���ϲ����� Note: Over the next 5 years, ���ϲ����� will be moving as much of 90% of healthcare payments to […]

���ϲ����� Note: Increasingly, we are discussing the decarceration movement – the push for the release of persons with mental health […]

���ϲ����� Note: Mental health courts are a popular form of diversion for people with mental health conditions who have had […]

���ϲ����� Note: Overcoming the wrongful mixing of mental health policy improvements with violence prevention and failures to reach bi-partisan collaborative […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration released a report on Thursday that detailed its success in providing housing and […]

���ϲ����� Note: The number of children who have been prescribed psychotropic medication is staggering. Dr. Allen Frances calls it an […]

���ϲ����� Note: Sixty-five percent of incarcerated persons meet the criteria for a substance use condition and more than half meet […]