Alert: Urge Assembly Leaders to Support Veterans’ Peer Mental Health Initiative March 21, 2012 by Chris Liu-Beers Having trouble viewing this email? Click here The Veterans Mental Health Action Committee of NYC The Veterans Health Alliance of Long Island TAKE ACTION: Tell the NYS Assembly to support veterans’ mental health in the final NYS Budget! The NYS Senate’s one house budget bill included $1.3 million for veterans’ mental health initiatives. However, the Assembly did not include any funding for veterans’ mental health. Call the Assembly Committee Chairs on Mental Health and on Veterans’ Affairs asking them to support a $1.3 million veterans’ mental health initiative in the final NYS budget. The initiative will support a variety of programs to meet the behavioral health needs of veterans, including crucial peer support programs. Call TODAY! Assemblyman Felix Ortiz Chair, Committee on Mental Health (518) 455-3821 Assemblyman Phil Ramos Chair, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (518) 455-5185 http://www.facebook.com/vmhcnyc
