Study: Mental Health Issues Increasingly Seen in Young Americans -Rising psychological distress, depression, and suicidal thoughts in this group may […]
Don’t Miss the Next Round of NYAPRS New Hire Orientations!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is excited to provide details of another round of our new training initiative for all new staff […]
DG: Raise Cost Of Living Pay For Services Staff in NYS
NYAPRS note: With about a week to go, our human services campaign is intensifying our efforts to secure a 2.9% […]
Alternatives 2019 July 8-9 at Catholic University in DC: Submit Workshop Proposal Today
Alternatives 2019 July 8-9 at Catholic University in DC: Submit Workshop Proposal Today https://www.alternatives-conference.org/ The Alternatives conference is the oldest […]
Edye Schwartz, Steve Coe to be Honored at NYAPRS’ April 16th Albany Reception
NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]
Self-Directed Care Outcomes and Examples Featured at NYAPRS Executive Seminar: Register Today
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS Executive Seminar Self-directed care initiatives that allow people to make strategic purchases to meet their most important […]
TU: NYS Assembly Members Call on Gov Cuomo to Fund Nonprofit COLA
NYAPRS Note: NYS Assembly Mental Health Committee Chair Aileen Gunther led a group of Assembly colleagues from both sides of […]
May 5-7 NYS APSE Employment First Training Institute
NYAPRS Note: The NYS APSE Employment Institute is the premier event for supported employment professionals in New York State. This […]
Alert: Urge Assembly Speaker Heastie to Support BH Parity
NYAPRS Note: Thanks to MHANYS for passing this along. Please act today! Support Behavioral Health Parity in the Budget—Make […]
Rescheduled: Tomorrow’s NYAPRS Anti-Oppressive Practice Webinar
NYAPRS Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, part 2 of our webinar series on health equity will have to be rescheduled […]
April 8 Webinar: HCBS Person-Centered Planning – Lessons From The Field
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is hosting an “HCBS Person-Centered Planning – Lessons From the Field” webinar […]
Alert: Call on Gov Cuomo to Support a Human Services COLA!
NYAPRS Note: With only 2 weeks to go to a possible state budget agreement, it’s critical that advocates pile on […]
Alert: Call on Gov Cuomo to Support a Human Services COLA!
NYAPRS Note: With only 2 weeks to go to a possible state budget agreement, it’s critical that advocates pile on […]
Alert: Call Today To Keep Increased Funding For ILCs in the Final Budget!
NYAPRS Note: Please join NYAPRS in our support for the essential services and supports that NYS Independent Living Centers provide […]
PT: US Judge to Rule on Legality of Medicaid Work Requirements
A Monumental Month on Medicaid Work Requirements Politico March 18, 2019 — When CMS Administrator Seema Verma approved Ohio’s […]
NYAPRS Honors Edye Schwartz and Steve Coe at April 16th Albany Reception
NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]
Balancing Recovery Values with Business Success: Register Today for NYAPRS April 16-17 Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: Next month’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar will take a very personal look at the challenges behavioral healthcare agency leaders […]
New Dates for Another Round of NYAPRS New Hire Orientations
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is excited to provide details of another round of our new training initiative for all new staff […]
NYAPRS Needs Your Help to Sustain our NYS Advocacy Efforts!
NYAPRS Needs Your Help to Sustain our NYS Advocacy Efforts! This past week, both houses of the legislature heard our […]
CHP: Assembly, Senate Propose Cost-Of-Living Adjustment For the Human Services Workforce
NYAPRS Note: As we reported Tuesday, we’re thrilled that both houses of the legislature are recognizing the crisis in our […]
Only A Month Till NYAPRS Executive Seminar: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: We’re only a month out from this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without Compromising Our […]
DN: NYC’s New MH Commissioner Emphasizes Strategies to Engage People w Major MH Conditions
NYAPRS Note: There are some who believe the best way to get people with major mental health conditions help in […]
Breaking: NYS Senate Budget Resolution Adds Some $ for COLA, Housing, CIT
The NYS Senate just released its one house state budget resolutions that adds some funds to the following mental health […]
Breaking: NYS Assembly Budget Resolution Funds the COLA, Housing Hike
Today, the NYS Assembly released its budget resolution that funds the Cost of Living Adjustment we’ve all worked for since […]
NYAPRS to Reschedule Anti-Oppressive Practice Webinar
NYAPRS Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, part 2 of our webinar series on health equity will have to be rescheduled […]
MHW: N.J. Community MH Agency Partners with Legal Group
N.J. Agency Partners with Legal Group to Help SPMI patients Mental Health Weekly March 11, 2019 Noting that medical-legal partnerships […]
Don’t Miss 2019 NYAPRS Executive Seminar April 16-17 in Albany: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without Compromising Our Values,” to be held […]
Trump Proposes Big Cuts To Health, Food Stamp Programs For Poor, Elderly And Disabled
Trump Proposes Big Cuts To Health Programs For Poor, Elderly And Disabled By Amy Goldstein and Jeff Stein Washington Post […]
NYAPRS Marks Retirement, Contributions of Edye Schwartz and Steve Coe at April 16th Albany Reception
NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]
NYAPRS Needs Your Help to Sustain our NYS Advocacy Efforts!
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Rochester: Join NYAPRS’ Ferencz, Rosenthal, Statham at MONDAY’S HCBS Peer Forum
NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS and our New Choices in Recovery project is hosting […]
OMH: CNY Regional Forum on Cultural & Linguistic Needs
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ALERT: Raising HCBS Enrollment in Monroe County March 11 Consumer Forum
NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]
MH: Judge’s Ruling on Unreasonable Barriers to BH Care to Have Wide Ramifications
United Loses in Court on Behavioral Health Coverage Rules By Harris Meyer Modern Healthcare March , 2019 A federal judge […]
Tonko: Bipartisan Federal Medicaid Reentry Act Introduced, NYS Waiver Application Coming
NYAPRS Note: Representatives Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Michael Turner (OH-10) introduced bipartisan legislation empowering states to expand access to treatment […]
ALERT: Raising HCBS Enrollment in Monroe County March 11 Consumer Forum
NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]
ALERT: Raising HCBS Enrollment in Monroe County March 11 Consumer Forum
NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]
Is New York’s Mental-Health System Listening to the Peers Who’ve Lived It?
NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very powerful piece that traces the development of ‘high integrity’ peer support services, the struggles to […]
There’s Still Time to Apply to be a Sponsor or Vendor at NYAPRS’ 2019 Executive Seminar!
NYAPRS Note: There’s still time to secure an exhibitor table and serve as a sponsor for NYAPRS’ upcoming Annual Executive […]
Stay Ahead of the Curve at the NYAPRS Executive Seminar: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: Now is the time to register to attend this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without […]
Stay Ahead of the Curve at the NYAPRS Executive Seminar: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: Now is the time to register to attend this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without […]
OMH Seeks Director, Bureau of Clinical Risk Management
Mental Health Program Manager 1 The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill one Mental […]
There’s Still Time to Apply to be a Sponsor or Vendor at NYAPRS’ 2019 Executive Seminar!
NYAPRS Note: There’s still time to secure an exhibitor table and serve as a sponsor for NYAPRS’ upcoming Annual Executive […]
NYAPRS Legislative Day Takes Albany, Advances Housing and Workforce Funding and Criminal Justice Reforms
NYAPRS Legislative Day Takes Albany! Over 400 NYAPRS self and system advocates braved the bitter cold and came to Albany […]
CEU’s Available at NYAPRS April 16-7 Executive Seminar: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]
Tomorrow’s March to be Inside Capital If Need Be; 1 pm Capital Mental Health March for Housing, Workforce, Solitary Confinement Ban
A quick note to all of you who are coming up to Albany to participate in that very special yearly […]
Tomorrow: 1 pm Capital Mental Health March for Housing, Workforce, Solitary Confinement Ban
N E W S A D V I S O R Y Mental Health Advocates Rally at NYS Capital to […]
TU: Direct Care Workers Demand Funding, Citing Cuomo’s Women’s Agenda
NYAPRS Note: Actions by advocates for the human services nonprofit workforce and agencies are intensifying, including a host of statewide […]
TU: Cuomo And Lawmakers Need To Agree On Revenue Forecast Next Week
NYAPRS Note: If Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders conclude that there’s not enough money to make substantive adds beyond the […]
NYAPRS Releases April 16-7 Executive Seminar Program: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]
Today is the Last Chance to Get on the Bus for Tomorrow’s Legislative Day in Albany!
NYAPRS Note: Tomorrow is NYAPRS’ Annual Albany Legislative Day! Upwards of 600 self and system advocates are coming to Albany […]
‘Then You’re Vanished’: Living In Solitary Confinement: AMNY
NYAPRS Note: The following interview contains the most powerful and clearest rationale as to why NYAPRS has once again joined […]
Last Chance to Get on the NYAPRS Bus to Albany Next Tuesday! See Legislative Day Book
NYAPRS Note: Next Tuesday is NYAPRS’ Annual Albany Legislative Day! The weather will offer sunny 43 degree weather, and over […]
NYAPRS Releases April 16-7 Executive Seminar Program: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]
NYAPRS Announces “Continuing the Conversation on Oppression, Racism and Health Inequities Webinar Series”, Feb 28 Kickoff
NYAPRS Note: See below for the registration links for this very timely series. In the summer of 2018, providers from across […]
Cuomo: $1.1 B in Medicaid Cuts, More Housing $, 3 Prison Closures
NYAPRS Note: In the 30-Day Amendments that Governors propose to alter the budget plans they originally released (in January of […]
MH: HHS Will Test Paying Ambulance Providers for Trips to Alternative Sites, Telemedicine
HHS Will Test Paying Ambulance Providers for Trips to Alternative Sites, Telemedicine By Robert King Modern Healthcare February 14, 2019 […]
Next Week: Don’t Miss Buffalo, Binghamton, New City, Plattsburgh NYAPRS Forums!
NYAPRS Note: In advance of our February 26th Legislative Day, NYAPRS will be hosting 4 regional forums next week that […]
What Providers Want to Know About Peer Support Services: Feb 20 Webinar
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from NYAPRS’ Maryam Husamudeen on behalf of New York’s Academy of Peer Services (APS). The […]
WSJ: Proposed CMS Rules Could Ease Patients’ Access to Their Own Health Records
New Rules Could Ease Patients’ Access to Their Own Health Records By Anna Wilde Mathews Wall Street Journal February 11, […]
United Wants to Expand Diagnostic Codes to the Social Determinants Of Health
Why Unitedhealthcare Wants to Expand Diagnostic Codes to the Social Determinants Of Health by Paige Minemyer FierceHealthcare Feb 11, 2019 […]
TU: Single-Payer Healthcare Campaign Kicks Off In Albany
Single-Payer Healthcare Campaign Kicks Off In Albany By Rachel Silberstein Albany Times Union February 11, 2019 ALBANY — The state’s […]
URGENT: PLEASE COMMENT ON PROPOSED HIPAA CHANGES TODAY!
URGENT: PLEASE COMMENT ON PROPOSED HIPAA CHANGES! NYAPRS E-News February 11, 2019 There’s only a day left to reply to […]
NYAPRS Releases 2019-20 State Budget Priorities
NYAPRS Note: Below is a summary of the NYAPRS 2019-20 state budget priorities that we referenced in last Thursday’s NYAPRS […]
TODAY! Urge Your Senator to Pass the HALT (Solitary Confinement) Bill!
NYAPRS Note: We stand on the precipice of seeing the NYS Senate pass the HALT Bill and end the use […]
NYAPRS Releases Executive Seminar Sponsor/Vendor Prospectus
NYAPRS Note: There’s still time to secure an exhibitor table and serve as a sponsor for NYAPRS’ upcoming Annual Executive […]
STILL TIME TO REGISTER “Continuing the Conversation on Oppression, Racism and Health Inequities Webinar Series”, Feb 28 Kickoff
NYAPRS Note: See below for the registration links for this very timely series. In the summer of 2018, providers from across […]
TT: Behavioral Health Agencies in NY Struggle
NYAPRS Note: The following piece underscores the drastic need behavioral health and other human services nonprofits face in providing consistent […]
30 Seconds Today to Help #HALTsolitary
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Attend NYAPRS NYC Feb 8 Friday Legislative Day Prep Session: COLA, Housing, Criminal Justice Issues
NYAPRS Legislative Day Tuesday February 26, 2019 Travel with us and Speak Out Meet with Your State Legislators in […]
Don’t Miss This Weeks NYAPRS LI Regional Forums!
NYAPRS Note: Over the next and following weeks, NYAPRS will be hosting 5 regional forums that will prepare folks for […]
Spread the News about new NYS Behavioral Health Ombuds Program
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from new NYS Ombudsman Project Director Stephanie Campbell. The New Ombudsman Program, called the Community […]