The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
WSJ: Joint Commission Accredited More Than 100 Psychiatric Hospitals Despite Abuses
NYAPRS Note: The following investigative report raises very serious questions about the Joint Commission’s oversight of US private and public […]
Baltic St AEH Seeks Peer Bridgers, Housing, Education & Employment Specialists in NYC
Housing Specialist Job Posting Peer Advocate Job Posting
Cuomo 3rd Inaugural Address Underscores Efforts to End Cash Bail, Conversion Therapy
NYAPRS Note: Upon beginning his third term yesterday at an inaugural address on Ellis Island, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged […]
TU: Burnout, Low Pay Take Toll on NY Human Service Agencies, Advocates Seek 2.9% COLA
NYAPRS Note: A powerful example of why we’ve joined with our colleagues to fight for a 2.9% COLA in the […]
Thousands Held In NY’s Prisons Will Spend The Holidays In Solitary Confinement
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS has long worked to advance policies that promote criminal justice system diversion and re-entry services and to […]
Jan 16 NYAPRS Putnam/Westchester Forum Preps for Legislative Day, Looks at New Service Innovations
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is kicking off a series of regional forums over the next few months with a January 16 […]
Gov. Cuomo Enacts MH/SUD Parity Report Act, Providing Transparency on Compliance with Federal & State MH/SUD Parity Laws
NYAPRS Note: Thanks to a strong advocacy push by more than two dozen statewide organizations and 5 national groups representing […]
Gov Cuomo Announces Minimum Wage Increases for 2018
NYAPRS Note: Governor Cuomo released details of the schedule for implementation of the minimum wage increase across NYS. In addition, […]
MH: ACA Repeal Wouldn’t Stop Transition to Value-Based Payment
ACA Repeal Wouldn’t Stop Transition to Value-Based Payment, Efforts to Lower Drug Spending Even if the Affordable Care Act is […]
Warm Holiday Wishes from NYAPRS
Today at Noon: Engagement, Recovery Supports for People Experiencing Homelessness BRSS TACS Live Event
NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss this very timely live event and lineup that includes NYAPRS Co-President Jeff McQueen. BRSS TACS December […]
The Costly Price of Benefits’ for WNY/CNY Provider: Join the NeC-ATTC/NYAPRS Learning Collaborative
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from NYAPRS’ Len Statham: “Our friends at the Northeast & Caribbean Addiction Technology Transfer Center […]
Strengthening Service Coordination for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness Expert Panel Report
NYAPRS Note: Attached please find the final report from the “Strengthening Service Coordination for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness […]
Openings Available for NYAPRS Jan 16 Capital District Regional New Hire Orientation
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to provide details of an additional session in the Hudson River Valley region of […]
Urge Gov Cuomo to Approve MH/SU Parity Reporting Act by Dec 22!
ACTION NEEDED THIS WEEK! Require that Insurers and Health Plans Demonstrate Their Compliance with Federal and State Mental and Substance […]
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to invite our members […]
Harkin on NYS Adult Home NYT Piece: Gov’t is Accountable for Helping PWDs to live in Most Integrated Settings
NYAPRS Note: A wonderful counter to Pro Publica’s/New York Times’ recent piece suggesting that supported community housing is a failed […]
Friedman: Mental Illness Doesn’t Mean Mass Murder, Calls for a Unified Focus by Advocates
NYAPRS Note: Here’s an excellent new piece by longtime NYS based mental health advocate Michael Friedman assailing the false connection […]
NYAPRS: Robust Supported Housing Can Serve People with the Most Advanced Needs
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from Technical Assistance Collaborative* director and former NJ mental health commissioner Kevin Martone, who wrote […]
ALERT: Urge Gov Cuomo to Approve MH/SU Parity Reporting Act by Dec 22!
ACTION NEEDED TODAY Require that Insurers and Health Plans Demonstrate Their Compliance with Federal and State Mental and Substance Use […]
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! NYAPRS Note: The crises in community housing, workforce recruitment and […]
OM: Why Don’t People Have More Access To Supported Employment?
NYAPRS Note: The following comes courtesy of NYAPRS Director of Employment and Economic Self-sufficiency Initiatives Len Statham, who writes “this […]
NYT Assails NY Adult Home Resident Policy….but Misses the Full Story
New York Times Assails NY Adult Home Resident Policy….but Misses the Full Story Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS Yesterday’s ProPublica/NYTimes investigative piece […]
NYT: Psychiatric Advance Directives Are Helping to Transform, Improve MH Care
NYAPRS Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]
Correction: NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!
Correction: NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! NYAPRS is very pleased to invite our members and […]
NYT: Psychiatric Advance Directives Are Helping to Transform, Improve MH Care
NYAPRS Note: Psychiatric advance directives can play a crucial role in ensuring that effective and engaging care is delivered to […]
OMH’s Sullivan Prepares the Field for NY’s Paid Family Leave Program Start
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019!
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to invite our members […]
OMH Seeks Special Assistant Office of Consumer Affairs
NYS Office of Mental Health Employment Opportunity Special Assistant Office of Consumer Affairs The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is […]
13th Annual NYC Peer Specialist Conference Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals 13th Annual Conference for NYC Working Peer Specialists At New York University’s Kimmel Center Thursday, July 18, […]
Cuomo Provides Details of $9m in New Federally Funded Opioid Addiction Treatment Initiatives
Governor Cuomo Announces More Than $9 Million in Federal Funding Secured to Expand Opioid Addiction Treatment Services in New York […]
NYAPRS Announces Jan 16 Regional New Hire Orientation for Hudson River Region
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to provide details of an additional session in the Hudson River Valley region of […]
Last Call to Register for Dec 6 Albany Training On Resilience After Trauma!
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from the Sexual Assault and Mental Health Project’s Chrys Ballerano, who writes “join us this […]
As Raise the Age Starts, Juvenile Cases Have Dropped
NYAPRS Note: New York has seen a drop of about 25% of youth arrests and incarcerations since the first phase […]
SS Work Incentive Demo Results via Dec 12 Webinar
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from NYAPRS’ Len Statham, who writes that “an important Social Security Work Incentive demonstration project […]
Ask Me Anything About Employment Activation w Len Statham: Dec 5 2-3 Webinar from the Center for Psych Rehab
NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss next Wednesday’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ live Q&A interactive webinar on Employment hosted by the Center for […]
NYAPRS Joins the Call for NYS Bail Overhaul
NYAPRS Note: People living with mental health conditions are grossly overrepresented in our criminal justice system in large part because […]
Alert: Tell Gov Cuomo To Increase Funding For Geriatric Mental Health
NYAPRS Note: Please take a few minutes today to urge Governor Cuomo to double the annual budget for the geriatric […]
NCHS: US Suicide Rates Spike by 33% (45, 000), 70, 000 Drug Overdose Deaths in 2017
NYAPRS Note: Newly released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm that rates of death by suicide […]
Correction: NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019!
Correction: NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 26, 2019! NYAPRS is very pleased to invite our members and […]
Urge Governor Cuomo to Enact the Small Business Tax Credit Bill for PWDs
NYAPRS Note: Please urge Gov. Cuomo to approve a bill that would help promote hiring of New Yorkers with disabilities […]
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019!
NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative Day is on Tuesday, February 28, 2019! NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to invite our members […]
What YOU CAN DO NOW to Help Raise Housing Rates in NYS!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is a very active member of Bring it Home, a NYS coalition of community-based mental health housing […]
A Recommends Oregon Peer Informed Non Police Approach to NYC Gov’t
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from Community Access and the NYAPRS Board’s Carla Rabinowitz, who writes “ the stakeholders meeting […]
Study: Over 4, 000 Prisoners w Serious Mental Illness are Held in Solitary Confinement
NYAPRS Note: Solitary confinement is increasingly viewed as torture, especially for people with extensive mental health conditions. Accordingly, NYAPRS will […]
NYS is Hosting Regional Transportation Access, Ride Sharing Forums for People w Disabilities
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from Andrew Karhan of the NYS Office of Mental Health. NYS is hosting five regional […]
D&C: Rochester Event Looks at Strategies to Address African American Mental Health Crisis
NYAPRS Note: Congratulations to the MHA of Rochester and Chacku Mathai for hosting an extremely important and timely event. Initiative […]
Correction! NYS Human Services Workforce Summit Program is Closed
So sorry all! Registration for this event is now closed. Stay tuned for times and dates for state Listening Sessions […]
Don’t Miss Dec 6 NYS Human Services Workforce Summit!
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
Lack of Housing and Mental Health Disabilities Exacerbate One Another by Heidi Schultheis Center for American Progress November 20, 2018 […]
Mental Health Therapy at Walmart? It’s Now a Thing
By Felice J. Freyer Boston Globe November 26, 2018 A Boston company is taking the concept of retail health care […]
When Mental-Health Experts, Not Police, Are the First Responders
NYAPRS Note: The following approach goes one step beyond the Crisis Intervention Team approach that trains police officers to better […]
MH Looks at How Medicaid Funding for Housing; Albany Pilot
NYAPRS Note: “A Philadelphia effort called Safe Haven puts homeless patients into short-term housing and treats them for behavioral health […]
Biology Does Not Explain Mental Illness, The Science Needs to be Guided by the People Themselves
NYAPRS Note: “Although there are several important exceptions, measurable differences in brain biology appear to contribute only a fraction of […]
Advocates, Legislators Call on NYS to End Mass Incarceration and Promote Justice
NYAPRS Note: lawmakers, survivors of incarceration, family members, and a broad cross-section of advocacy groups held joint speakouts across New […]
BH, Primary and Home-Care Providers Want Fair Share of Fidelis Windfall
NYAPRS Note: A coalition of NYS community-based primary care, home care, and behavioral healthcare service providers including NYAPRS have been […]
Alert! Urge Congress to Support Money Follows the Person!
ACTION ALERT! Join the Call to Support Money Follows the Person! November 16, 2018 As the holiday season draws near, […]
Bring It Home Event in NYC TODAY to ensure Quality Supportive Housing in NYS
Don’t be deterred by the weather! Join us TODAY, Thursday at a pivotal housing forum at 5:00 pm at Gustavos […]
NYT: A Real Chance at US Criminal Justice Reform
A Real Chance at Criminal Justice ReformSessions is out. Trump is on board. It’s time to put these necessary changes […]
2019 is the Year for Real Criminal Justice Reform in NYS
NYAPRS Note: With a Democratic majority in the NYS Senate, this should be the year for real criminal justice reform […]
Apply for SAMHA Sequential Intercept Mapping Workshops and Trauma-Informed Responses Train the Trainer Events
NYAPRS Note: Here’s some very timely training and technical assistance opportunities that are being offered by our friends at SAMHSA’s […]
Closer Look at Federal Policy to Allow Medicaid to Pay for State/Private Hospital Stays
A Closer Look at the Federal Policy Change to Allow Medicaid to Pay for State/Private Hospital StaysHarvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS Background […]
Breaking: CMS May Allow Hospitals to Pay for Housing Through Medicaid
CMS May Allow Hospitals to Pay for Housing Through MedicaidBy Paul Barr | Modern Healthcare November 14, 2018 HHS Secretary Alex Azar on […]
Single Payer Updates from Congress and Albany
From Crain’s….Fresh off the Democrats’ triumph in the House, “Medicare for All” proponents are seizing the moment.IN THE HOUSE: JAYAPAL […]
CMS To Allow Medicaid to Pay for Inpatient Psych Care in Private, State Hospitals: CHP
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday’s announcement by US Health and Human Services Secretary that states will now be able to apply to […]
NYS Behavioral Health Ombuds Program Releases New Flyer
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from new NYS Ombudsman Project Director Stephanie Campbell. The Office of Mental Health and the […]
Save Dec 7 for 5th Annual Substance Use & Mental Health Peers Conference in NYC
NYAPRS Announces Regional New Hire Orientations Dates
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is excited to provide details of another round of our new training initiative for all new staff […]
Maximizing Connections w Employers Featured at Next Week’s NYAPRS’ 2018 Recovery and Rehab Academy in Saratoga: Register Today!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS Note: The economy is thriving. It’s an employee’s market and people who come to our services want to […]
How to Get Free or Discounted Uber, Lyft Rides to Vote
Uber and Lyft Are Giving Discounted Rides to Vote on Tuesday. Here’s How To Get Oneby Jennifer Calfas Time November […]