NYAPRS Note: Only one week away for NYAPRS Annual Executive Seminar, “What’s Next: New Trends and Investments that Promote Health and Community Integration,” to be held on April 18-19 at the Albany Crowne Plaza-the Desmond Hotel!
We are so pleased that Holly Salazar, CEO of the prestigious College for Behavioral Health Leadership (“We don’t make leaders. We make leaders better”) has put together two very exciting and timely panels on both Whole Person Care and Equity Grounded Leadership that will feature a number of national experts and Holly’s leadership as moderator. See more below:
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Reimagining Systems to Optimize Whole-Person Care Everywhere with Dr. Peter Cornish, Founder, Faculty and Senior Advisor, and Catie Greene, Faculty and DEI Consultant, Stepped Care Solutions that will envision a model of care that could strategically disrupt systems and shift paradigms, change organizational structures, create fresh and inclusive workplace cultures, and transform the care experience for every person and community.
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Equity Grounded Leadership in Action: A Co-Produced Approach to Behavioral Health Systems Transformation with Crystal Brandow, Principal, CLB Strategies, LLC; Juliet C. Dorris-Williams, Executive Director, The P.E.E.R, Center of Columbus; Vernick Smith, Independent Consultant and Founder of Motivating Students Victoriously LLC that will explore how equity-grounded leadership, guided by five principles of change, is a co-produced approach to leadership development that is designed to shift the focus of leaders to intersectionality, equity and anti-racism for behavioral health systems transformation.
See below for full program details. NYAPRS is very pleased to offer CEUs CEs for LMSW, LCSW, LMHC and CPRP for participation at the Seminar.
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What’s Next: New Trends and Investments that
Promote Health and Community Integration
NYAPRS 19th Annual Executive Seminar
April 18-19, 2023
Crown Plaza Albany: The Desmond Hotel
DAY ONE: April 18
9:00am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Harvey Rosenthal, Len Statham, Daniella Labate-Covelli, NYAPRS
9:05am-10:15 am
Creating a National Agenda for Recovery
Felicia Pullen, CEO, PILLARS Inc.; Joseph Turner, CEO, Exponents Inc.; Taina Laing, CEO Baltic Street AEH; Robert Ashford, Executive Director, Unity Recovery
Moderator: Elizabeth Burden, Senior Advisor, Practice Improvement & Consulting, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Join us for this compelling CEO panel for their recommendations and vision in some of the key themes of SAMHSA’s recovery-related efforts in the 21st century, such as (1) centering lived experience diverse settings, (2) promoting recovery-ready and recovery-rich communities; (3) preparing the workforce and workplace for integrating peers in diverse settings; and (4) addressing disparities and promoting equity and inclusion.
10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30-11:45 am
Leading The Way Towards Mental Health, Substance Use and Health Care Integration
Lindsay Ragona, Project Director, CCBHC CN Guidance and Counseling; Rebecca Linn-Walton, Clinical Officer, S:US; Moderator Renee Boak, Healthcare Delivery and Finance Consultant, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
This panel discussion will focus on increasing the understanding of the CCBHC model, highlighting strategies and practices that support implementation and continuous quality improvement efforts. Panelists will share their experiences and offer recommendations and best practices for wrapping services around someone with complex care needs.
The Power of Reverse Mentoring: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tools for Success
Barbara Marianetti DesRosiers, Chief Human Resource Officer; Jason Kuby, Chief Financial Officer; Kesha Carter, Chief Diversity Officer; Lisa Earle, Director of School-Based Operations; Tashia Thomas-Neal, Director of Equity and Inclusion on behalf of Onondaga County of Children and Family Services, Moderator: Lenora Reid-Rose, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships and Community Connectedness
In reverse mentoring, colleagues “pair up” – regardless of seniority – to learn from one another. This can benefit both parties’ careers in several ways: sharing specific expertise such as technology or leadership skills and bridging generational and hierarchical gaps to improve communication. We will discuss how people of color can mentor white senior leaders as a primary way to infuse Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts into an organization. We will share how one organization, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., is implementing a reverse mentoring program, how the program challenges power dynamics and promotes equity by giving traditionally marginalized individuals a chance to share their perspectives and insights with those in higher positions of power.
11:45am-12:00pm Break
12:00 -1:15pm
Next Steps: Outcomes and Implications of New NYS Budget and Disability Policy Initiatives
Jihoon Kim, NYS Deputy Secretary for Human Services & Mental Hygiene (invited); Ann Sullivan, M.D., Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health; Chinazo Cunningham, M.D, Commissioner, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports; Kim Hill, Chief Disability Officer, Executive Chamber
This interactive session will provide and discuss details as to how newly approved funding and disability policy initiatives will impact New Yorkers with mental health, addiction and trauma related challenges, their families and community service provider systems.
1:15-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:15pm
Newly Enhanced Models that Promote Health and Social Integration
Mary Crowley, Executive Vice-President and Arvind Sooknanan, Board of Directors, Fountain House; Patrick Hendry, Vice President of Peer Services, firsthand; Steve Miccio, CEO and Chris Rivera, Director, Mobile Crisis Stabilization Team, People USA Harvey Rosenthal, CEO, NYAPRS, Moderator
In recent years, Fountain House has expanded its clubhouse model to more broadly address health, homelessness and criminal justice related challenges, publicly funded peer agencies have created an entire continuum of crisis and criminal justice diversion models and for-profit peer agencies are attracting significant investments to fund their highly effective engagement and support model. Come hear what these agencies are doing and where they’re going in this very freewheeling discussion.
New York’s 1115 Waiver: What’s Next?
Trisha Schell-Guy, Director of the. Division of Program Development and Management, NYS Department of Health; Lauren Tobias, Senior Advisory, Brown & Weinraub
3:15-3:30pm BREAK
3:30-4:45pm
Concurrent Sessions
Leader and Organizational Resilience: Building a Culture of Compassion
Julie Schillim. Pd.D., LLP, LPC, Consultant, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
The rate of stress persists for many organizations despite agency leadership’s efforts to manage stress and trauma. The wellness of our leaders impacts the wellness of the workforce, and the overall wellness of the organization. In turn, the wellness of our organizations and workforce influences both the quality of services provided as well as its impact on the community. Enhancing trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, equity-focused systems will create cultures of compassion which support resilience and wellness in leadership, workforce, and the overall organization. Join us for a discussion on how to create cultures of compassion, resilience, and wellness.
While our organizations and their leaders have spent the last few years managing a high rate of stress and trauma, the rate of stress has continued. The wellness of our leaders impacts the wellness of the workforce and the overall wellness of the organization. In turn, the wellness of our organizations and workforce influences not only the quality of services provided but also the greater impact on the community. Enhancing trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, equity-focused systems will create cultures of compassion which support resilience and wellness in our leaders, workforce, and overall organization. Join us for a discussion on how to create cultures of compassion, resilience, and wellness.
Equity Grounded Leadership in Action: A Co-Produced Approach to Behavioral Health Systems Transformation
Crystal Brandow, Principal, CLB Strategies, LLC; Juliet C. Dorris-Williams, Executive Director, The P.E.E.R, Center of Columbus; Vernick Smith, Independent Consultant and Founder of Motivating Students Victoriously LLC; Moderators: Aly Feye, Director of Operations and Holly Salazar, CEO, The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
Leaders must embody equity as an operating principle-as a mindset to transform behavioral health systems. But what does this mean, and how is it operationalized for leaders? With so many major system-level changes in progress across the country, leaders must be prepared to take action; to disrupt the status quo by addressing the pervasive inequities that continue to plague communities across the country. Equity-grounded leadership, guided by five principles of change, is a co-produced approach to leadership development. It is designed to shift the focus of leaders to intersectionality, equity and anti-racism for behavioral health systems transformation.
Integrating Peers into Diverse Settings
Liz Brier, Director, The Office of Advocacy and Peer Support Services, New York State Office of Mental Health; Dr. Jonathan Edwards, Program Consultant, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; Rita Cronise, PeerTAC Co-Director Rutgers University
4:45-5:30 Appetizers, closing remarks, and networking
DAY TWO APRIL 19
8:45am-9:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Harvey Rosenthal, Len Statham, Daniella Labate-Covelli, NYAPRS
9:00-10:00 Keynote
Peer Innovations are Pointing the Way Forward Once More!
Cherene Caraco, CEO and Chief Global Strategist Promise Resource Network, Charlotte, North Carolina
Over the past 3 decades, the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement has been responsible for some of the most transformational advances in national mental health policy and program development, including the promotion of recovery, human rights, and trauma-informed approaches, alternatives to traditional treatment and a broad array of fidelity level peer service innovations.
Cherene Caraco is one nation’s most prominent movement leaders, innovators, and speakers. Her work was recognized by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law at Innovator of the Year for 2022. NYAPRS is very pleased to feature her keynote address at this year’s Executive Seminar.
10am-10:15am BREAK
10:15-11:30 Concurrent Sessions
Peer Engagement, Diversion and Discharge Innovations
INSET, Ruthanne Becker, Senior Vice President, Mental Health Association of Westchester, Inc, Crisis Respite Houses: Cherene Caraco, Promise Resource Network; Taina Laing, CEO, Baltic Street AEH; Angelia Smith-Wilson, Executive Director, FOR-NY Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, CEO, NYAPRS
This panel will explore a continuum of peer service models that provide successful engagement approaches, alternatives to the use of emergency departments and hospitalizations and outpatient commitment orders. It will also identify best practice hospital discharge plans that support people to successfully transition to their communities and reduce recidivism.
Our speakers will provide a special focus on the INSET model that has been adopted in this year’s Executive Budget, nationally acclaimed North Carolina-based FIRST Court and new Peer Respite House, NYC-based state and community Hospital Peer Bridger Programs and statewide Recovery Community Organizations.
The Leadership Challenge: Supporting Teams to Thrive
Edye Schwartz, Principal, Edye Schwartz Consulting
A high priority for our executive teams is how to recruit and retain a workforce that thrives and is devoted to providing the services people need in their recovery journey. The answer is in creating an inspiring organizational culture that nurtures and rewards staff who are 100% committed, engaged, and love what they do. Leadership is at the heart of creating and maintaining a culture that nurtures these ideas partly by helping staff see how their work creates impact and adds value. Leaders keep employees engaged by being genuine and sharing a clear mission and vision that ties back to the actual work. Join us as we discuss how you can create an environment of empowerment, keep open lines of communication, help staff find their “why” and assure that staff really love what they do, where they do it, and who they do it with.
Visions for the Future of Adult Services in NYS: Transformation in Action
Katie Merrill, Director, Rehabilitation Services Unit; Nicole Haggerty, Deputy Director, Adult Community Care Group, Division of Adult Services; Liz Breier, Director, The Office of Advocacy and Peer Support Services, New York State Office of Mental Health; Meg Baier, Director of Healthcare Innovation, and Yvette Kelly, Director of Children Services & Healthcare Innovation, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research; Danielle Olsen, Director of Bureau of Practice Innovation and Care Management and Brenda Harris-Collins, Assistant Director, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports; with Daniella Labate-Covelli, Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Initiatives, NYAPRS, Moderator
The New York State Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports are making significant investments that will result in the transformation of services across the mental health and substance use provider continuum. This session will provide information on how adult services will fit together to optimize the support of someone on their recovery journey as well as the TA resources OMH offers to support providers in these ongoing transformations.
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 Panel
Reimagining Systems to Optimize Whole-Person Care Everywhere
Dr. Peter Cornish, Founder, Faculty and Senior Advisor, and Catie Greene, Faculty and DEI Consultant, Stepped Care Solutions; Moderator: Holly Salazar, CEO, College for Behavioral Health Leadership
Imagine a model of care resting on a set of principles that, when adopted to the fullest, could diplomatically disrupt systems and shift paradigms, change organizational structures, create fresh and inclusive workplace cultures, and transform the care experience for every person and community. Stepped Cre 2.0 is a model that allows us to adopt a mindset of synergy, instead of scarcity. It disrupts the status quo and shifts systems, organizations and the way people work together and value one another with the ultimate goal of optimizing whole person care everywhere
12:45-1:15 Next Steps and Closing Remarks