eNews Bulletin Updates

NYAPRS Note: Join Veterans and fellow advocates from across NY and surrounding states at the 3rd Annual National Veterans Mental […]

NYAPRS Note: Do you work for a consumer-run organization who has direct contact with mental health service consumers who are […]

NYAPRS Note: Register below for additional time through Webinar and “Office Hours” with Adam Falcone on contracting issues. This webinar […]

NYAPRS note: NYAPRS Director of Peer Services, Tanya Stevens will be presenting on Peer Support and Motivational Interviewing on this […]

NYAPRS Regional Forum 2015 Please join us for our  Regional Forum!   Topics: Medicaid Redesign; Updates for Consumers and Providers […]

NYAPRS Note: Once again, NYAPRS’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

NYAPRS Note: Last week, ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, announced the release of a toolkit aimed at promoting […]

Connection Between Childhood Adversity, Psychiatric Disorders Seen at Cellular Level Science Daily; 1/20/2015   An association between biological changes on […]

NYAPRS Note: New York has mandatory standards for insurance coverage of eating disorders, but it is one of only four […]

Sheldon Silver, Speaker of New York Assembly, Is Arrested in Corruption Case By William K. Rashbaum, Thomas Kaplan And Susanne […]

[nyaprs logo] January 21, 2015 First Look at the NYS 2015-16 Executive Budget Proposal From: Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS Executive Director […]

NYAPRS Note: Interested in learning more about how the Home and Community Based Service rule impacts housing, waivers for persons […]

NYAPRS Note: Good morning New Yorkers, did you see the news? Our 18th Annual Albany Advocacy Day has been moved […]

NYAPRS Note: We are pleased to offer another session in our ongoing Webinar series designed to help you prepare and […]

[cid:logo.jpeg] Member Webinar; Executive Budget Analysis Join us for a webinar on Jan 22, 2015 at 2:30 PM EST. Register […]

Good morning NYAPRS Community! Each year, NYAPRS joins with providers, recipients, and self-advocates from across the state to bring hundreds […]

NYAPRS Note: The publishing of this op-ed in the New York Times may signal the significant tide-change in the psychiatric/ […]

NYAPRS Note: How will DSRIP impact the health care workforce across NY? How can DSRIP funds be purposed for training […]

NYAPRS Note: Lots of news expected this week in Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal for the coming new fiscal year including […]

NYAPRS Note: Renowned psychiatric survivor, noted author, and long-time civil rights activist Leonard Roy Frank died last week at the […]

Medicare Chief Steps Down, Ran Health Care Rollout By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press  January 19, 2015   WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare‘s […]

NYAPRS Note: Our ACMHA Peer Leaders Interest Group is very pleased to share this Peer Services Toolkit which is the […]

NYAPRS Note: Once again, NYAPRS’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

NYAPRS Note: As we anticipate the release of Governor Cuomo’s budget in tandem with his State of the State address […]

NYAPRS Note: A critical lack of resources for mental health care in post-disaster Haiti has contributed to unique partnerships between […]

Extended-release Injectable Naltrexone: A Significant Opportunity for Treating Opioid Use Disorder SAMHSA Blog; Melinda Campopiano, M.D., Brandon T. Johnson, M.B.A.; […]

NYAPRS Note: At a time when peer support has become a term used to symbolize progress and recovery within a […]

NYAPRS Note: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, initiated by President Obama last year, is to strategically assess, incentivize, and […]

States Gear Up To Help Medicaid Enrollees Beat Addictions Huffington Post from Pew’s Stateline; Christine Vestal, 1/13/2015         Under the […]

NYAPRS Note: Take this opportunity to meet and offer feedback to Dr. Gary Belkin, Executive Deputy Commissioner of DOHMH in […]

Rikers to Ban Isolation for Inmates 21 and Younger New York Times; Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz, 1/13/2015   New […]

Children Eligible for Expanded Medicaid Contribute More in Taxes as Adults PhysOrg; Yale University Press, 1/12/2015   A new study […]

NYAPRS Note: This webinar would not only be useful for those agencies applying for SAMHSA’s integrated care grants, but for […]

House Again Passes Veterans Suicide Prevention Bill Military Times; Leo Shane III, 1/12/2015   For the second time in five […]

Gov. Cuomo to Combine State of State Address and Budget Presentation: Source BY Ken Lovett  New York Daily News Monday, […]

The Downside Of Treating Mental Illness Like A Physical Problem The Huffington Post; Lindsay Holmes, 12/1/2014   One of the […]

NYAPRS Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health and a group of passionate advocates resolved a longstanding disagreement last month […]

NYAPRS Note: Behind the central arguments in this article rests concerns about the real lack of capacity to serve veteran’s […]

NYAPRS Note: We are pleased to off another session in our ongoing Webinar series designed to help you prepare and […]

NYAPRS Note: Once again, NYAPRS’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

NYAPRS Note: Once again, NYAPRS’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

An adjustment in the timeline for NY’s implementation of integrated managed Health and Recovery Plans (per CMS approval): beneficiaries will […]

NYAPRS Note: Some of the brightest leaders in behavioral health policy, program, and innovation weigh in from across the country […]

NYAPRS Note: As health strategists and large provider systems continue to search for ways to keep people out of hospitals […]

NYAPRS Note: Value-based payment models are not an easy, quick fix to the systemic problems in our health care system. […]

NYAPRS Note: Open Minds recently joined us and MCTAC for a timely and informative conference in Saratoga, bridging anticipated topics […]

NYAPRS Note: Below, the Bazelon Center highlights the tragic repeated arrest and incarceration of a young man with disabilities. You […]

NYAPRS Note: Behavioral economics studies indicate that typical assumptions about informing and rewarding healthy behavior does not actually yield sustained […]

 

NYAPRS Note: These public meetings are an opportunity for stakeholders to be a part of the process to approve and […]

NYAPRS Note: Governor Cuomo’s second term agenda is primed with socioeconomic issues that are on the NYAPRS’ 2015 legislative agenda. […]

NYAPRS Note: See below for two employment opportunities in NYC for people wanting to work in a peer-informed environment.   […]

NYAPRS Note: We are pleased to off another session in our ongoing Webinar series designed to help you prepare and […]

Having a Severe Mental Illness Means Dying Young Huffington Post; Allen Frances, 12/30/2014   People diagnosed with serious mental illness […]

NYAPRS Note: As many of us are making New Year’s resolutions this week, it’s valuable to recognize that professional resolutions […]

NYAPRS Note: Several community members have recently asked me about how to fund yoga for people on public health insurance […]

NYAPRS Note: A typically thoughtful piece on today’s Behavioral Healthcare by our friend Ron Manderscheid whose view of key issues […]

NYAPRS Note: While post discharge follow up, improvements in diabetes and cardiovascular care and increased and informed use of desired […]

  Advancing access, quality, and cost-effectiveness in publicly financed health care.           December 22, 2014   […]

NYAPRS Note: See newly released overview of the Open Dialogue approach at http://umassmed.edu/Global/Psychiatry/Open%20Dialogue/KeyElementsV1.109022014.pdf.   Preparing the Open Dialogue Approach for […]

NYAPRS Note: Please note that capability statements for this grant need to be submitted by February 2.       […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes from the National Council’s Larry Fricks. Whole Health Action Management — a new science-based program […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes courtesy of NYSPI’s Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence, who writes “Congress recently passed the […]

NYAPRS Note: As you rest and restore this holiday season, remember that the benefits of sleep for your mental health, […]

NYAPRS Note: Follow the links below for the helpful and much-discussed webinars regarding the integration of peer staff in the […]

  The NYAPRS Board and Staff   wish you and your family a very warm, joyous and peaceful Holiday Season. […]

NYAPRS Note: We’ve highlighted several articles in the past year about Alaskan healthcare, specifically around suicide prevention, isolation, unemployment, and […]

NYAPRS Note: Join the conversation with the STAR Center this afternoon to learn how trauma-informed communities and personal practice can […]

NYAPRS Note: Review the “Dear Colleague” letter linked below to learn more about the home care rule as it pertains […]

NYAPRS Note: This shift comes amidst a number of progressive decisions outlined by the Governor this week, most that were […]

NYAPRS Note: It has been so hard to find any article to highlight the national protests and debates surrounding the […]