NYAPRS Note: SAMHSA’s Program to Achieve Wellness (PAW) developed Healthy Hearts, Healthy Recovery. Healthy Hearts, Healthy Recovery is a downloadable package for […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
Helgerson: NYS Medicaid Reform Program Hitting Early Goals
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to offer an informal discussion with NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson at our April […]
CHP: DOH Helps Usher Behavioral-Health Providers Into Value-Based Era
State Health Department Helps Usher Behavioral-Health Providers Into Value-Based Era Crain’s Health Pulse February 5, 2018 As the state moves […]
Helgerson, Farley, Mathis, Misa Join Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz at NYAPRS Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to the addition of several of the state and nation’s leading policy shapers to this […]
MHW: McCance-Katz Discusses Plans to Establish National Center to Address SMI
NYAPRS Note: The following provides some details about plans to launch a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness technical […]
Study Find Peer-led Health Promotion Program Produced Significant Improvements
NYAPRS Note: A groundbreaking study that is now available online has found that a group of individuals diagnosed with serious […]
MHEP Seeks Peer Mentors, Program and Network Managers
Good Afternoon, Please help spread the word about our job openings at MHEP! We are currently hiring Peer Support Mentors […]
Get on the Bus to NYAPRS’ Feb 27 Albany Legislative Day!
GET READY TO GET ON THE BUS! Come to Albany on February 27 for NYAPRS’ 21st Annual Legislative Day! […]
Alert: Urge Gov Cuomo, State Leaders to Address NY’s Mental Health Housing Crisis!
A C T I O N A L E R T Stable housing is essential to mental health recovery. […]
Jan 31 SAMHSA Webinar: “The Connections Between Financial Wellness, Mental Health, and Physical Wellness”!
NYAPRS NOTE: People with psychiatric conditions die prematurely and experience poorer quality of life than the general population. Poverty, financial stress, […]
PT: NY to Allow Medicaid Plans to Provide Incentive Payments to Health Home Enrollees
NYAPRS Note: Medicaid health plans in New York will be authorized to financially incentivize health home enrollees for efforts to […]
OMH: All HARP Members Can Now Get HCBS Services Even if Not Enrolled in Health Homes!
NYAPRS Note: Heretofore, Health and Recovery Plan members have been able access to recovery based Home and Community Based Services […]
Breaking: OMH Broadens Authorization to Link Individuals to Home and Community Based Services Beyond Health Homes!
NYAPRS Note: Heretofore, Health and Recovery Plan members have been able access to recovery based Home and Community Based Services […]
Breaking: OMH Broadens Authorization to Link Individuals to Home and Community Based Services Beyond Health Homes!
NYAPRS Note: Heretofore, Health and Recovery Plan members have been able access to recovery based Home and Community Based Services […]
WP: Short-Term Spending Agreement Provides Longer-Term Relief for CHIP
Short-Term Spending Agreement Provides Longer-Term Relief for CHIP By Amy Goldstein Washington Post January 22, 2018 The short-term spending plan allowing […]
Join for the January 29th Launch of Empowered NYC!
Join for the January 29th Launch of Empowered NYC! Join us for the launch of Empowered Cities, a national initiative […]
Don’t Miss this Opportunity! Be an Exhibitor or Sponsor for NYAPRS’ April 19-20 Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: This year’s NYAPRS Annual Executive Seminar will offer a very timely focus: how do we best respond to […]
Holly O’Donnell Named as New Bazelon Center CEO
NYAPRS Note: One of the nation’s leading mental health rights and policy advocacy groups, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health […]
“Peer Support: A Critical Component in Supported Housing”: January 26 SAMHSA Webinar
“Peer Support: A Critical Component in Supported Housing”: January 26 SAMHSA Webinar A SAMHSA sponsored webinar developed under contract by […]
Get on the Bus to NYAPRS’ Feb 27 Albany Legislative Day!
Get on the Bus to NYAPRS’ Feb 27 Albany Legislative Day!
Don’t Miss this Opportunity! Be an Exhibitor or Sponsor for NYAPRS’ April 19-20 Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: This year’s NYAPRS Annual Executive Seminar will offer a very timely focus: how do we best respond to […]
Join Harvey Rosenthal & NYAPRS New Policy Director Elena Kravitz at Jan. 26 Legislative Day Training
Legislative Day Training with HARVEY ROSENTHAL and NYAPRS New Policy Director ELENA KRAVITZFriday January 26 at 2:30 pmCommunity Access Office- 2 […]
NYS Budget: NYAPRS First Look
NYAPRS Note: Here’re some quick findings from the just released Executive Budget proposal. Stay tuned: we’ll provide a more detailed […]
NYAPRS 2nd Look at the NYS Executive Budget Proposal
NYAPRS Note: Here’s a deeper dive into the Executive Budget proposal released yesterday by NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo. NYAPRS is […]
SAMHSA Terminates Best Practices Registry in Favor of Emerging ‘Policy Lab’
NYAPRS Note: SAMHSA’s recent decision to freeze and ultimately eliminate its National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) received […]
NYAPRS Cultural Competence Committee Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Life and Legacy
NYAPRS Note: The NYAPRS’ Cultural Competence Committee and their co-chairs Theresa Hall and Jeffrey McQueen share in today’s celebration and […]
NYS Releases Guide for Employment Specialists
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is pleased to announce the publication of “A Guide for Employment Specialists.” This guide is now available and […]
Albany Prepares for Tomorrow’s NYS Budget Proposal
NYAPRS Note: Here’re a few bytes taken from what the Capitol press corps are reporting as regards NYS Governor Cuomo’s […]
Urge Gov Cuomo to Prioritize Stabilizing Community MH Housing Rates This Year!
NYAPRS Note: Take action today to join 729 other advocates who have emailed Governor Cuomo’s office in support of increased […]
Check out SAMHSA Web Series on Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R)!
Check out SAMHSA Web Series on Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R)!
SPS: Syracuse Hospital To Build Long-Awaited Psych Unit For Teens
Syracuse Hospital To Build Long-Awaited Psych Unit For TeensBy James T. Mulder Syracuse Post-Standard January 10, 2018 The state has […]
NZ to Ban Seclusion by 2020 After Scathing UN Condemnation
Mental Health Patient Seclusion to be Scrapped After Scathing UN CondemnationBy Jess McAllen Stuff December 22, 2017 The practice of […]
MHW Highlights Some of the Field’s 2018 Priorities
MHW Highlights Some of the Field’s 2018 PrioritiesMental Health Weekly January 1,8, 2018 Editor’s note: For our 2018 Special Preview […]
White on ‘The Supervision Of Peer Recovery Support Services’
NYAPRS Note: It’s clear from the piece below that grave concerns about the type and integrity of the supervision that […]
SAMHSA Seeks Applications for up to $39.8 Million for the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Program
SAMHSA is Accepting Applications for up to $39.8 Million for the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Program The […]
NYAPRS Seeks Peer Bridgers and Community Outreach Specialists
The New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) works to improve services, social conditions and public policies to promote […]
Breaking: CMS Poised To Take Action On Medicaid Work Requirements
NYAPRS Note: The following details how the current Administration is moving quickly to allow states to impose work requirements to […]
Don’t Miss January OMH Webinars on Work Incentives and Information for PWDs and Providers
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from OMH’s Andy Karhan. As part of the Employment First initiative, the New York Employment […]
Cuomo Proposes Hospitals Detail Their Community Spending
NYAPRS Note: In this State of the State address this past week, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed that, in order […]
Save April 19-20 to Hear Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, Panel at NYAPRS Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to feature an opening keynote presentation at our April 19-20 Annual Executive Seminar by […]
Gov Cuomo Announces $60m in Awards to Behavioral Health Care Collaboratives to Lower Cost and Improve Outcomes
Governor Cuomo Announces $60 Million in Awards to Mental Health and Addiction HealthcareProviders to Lower Cost and Improve OutcomesFunding Will […]
Urge Gov Cuomo to Prioritize Stabilizing Community MH Housing Rates This Year!
NYAPRS Note: Stabilizing NY’s community mental health housing programs has been one of NYAPRS’ top budget advocacy issues over the […]
NYS Leaders, Groups Fear Medicaid Cuts, Impact on Nonprofit Wage Hikes
Governor Cuomo will deliver his State of the State address today at 1:00 PM in Albany. You can watch the live […]
Read: Complete VBP Survey for NYS CBOs That Address the Social Determinants of Health
Dear MRT Listserv Subscriber: The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) has released a statewide survey to all […]
Cuomo Focus: MH/SU Services for Homeless, Opioid Epidemic, 1,000 Days on Medicaid; Telehealth
NYAPRS Note: Here are excerpts from Governor Cuomo’s just concluded State of the State presentation of a number of items […]
MHW Looks at 2017 Advocacy Wins, 2018 Challenges
NYAPRS Note: The following piece in today’s Mental Health Weekly underscores the critically important work of behavioral and physical health […]
MH: Invest in Pediatric Mental Healthcare to Avoid Adult Crises
NYAPRS Note: Prevention efforts with children and youth are coming full forward on the national and state healthcare stage. See […]
Rosenberg: In 2017, We Held Our Own; In 2018, Let’s Do What Works
In 2017, We Held Our Own; In 2018, Let’s Do What Worksby Linda Rosenberg From the Field Mental Health Weekly […]
Cuomo to Underscore Workforce Development; No Word Yet on Human Services Workforce Compensation
NYAPRS Note: Here’s the text of one of the releases NYS Governor Cuomo has issued in advance of tomorrow’s State […]
Raising the Bar for Recovery: Schedule Local Peer to Peer Presentations in 2018!
Thanks to funding support from the Office of Mental Health and the guidance from OMH, OASAS and DOH, NYAPRS and […]
New Research: State/Local MH Program Directors Have High Hopes for Impact of Self-Direction
NYAPRS Note: Just out: a team from the Human Services Research Institute, Boston College School of Social Work, and the […]
NYAPRS Welcomes Denise Ranaghan & Elena Kravitz as Directors for Peer Services and Public Policy
NYAPRS is very pleased to welcome Denise Ranaghan as our new Director for Peer Services and Elena Kravitz as our […]
Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz to Top April 19-20 NYAPRS Executive Seminar Program
S A V E T H E D A T E New Strategies and Partnerships to Support our Most Challenged […]
As $1.5 Trillion Tax Overhaul Is Approved, Funding For Children’s Health Care (CHIP) In Limbo
As $1.5 Trillion Tax Overhaul Is Approved, Funding for Children’s Health Care (CHIP) In LimboDavid Robinson Journal News December 20, […]
NQP Announces St. John’s Hospital/NYAPRS Peer Bridger Collaboration
NYAPRS Note: The Nassau Queens PPS (Performing Provider System) has released the following announcement regarding a new partnership with NYAPRS […]
OMH Releases Details re Implementation of Workforce COLA
NYAPRS Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health has released guidance and corresponding attestation forms to community providers about the […]
Alert! Give Today to Protect the Historic Work of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
People with Psychiatric Disabilities, As a very proud board member of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, I’d like […]
Swarbrick: Winter Well Planner 2017-18
Here’s a warm winter bundle of inspiration and guidance from wellness pioneers Peggy Swarbrick and Pat Nemec and Collaborative Support […]
GAINS Center Solicitation for Trauma Training
Good morning, The GAINS Center has just released our annual solicitation for individuals to receive trauma training. Attached is the […]
Watch: Feds Release Interagency Report on Serving People w/ Serious MH Conditions
NYAPRS Note: After several months of review and discussion, the first report of the new federal Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness […]
Executive Summary of the ISMICC Report to Congress
NYAPRS Note: Here’s the executive summary of the first report to Congress of the federal Interdepartmental Serous Mental Illness Coordinating […]
ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to Extend Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP)!
ACTION ALERT Congress still hasn’t taken action to extend the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which funds the Child Health […]
NYS Bring It Home! Housing Rate Hike Campaign Heats Up
NYAPRS Note: The Bring It Home! Campaign to gain rate hikes for housing provider who are on the verge on […]
TAC Underscores The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities
NYAPRS Note: Today’s release of the Technical Assistance Collaborative’s annual report on the housing crisis for people with disabilities underscores […]
SAMHSA: New Web-Based Resources on Trauma, Suicide Prevention, and Intimate Partner Violence Available in One Location
SAMHSA: New Web-Based Resources on Trauma, Suicide Prevention, and Intimate Partner Violence Available in One Location
MHW: Study Finds Higher MH Readmission Rates for Children
Study Finds Readmissions Rates Higher After MH AdmissionMental Health Weekly December 4, 2017 Readmission rates were higher for children after […]
NYS DOH Forms New Bureau of Social Determinants of Health
NYAPRS Note: Great step to underscore and advance a focus on social determinants in our Medicaid initiatives and to enhance […]
ALERT!: Urge Your Senator to “Vote No” on Tax Reform Bill
ALERT!: Urge Your Senator to “Vote No” on Tax Reform Bill
Must Read: Pat Deegan on Putting the Human Back in the Human Services
NYAPRS Note: Since the 1990’s, Pat Deegan’s great vision, brilliance and inspiration has had a profound worldwide impact…offering the concepts […]
WHYY: New Program Offers Peer Support to Women Transitioning Out of Prison
New Program Offers Peer Support to Women Transitioning Out of Prisonby Ann Hoffman WHYY November 17, 2017 Transitioning out of prison […]
SAMHSA Dec 20 Webinar: Achieving Stability and Recovery with SSI/SSD via SOAR
Persons with Lived Experience Spotlight Series Achieving Stability and Recovery with SOAR Wednesday, December 20, 2017 | 1:00-2:15 p.m. ET […]
Call for Papers: Oct 2018 5th World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry to Explore Unjust MH Disparities
NYAPRS Note: The following comes from our friend Dr. Roberto Lewis-Fernandez, director of New York State Center of Excellence for […]