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NYAPRS Note: Following is a copy of Mike Hogan’s testimony today at the Senate HELP committee hearing on mental health. […]

After Shootings, Some States Rethink Deep Cuts To Mental Health Care, Consider More Spending By Associated Press  January 23, 2013 […]

NYAPRS Note: View morning’s live televised coverage of a Senate hearing on the US mental health system at http://www.capitolhearings.org/Hearing/SSHR00201301241000/dirksen430.aspx   […]

NYAPRS Note: Please see the press release below announcing two (2) Request for Applications from SAMHSA’s Statewide Consumer Network Grant […]

NYAPRS Note: The purpose of the BRSS TACS Policy Academy Awards is to assist State, Territory, and Tribal Government substance […]

NYAPRS Note: A thoughtful piece by Philadelphia’s Commissioner Arthur Evans, urging for the kind of flexibility and focus on outreach, […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s more information about certain provisions aligned with yesterday’s release of the Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2013-4 state […]

NYAPRS Note: In the flurry of recent media coverage in the wake of recent tragedies that are being associated with […]

NYAPRS Note: A revised version based on recent clarifications. NYAPRS NYS 2013-4 Budget Highlights January 22, 2013 No Community Cuts […]

NYAPRS Note: A revised version based on recent clarifications.   NYAPRS NYS 2013-4 Budget Highlights                               January 22, 2013   No […]

Medicaid Expansion Promotes Boost In MH Care, Economy Mental Health Weekly  January 22, 2013 View this newsletter online at wileyonlinelibrary.com […]

NYAPRS Note: This week, 2 Congressional hearings will look at strategies to boost the nation’s mental health services, in keeping […]

NYAPRS Note: New York joins most other states in looking for federal funding support to make our ACA related healthcare […]

NYAPRS Note: Today’s New York Times online ‘Room for Debate’ page focuses on ‘Guns, Safety and Mental Health:  Can changes […]

Please note the correction in the date of the webinar. Our apologies forany confusion. The correct date of this exciting […]

NYAPRS Note: Does anyone really understand how healthcare reform isunfolding in New York with the emerging system of HMOs, BHOs […]

NYAPRS Note:  January 21, 2013 will mark the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. Dr. Martin Luther King […]

Mass Murder: Is There a Mental Health Issue? By Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.  Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University Schools of Social […]

Experts: NY Gun Law Could Deter Mentally Ill From Seeking Treatment By Dr. Susan Berry Breitbart.Com  January 16, 2013   Mental health […]

NYAPRS Note: Consumer, family and provider groups join together in the article below to share concerns about the impact of […]

Obama’s Gun Violence Measures: Would They Work? By Allison Brennan, CNN   January 16, 213   Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama […]

Call with Secretary Sebelius TODAY 2:30pm ET – Next steps after Sandy Hook   Colleagues:   Following President Obama’s announcement […]

Now Is the Time: The President’s Plan to Protect our Children and our Communities by Reducing Gun Violence THE WHITE […]

NYAPRS Note: In reaction to suggestions by some that linkages between violence and mental illnesses could be best addressed by […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s NYAPRS preliminary 2013 NYS budget and legislative advocacy agenda, as developed by our NYAPRS Public Policy Committee. […]

NYAPRS Note: Today’s papers take an analytical view of NY’s new gun control law’s impact on people with mental health […]

Culturally appropriate mental health services are needed     Hilda Rosario-Escher, President and CEO of the Ibero-American Action League in […]

Vermont Recovery Coach Academy offers comprehensive, integrated peer support training   NYAPRS Note: This special invitation comes courtesy of Patty […]

Let’s Stop Blaming The Mentally Ill By Lollie Bulter  Arizona Daily Star  January 15, 2013 There is a bloody war […]

Focus on Obamacare Delays Mental Health Law By Kyle Cheney  Politico  January 15, 2013   Mental health advocates say a […]

NYAPRS Note: The following announcement comes from the New York State Psychiatric Institute’s Center for Excellence for Cultural Competence.   […]

NYAPRS Note: Forged in the crucible of media, policy maker and the gun control lobby’s linkages between several recent violent […]

A Language Access Planning Tool for Courts NYAPRS Note: One of the most essential steps towards the elimination of racial […]

NYAPRS Note: Some very timely and personal comments from the ‘Godfather’ of psychiatric rehabilitation, our beloved Bill Anthony.I meant to […]

Obamacare will extend health insurance to 32 million Americans. Here’s who they are. President Obama’s signature health-care law is expected […]

Rep. Blackburn ‘Astounded’ By Level Of Violence In ‘Call Of Duty’ Video Game By Alicia M. Cohn – The Hill   January 13, […]

NYAPRS Note: Many Americans describe the great benefits of taking psychiatric medications….but there is reason to consider some instances when […]

NYAPRS Note: A very timely on target message from Mental Health America’s new CEO, Wayne Lindstrom.   Opposing view: Don’t […]

Health And Human Services Announces 106 New Accountable Care Organizations (Acos) In Medicare, Including Three Serving NY Patients January 11, […]

TODAY – SPECIAL SESSION OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY   Friday, January 11, 2013 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, ET […]

WWW.INTEGRATEDCARERESOURCECENTER.COM A joint technical assistance project of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and the Center […]

NYAPRS Note: The Albany Times Union printed an OP ED this morning that I had titled “Invest in Cuomo’s Mental […]

As someone with lived experience of serious mental illness, I know that when I’ve been recognized for my struggles and […]

Free Webinar  Peer Specialists in Rural Communities:  Promoting Community Inclusion January 24, 2013 / 2:00 – 3:30 PM   Greetings, […]

New Disability Status Report Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) will host a free online webinar on Friday, January […]

WHAM: Eight Weeks to Whole Health through Peer Support Groups Date:  January 15, 2013, 2-3:30pm Eastern Presenters: Larry Fricks, Senior […]

  A (Health) Home Run: Operationalizing Behavioral Health Homes Date: January 18, 2013, 2:00 – 3:30 pm EST Webinar Presenters: […]

Forced Mental Health Treatment Wrong By Janet Van Tassel  OP-ED The Hartford Courant  January 7, 2013   In the past […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very timely message from OMH’s wonderful Acting Commission Kristin Woodlock.   Acting Commissioner’s Message by Kristin […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes to us from NYAPRS NYC leader Carla Rabinowitz, who writes that “due to Hurricane Sandy, […]

NYAPRS Note: The following timely piece underscore the great impact Olmstead Plans can have on reshaping state mental health service […]

Cuomo’s to-do list heftier Governor’s Year Three issues include minimum wage, gambling, gun control in untested political landscape By Rick Karlin  […]

Magellan Peer Support Whole Health & Wellness Fall 2012 Welcome to the first issue of Magellan’s Peer Support Whole Health […]

At VA, Peer Counselors Connect With Struggling Veterans By Bob Brewin  Nextgov.com December 21, 2012   A decade ago, gripped by […]

NYAPRS Note: A group of NYS mental health advocates pushed back yesterday against outrageous media depictions they say inaccurately and […]

Magellan Peer Support Whole Health & Wellness  Fall 2012   Welcome to the first issue of Magellan’s Peer Support Whole […]

S A V E   T H E   D A T E   The NYAPRS Collective Presents NYAPRS 9th Annual Executive […]

Update on the Health Home Consent Process NYS Department of Health Medicaid Update  December 2012   The Health Home consent […]

The Affordable Care Act creates a new office within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, to […]

Governor Cuomo’s Aggressive Agenda For 2013 By Jessica Bakeman | Gannett Albany Bureau   January 1, 2013   ALBANY, N.Y. – When […]

Fatal Subway Shove Renews Debate on Forced Treatment for the Mentally Ill By Fred Mogul  WNYC  December 31, 2012   […]

Misguided Focus On Mental Illness By Mark Salzer  Philadelphia Inquirer  January 2, 2013 A typical reaction after an incomprehensible shooting […]

Prescriber Prevails in Medicaid Managed Care for Atypical Antipsychotics   Effective January 1, 2013, Medicaid Managed Care Plans will be […]

National Empowerment Center Mourns the Newtown School Shooting, Calls for Uncoupling Violence and Mental Health Issues   WASHINGTON (12/20/12) – The […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s more data to support the overdue trend to look at ‘social determinants of health’ like poverty and […]

Call Now to Save the CASA Program for Foster Children Statewide   The NYS Office of Court Administration which provides […]

Sandy Hook Shooting: Was Adam Lanza Lashing Out Against Treatment? Two media reports suggest that Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza’s […]

Advocates For Mental Health Have Momentum After Conn. Massacre By Elise Viebeck and Sam Baker – The Hill December 20, 2012 […]

NYAPRS Note: Some very timely information for us to share with the media today and through the next few weeks. […]