NYAPRS Note: Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2023-24 state mental helath budget devotes an unprecedented investment in a comprehensive array of community and hospital based initiatives. See the details here or https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-comprehensive-plan-fix-new-york-states-continuum-mental-health-care#:~:text=Governor%20Kathy%20Hochul%20today%20announced,health%20needs%20throughout%20the%20state. Next week, self, family and system advocates from the North Country and Capital District regional will have an aopporunty to directly communicate how the budget addresses or misses the opporutnity to best represent their reactions and recommendations. See you at the forums!
Next Week! Register in advance.
Members of the Capital District and North Country communities, please join the Office of Mental Health (OMH) for an in-person community engagement session to discuss the mental health priorities outlined in Governor Hochul’s 2023 State of the State plan and Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. Your input will be integral in OMH’s planning process for these historic resources aiming to transform and strengthen the State’s mental healthcare system.
We want to hear from providers, advocates, people and families with lived experience and community members. The needs and insights gathered in these virtual and in-person sessions will help OMH effectively develop new programs and policies for expanding housing, outpatient programs, school-based clinics, and hospital services, and increase insurance coverage for mental health services.
Please see the dates and locations below and register in advance for the session that works for you. The evening and morning sessions cover the same content; both are offered to ensure we reach as many people as possible. The session will begin with a review of the initiatives by OMH leadership and then we will break into groups for focused discussion.
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NORTH COUNTRY
Plattsburgh – Days Inn at Wyndham, 406 State Route 3
6:00PM-8:00PM – Monday, March 13, 2023
8:30AM-11:00AM – Tuesday, March 14, 2023
CAPITAL REGION
Albany – Albany Marriot, 227 Wolf Road
6:00PM-8:00PM – Wednesday, March 15, 2023
9:00AM-12:00PM – Thursday, March 16, 2023
Stay tuned! Additional locations throughout the State will be announced soon.