NEW LINK: Register today for the January 22nd Regional Advisory Committee- Housing: Rights & Grievance Procedures
Regional Advisory Committee, January 22, 2024
8:30am-12:30pm
Please register in advance of the meeting:
https://omh-ny-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCprzoqEtCah-2-J_XKd2O3yl8doQwG#/registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The Regional Advisory Committee is a public meeting for, youth, and families, adults and older adults, and advocates who participate or have participated in mental health services to provide actionable advice to the divisions within the NYS Office of Mental Health.
During January’s RAC we will be joined by OMH’s Housing Bureau to ask for input around guidance on individual rights when living in housing as well as grievance procedures. Questions about the RAC can be sent to Melanie Hecker, melanie.hecker@omh.ny.gov
AGENDA (subject to change)
8:30am-8:35am- Networking, Sound Check, Orientation to the technology
8:35am-8:45am- Announcements from community partners: Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP), Families Together in NYS (FTNYS), Youth Power, Alliance for Rights & Recovery (formerly known as NYAPRS), National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Mental Health Association of NYS (MHANYS), other updates
8:45am-9:30am- Updates from the Office of Advocacy and Peer Support Services
9:30am-10:00am– Discussion with OMH’s Executive Deputy Commissioner, Moira Tashjian
10:00am– 10:30am- Presentation from OMH’s Housing Bureau
10:30am-10:45am- BREAK
10:45am-10:50am-Assignment for breakout rooms/brainstorming
10:50am-11:50am– Brainstorming groups
11:50am-12:00pm- BREAK|
12:00pm-12:30pm- Report outs from breakout sessions.
Please register in advance of the meeting: https://omh-ny-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCprzoqEtCah-2-J_XKd2O3yl8doQwG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We hope to see you in January!
Next RAC, March 18th, 2023
Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP, NYCPS-P
Chief Advocacy Officer
Office of Advocacy and Peer Support Services
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Office of Mental Health
Hope. Recovery. Resilience.
44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY, 12229
(518) 473-6579 | Amanda.Saake@omh.ny.gov
www.omh.ny.gov
Administrative Assistant, Linda Riley: Linda.Riley@omh.ny.gov