NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without Compromising Our Values,” to be held […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
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
CNY Regonal Forum
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 […]
Info on NYAPRS Feb LI, Southern Tier and No Country Forums!
NYAPRS Note: Over the next and following weeks, NYAPRS will be hosting 5 regional forums that will prepare folks for […]
Save April 16-17 for NYAPRS Executive Seminar w/Keynoter David Covington
NYAPRS Note: Look for this year’s Executive Seminar’s full program and registration link and information next week! Save the Date […]
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 […]
Rise of NY’s Peer Support Movement: Illuminating and Inspiring Ed Knight Interview by Chacku Mathai
Please take a listen to this wonderful interview with Ed Knight by Chacku Mathai that helps trace the rise of […]
2 NYS Regional Health Information Organizations to Merge
NYAPRS Note: In New York, Regional Health Information Organizations are local hubs where area individuals’’ electronic health information is stored […]
Olson: A History of the Open Dialogue Approach in the US
NYAPRS Note: Here’s a recently published account of the development of the ground breaking Open Dialogue approach. See an hour […]
PT: NY Corrections Commissioner Agrees to Spend Night in Solitary Confinement
NYAPRS Note: A central image in the campaign to win enactment in New York of the Humane Alternatives To Long-Term […]
NYT in 1995: ‘Mentally Ill Gaining New Rights As Their Own Lobby’
NYAPRS Note: Here’s a piece in the Times going back to 1995 that highlighted the rise of groups like the […]
MHANYS Voices Concerns about the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very thoughtful position from our friends at MHANYS on New York’s fast moving proposal to legalize […]
LAT: Ed Knight: “Don’t Give Up Your Delusions Of Grandeur. Those Are Your Goals.”
NYAPRS Note: Thanks to Laura Van Tosh, here’s a stirring 1996 news article providing some details of Ed Knight’s inspiring […]
TIME SENSITIVE: Baltic St AEH, Community Access Seek NYC Adult Home Peer Bridgers
BALTIC STREET AEH PEER BRIDGER POSITIONS Program: OMH Adult Home Project Staten Island Position Summary: This project is designed to […]
NYC Forum Makes MH Crisis Response Recommendations
‘You Can’t Just Snap Out Of A Mental Health Crisis’ By Mark Chiusano AMNY January 28, 2019 A forum in […]
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 […]
Call Your Local NYAPRS Legislative Day Bus Captain to Get on the Bus to Albany on Feb 26th!
NYAPRS Note: It’s time to reserve seats on the NYAPRS Legislative Day bus that is leaving localities from across the […]
PT: NYS State Wants To Expand Medicaid Into Jails, Prisons
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is in very strong support of a current proposal, included in this year’s Executive Budget, to seek […]
In Honor and Memory of Ed Knight
In Honor and Memory of Ed Knight I learned a few days ago that Ed Knight passed away last year. […]
NYAPRS Announces “Continuing the Conversation on Oppression, Racism and Health Inequities Webinar Series”, Feb 28 Kickoff
NYAPRS Note: In the summer of 2018, providers from across New York State gathered at a conference in Albany to learn […]
Save April 16-17 for NYAPRS Executive Seminar w/Keynoter David Covington
Save the Date 2019
Call Your Local NYAPRS Legislative Day Bus Captain to Get on the Bus to Albany on Feb 26th!
NYAPRS Note: It’s time to reserve seats on the NYAPRS Legislative Day bus that is leaving localities from across the […]
OMH Statewide Multicultural Advisory Committee Members Needed! Application Attached!
January 24, 2019 The New York State Office of Mental Health’s Bureau of Cultural Competence (BCC) is pleased to announce […]
Correction: NYS Sued for Keeping Prisoners Past Their Release Dates due to Housing Shortage
Correction: We’ve added an italicized portion of the NY Times piece below that was missing in our original posting. The […]
CHP: DOH to Apply for DSRIP Waiver Extension
What’s Next for DSRIP? Crain’s Health Pulse January 24, 2019 State Department of Health officials said they plan to pursue […]
Jan 29 Webinar Launch of Nat Ctr on Advancing Person-Centered Practices & Systems
Webinar 1/29: Launch of the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems Join the NCAPPS launch webinar on January […]
NYS Sued for Keeping Prisoners Past Their Release Dates due to Housing Shortage
NYAPRS Note: The Legal Aid Society and Disability Rights New York have sued New York State for keeping incarcerated individuals […]
OMH Issues RFP to Assists Children’s BH Providers to Succeed
Good Afternoon Everyone, The New York State Office of Mental Health is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for eligible […]
Join Feb 8 NYC Training for NYAPRS Legislative Day!
NYAPRS Legislative Day Tuesday February 26, 2019 Travel with us and Speak Out Meet with Your State Legislators in […]