NYAPRS Note: The article below, developed by NYAPRS’ Molly Donahue, delves into the benefits and risks of relying on technology […]
Archives for 2014
DOHMH Behavioral Health System Planning Forums in September
Upcoming Public Forums in New York City Hosted by DOHMH New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene The […]
CPI Releases Employment Resource Book for Consumers
NYAPRS Note: The employment resource book offered by the Center for Practice Innovations is a tremendous tool for consumers, peer […]
Only One Month to Go Till NYAPRS Conference, Rooms are Going Fast!
This year’s NYAPRS Annual Conference, to be held September 17-19 at our main conference site at the Hudson Valley Resort […]
Live Streaming of the 21st LI Bi County Empowerment Conference
Can’t attend the 21st Annual Long Island Bi-County Empowerment Conference in person? Watch the event live streaming on August 29! […]
Peer Respites for MH Consumers Prevent Hospitalizations
NYAPRS Note: The excellent article below highlights not only the valuable role of crisis respites to divert hospitalizations and contribute […]
NYAPRS Seeks Membership and Events Administrator
Membership and Events Coordinator Position Summary: Playing a key role in the public presentation of the organization, the Membership and […]
AP: Groups Claim Insurance Discrimination in New Forms
NYAPRS Note: After passage of the ACA, several NY insurance plans have been faulted by the Attorney General for parity […]
npr: Has ACA Helped Youth Get Mh Treatment? Maybe
NYAPRS Note: Some of the reasons young people don’t receive appropriate mental health treatment are well known—cost, access, assessment, stigma—but […]
Robin Williams’ Legacy Highlighted at SAMHSA Voice Awards
NYAPRS Note: A powerful moment at this year’s SAMHSA Voice Awards. Robin Williams’ Legacy Overshadows SAMHSA Voice Awards Posted […]
Social Media, Peer Credentialing MHA August Webinars
Mental Health America Webinar http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=Xq7zU_1IJDI4X7ctd64IgA http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=s-oftezOWhTweJprWov5Ow Please join us in August for two exciting webinars. Social and […]
NYSHF: Care Management in New York State Health Homes
NYAPRS Note: Here’s the executive summary of a newly released report looking at how health home based care management has […]
NYAPRS Update on NYS Medicaid Redesign Initiatives
NYAPRS Note: Here’s our best sense of where things currently stand with regards to the extraordinary number of simultaneously moving […]
Please Help Support a Leader of the Future!
Please Make Your Contribution for Peer Scholarships to NYAPRS Annual Conference! Registration is Live…..Register Now!!! Dear Friends, […]
SAMHSA Recognizes Honorees At 2014 Voice Awards
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to recognize this year’s SAMHSA Voice Award honorees for their great contributions to promoting […]
Integrated Health Track at the NYAPRS Conference; Register Today!
Integrated Health in this year’s conference! Registration is Live…..Register Now!!! This year’s program features extraordinary Integrated Health workshops, […]
Cuomo Launches Statewide LGBT Data Collection Through Agencies
NYAPRS Note: The initiative detailed below may help OMH and other state agencies learn about the needs and currently […]
Next MRLC Webinar- August 27-Where do I Fit in DSRIP?
NYAPRS Note: Our last two MRLC Webinars gave us much information about DSRIP planning in NYS and DSRIP implementation in […]
Link Now Activated: Peer Support in Correctional Facilities; Webinar Series
NYAPRS NOTE: Earlier this morning we sent out the following announcement for the Peer Support in Correctional Facilities webinar series. […]
KHN: To beat Heroin Addiction, A Turn to Coaches
To Beat Heroin Addiction, A Turn to Coaches Kaiser Health News; Martha Bebinger, 8/11/2014 Two young men sit in […]
Peer Support in Correctional Facilities; Webinar Series
IPTION TARGET AUDIENCEW!! IPTION
Only 10% of Medicaid Enrollees’ ED Use Is unnecessary
NYAPRS Note: The article below depicts a noted trend in insurance expansions; when people first access insurance after long periods […]
Crain’s: Hospital Insurer Expands with Integrated Model and Accountable Network
NYAPRS Note: North Shore LIJ hospital system is quietly achieving what appears to be the future of health care delivery […]
NYT: The High Cost of Low Risk: America’s Aging Prison Population
NYAPRS Note: Two problems increasingly challenging the mental health system in America—the aging of individuals with diagnoses and the criminalization […]
CDPAANYS Hiring Program Manager for Peer Program in Olmstead Implementation
NYAPRS Note: See below for an exciting new opportunity with CDPAANYS. This position highlights not only the importance of the […]
Check out Peer Services Lineup for the NYAPRS Conference!
NYAPRS Note: Peer run agencies, programs and services have come to the forefront of emerging new integrated health care systems […]
WA High Court: Psychiatric Boarding Unlawful
NYAPRS Note: An important precedent set in Washington this week may incentivize appropriations to crisis respite and alternatives to psychiatric […]
Immigrants Contribute $182m to Medicare
NYAPRS News: A recent report highlights further the significant economic contributions immigrants make to the US market. While many US […]
MMNY DSRIP Webinar Monday 8/11 Featuring Jason Helgerson & Greg Allen
NYAPRS Note: Join MMNY on Monday as they host a special webinar regarding DSRIP with state policy leads and speakers […]
HP: Rikers Receives Scathing Report on Youth, Solitary, Brutality Against Inmates with Psychiatric Diagnosis
More Evidence That New York’s Largest Jail Is An Utterly Horrific Place The Huffington Post; Christopher Mathias, 8/5/2014 A scathing […]
WRAP: Webinar from Copeland Center Highlights WRAP for Life
NYAPRS Note: Mary Ellen Copeland highlights a live webinar she’ll provide September 10 about her new resource about creating WRAP […]
STAR Center News; Engaging Asian Communities & Asian-American Mosaic
NYAPRS Note: See below for a STAR Center review of upcoming events, funding opportunities, and resources: STAR Center News Upcoming […]
NYU, McSilver Launches Advanced Certificate Program in Integrated Primary, BH Health
NYAPRS Note: New York University’s Silver School of School of Social Work and its McSilver Institute is launching an Advanced […]
NYAPRS Conference Keynotes Address Timely National Themes!
NYAPRS Note: This year’s NYAPRS Annual Conference features some very timely powerhouse keynote presentations, ranging from a very passionate and […]
SAMHSA: Webinar Today; Diverse Promising Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress
NYAPRS Note: Register this morning for this important webinar, hosted by SAMHSA this afternoon at 3pm: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF […]
Effective Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families; Webinar 8/20
Upcoming Webinar Announcement from the National Council for Behavioral Health: Effective Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Service Members, Veterans, and […]
MIA: An Anti-Violence Mental Health Plan
NYAPRS Note: Below, an excellent example of a succinct response to the argument that people with a psychiatric diagnosis can […]
The Social Context of MI through Global Proliferation
NYAPRS Note: As several articles we have recently sent articulate, the experience of behavioral health is largely contingent on socio-economic […]
CHP: New Initiative for Uninsured New Yorkers
NYAPRS Note: The article below refers to a webinar hosted by the state last Friday, during which Jason Helgerson and […]
NYT: Once Leader of Outcry, de Blasio Now Trying to Quell It
Once Leader of Outcry, de Blasio Is Now Trying to Quell It New York Times; Michael M. Grynbaum, 7/31/2014 […]
NY Disability Vote Network for a Unified Political Voice
NYAPRS Note: Sign up with the NY Disability Vote Network to get information about disability related voting issues that impact […]
OMH: Free Presentation; An Eagle Only Soars When It Flies Against The Wind
NYAPRS Note: A free webinar offered by the OMH Office of Consumer Affairs highlights one person’s recovery journey: An Eagle […]
SAMHSA: All Roads Lead to Better Engagement, from Harvey Rosenthal
NYAPRS Note: Below, Harvey Rosenthal describes the need for a varied and systemic approach to effective outreach and engagement from […]
SAMHSA: Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress Webinar
FREE WEBINAR Diverse Promising Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress: Youth, Family, and […]
Are CA Medicaid Priorities Imprisoning People with MH Diagnoses?
NYAPRS Note: Medicaid Redesign principles in NY must look at the total system of care, and analyze the potential impacts […]
CA Youth Wellness Center Central to Battle Against Child Trauma
NYAPRS Note: One clinic in California has worked on a way to integrate trauma-informed practices into their treatment of adverse […]
NYAPRS Annual Conference Responds to National Challenges
Over the past year, a national debate on the effectiveness and appropriate scope of state and national mental health service […]
TU; Feds: State Owes $1.5b
NYAPRS Note: In another unveiling of Medicaid abuse, NYS is accused of overspending the federal government’s liability by $1.5b. Compared […]
NPR: This is Your Stressed-Out Brain on Scarcity
NYAPRS Note: Another excellent article about the effects of poverty, below. Persons experiencing poverty not only suffer from social, monetary, […]
Today’s 2pm Bazelon Center’s Olmstead Webinar
Bazelon Center Webinar on Olmstead Integration will be offered on July 30 at 2:30pm July 21, 2014 – A […]
CSH: NY on Cutting Edge of ‘Housing as Health’ Debate
NYAPRS Note: A new report from CSH outlines the social determinants of health, and discusses ways that states like NY […]
MIA: Medicalizing Poverty
Medicalizing Poverty Mad in America; Wayne Munchel, 7/28/2014 In his Alternatives Conference 2012 Address, Will Hall called attention to […]
SAMHSA: Peer Support in State Correctional Facilities
NYAPRS Note: Save the dates! SAMHSA’s GAINS center is hosting two upcoming webinars to look at the possibilities of using […]
Aug 1 NYS MRT Employment Workgroup Meeting at 10:00 am
NYAPRS Note: This Friday, the NYS Department of Health will be hosting a webinar intended to describe the state’s progress […]
NYAPRS Hiring Training and Technical Assistance Facilitator (2)
NYAPRS is hiring! See below for a job description for a Training and Technical Assistance Facilitator in NYC/LI: NYAPRS […]
Politico: Deal Reached on VA Reforms
NYAPRS Note: As we await the final legislation offered in agreement between Sanders and Miller, initial reports offer indications that […]
NPR: NY Debates Whether Housing Counts as Health Care
NYAPRS Note: Housing continues to push to the forefront of state and national debates about what constitutes “health care”. We […]
NYAPRS Seeks Long Island Peer Bridger
NYAPRS NOTE: Please see the job posting below for the Peer Bridger position for the Peer Services division at NYAPRS. […]
Welcome Keris Myrick as new CMHS Director of Consumer Affairs
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased and excited about Keris Myrick’s appointment as Director of Consumer Affairs at the federal […]
Suffolk County Merger Enhances Recovery, Access for Veterans
NYAPRS Note: Long-time friend of NYAPRS Michael Stoltz officially announced yesterday that he would serve as central leadership to the […]
Crain’s: A New Long Island Network Takes Shape
NYAPRS Note: Agencies across the spectrum of health service delivery are looking strategically at their organizations and partnerships to determine […]
MHA: Patrick Hendry Honored with SAMHSA Voice Award
NYAPRS Note: Patrick Hendry, a national leader and advocate for peer services, will be honored this August by SAMHSA with […]
Postponed: Managed Care Forums from DOH/OMH/OASAS
NYAPRS Note: The forums announced by the state yesterday have been postponed. We will let you know when they are […]
MH Providers Plead for Meaningful Use Payments
Mental Health Providers Plead for Meaningful Use Payments POLITICO; Arthur Allen, 7/22/2014 Mental health care providers pleaded Tuesday for […]
OM: Are Hospitals Days Numbered?
NYAPRS Note: One thing I frequently talk about when explaining DSRIP is the changing role for hospitals in our health […]
SAMHSA: Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress
FREE WEBINAR Diverse Promising Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress: Youth, Family, and […]
Fountain House, Clubhouse Intnl Win Hilton Prize
NYAPRS Note: Fountain House, a celebrated NYC recovery program, flagship of the international Clubhouse model, and long-standing supporter of NYAPRS, […]
Peer Staffed Mobile Crisis Teams; Request for Information
Dear friends of NYAPRS, We are looking into a request from a California colleague to learn about peer […]
NYS Announces BH Medicaid Managed Care Kick-off Forums
NYAPRS Note: Please sign up to attend one of these forums. More from NYAPRS shortly! OMH, OASAS, DOH, and […]
Managed Care Forums from DOH/OMH/OASAS Coming to Your Region
NYAPRS Note: See below for information regarding regional forums to prepare providers for the transition to behavioral health managed care. […]
OMH: August 6th Webinar for DSRIP, 1915.i Providers
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from the NYS Office of Mental Health. DSRIP and 1915i Community Based Providers Webinar […]
NYAPRS Release 2014 Conference Program Schedule
NYAPRS Note: On behalf of the NYAPRS Conference Committee and our staff, we are very pleased to release the most […]