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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Criminal justice reform remains a top priority for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, especially passage of the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term (HALT) […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Last week, Psychiatric Services posted a landmark study that compared the effectiveness of self-directed care to services delivered […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Carmel Regional Forum ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is kicking off a series of regional forums over the next few months […]

Governor Cuomo has announced he will present his 2019-2020 Executive Budget this coming Tuesday, January 15th.  He will deliver his […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Carmel Regional Forum ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is kicking off a series of regional forums over the next few months […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ congratulates Cal Hedigan for her appointment as CEO at Community Access in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ City. She succeeds […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: In a telling move about the state of healthcare, one of the most prominent behavioral health providers in […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Recent media coverage underscored the acute need for appropriate and adequate supports to assist current NYC adult home […]

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Recent media coverage underscored the acute need for appropriate and adequate supports to assist current NYC adult home […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is working closely with MHANYS and a broad coalition of behavioral health provider, family and consumer advocates […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 […]

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Carmel Regional Forum

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: OMH is looking to fill a new position aimed at improving rates of screening for and managing opioid […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ 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) […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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

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

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has long worked to advance policies that promote criminal justice system diversion and re-entry services and to […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is kicking off a series of regional forums over the next few months with a January 16 […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Thanks to a strong advocacy push by more than two dozen statewide organizations and 5 national groups representing […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 […]

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Len Statham: “Our friends at the Northeast & Caribbean Addiction Technology Transfer Center […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Attached please find the final report from the “Strengthening Service Coordination for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to invite our members […]

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

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!  ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The crises in community housing, workforce recruitment and […]

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

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]

Correction: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to invite our members and […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to provide details of an additional session in the Hudson River Valley region of […]

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has seen a drop of about 25% of youth arrests and incarcerations since the first phase […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The following comes from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Len Statham, who writes that “an important Social Security Work Incentive demonstration project […]

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: People living with mental health conditions are grossly overrepresented in our criminal justice system in large part because […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Please take a few minutes today to urge Governor Cuomo to double the annual budget for the geriatric […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Newly released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm that rates of death by suicide […]

Correction: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to invite our members and […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Please urge Gov. Cuomo to approve a bill that would help promote hiring of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈers with disabilities […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to invite our members […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is a very active member of Bring it Home, a NYS coalition of community-based mental health housing […]

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

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 […]