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It All Comes Down To Albany’s 3 Leaders to Get the Human Services COLA in This Year’s Budget!                  The […]

NYAPRS is very pleased to announce that our national organization, the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and its Academy for Psychiatric Rehabilitation […]

NYAPRS Seeks Queens Peer Bridger

Rally to Improve NYC’s Response to Individuals Experiencing Mental Health Crisis   One the first anniversary of the shooting death […]

Please send this to your local legislators and media today to emphasize that our Human Services COLA still needs to […]

March 26 Update: Workforce pay hikes are in the spotlight in Albany since yesterday’s announcement by the Governor’s counsel that […]

The ONLY Way to Address the Crisis Faced By ALL of NY’s Human Service Workers is via a 2.9% COLA! […]

March 25, 2019 TAKE ACTION NOW TO GET THE HUMAN SERVICES COLA IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET!                  With only a […]

March 25, 2019 TAKE ACTION NOW TO GET THE HUMAN SERVICES COLA IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET!                  With only a […]

TAKE ACTION TOMORROW MORNING TO GET THE HUMAN SERVICES COLA IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET!                              With only a week to […]

Bill Ending Solitary Confinement in New York Has Enough Support to Pass State Senate By Denis Slattery  NY Daily News […]

NYAPRS Note: As an active member of the Bring It Home campaign, NYAPRS is urging all of our readers to […]

Study: Mental Health Issues Increasingly Seen in Young Americans -Rising psychological distress, depression, and suicidal thoughts in this group may […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is excited to provide details of another round of our new training initiative for all new staff […]

NYAPRS note: With about a week to go, our human services campaign is intensifying our efforts to secure a 2.9% […]

Alternatives 2019 July 8-9 at Catholic University in DC: Submit Workshop Proposal Today https://www.alternatives-conference.org/ The Alternatives conference is the oldest […]

NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS Executive Seminar Self-directed care initiatives that allow people to make strategic purchases to meet their most important […]

NYAPRS Note: NYS Assembly Mental Health Committee Chair Aileen Gunther led a group of Assembly colleagues from both sides of […]

NYAPRS Note: The NYS APSE Employment Institute is the premier event for supported employment professionals in New York State. This […]

NYAPRS Note: Thanks to MHANYS for passing this along. Please act today!   Support Behavioral Health Parity in the Budget—Make […]

NYAPRS Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, part 2 of our webinar series on health equity will have to be rescheduled […]

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is hosting an “HCBS Person-Centered Planning – Lessons From the Field” webinar […]

NYAPRS Note: With only 2 weeks to go to a possible state budget agreement, it’s critical that advocates pile on […]

NYAPRS Note: With only 2 weeks to go to a possible state budget agreement, it’s critical that advocates pile on […]

NYAPRS Note: Please join NYAPRS in our support for the essential services and supports that NYS Independent Living Centers provide […]

  A Monumental Month on Medicaid Work Requirements Politico  March 18, 2019 — When CMS Administrator Seema Verma approved Ohio’s […]

NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]

NYAPRS Note: Next month’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar will take a very personal look at the challenges behavioral healthcare agency leaders […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is excited to provide details of another round of our new training initiative for all new staff […]

NYAPRS Needs Your Help to Sustain our NYS Advocacy Efforts!  This past week, both houses of the legislature heard our […]

NYAPRS Note: As we reported Tuesday, we’re thrilled that both houses of the legislature are recognizing the crisis in our […]

NYAPRS Note: We’re only a month out from this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without Compromising Our […]

NYAPRS Note: There are some who believe the best way to get people with major mental health conditions help in […]

The NYS Senate just released its one house state budget resolutions that adds some funds to the following mental health […]

Today, the NYS Assembly released its budget resolution that funds the Cost of Living Adjustment we’ve all worked for since […]

NYAPRS Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, part 2 of our webinar series on health equity will have to be rescheduled […]

N.J. Agency Partners with Legal Group to Help SPMI patients Mental Health Weekly March 11, 2019 Noting that medical-legal partnerships […]

NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without Compromising Our Values,” to be held […]

Trump Proposes Big Cuts To Health Programs For Poor, Elderly And Disabled By Amy Goldstein and Jeff Stein  Washington Post […]

NYAPRS Note: Capping decades of groundbreaking contributions and achievements, NYAPRS will be honoring and celebrating recovery champions NYAPRS’ own Edye […]

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NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS and our New Choices in Recovery project is hosting […]

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NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]

United Loses in Court on Behavioral Health Coverage Rules By Harris Meyer Modern Healthcare  March , 2019 A federal judge […]

NYAPRS Note: Representatives Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Michael Turner (OH-10) introduced bipartisan legislation empowering states to expand access to treatment […]

NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]

NYAPRS Note: In collaboration with local county mental health directors, NYAPRS’ New Choices in Recovery project is hosting a series […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very powerful piece that traces the development of ‘high integrity’ peer support services, the struggles to […]

NYAPRS Note: There’s still time to secure an exhibitor table and serve as a sponsor for NYAPRS’ upcoming Annual Executive […]

NYAPRS Note: Now is the time to register to attend this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without […]

NYAPRS Note: Now is the time to register to attend this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar program, entitled “Creating Value Without […]

Mental Health Program Manager 1 The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill one Mental […]

NYAPRS Note: There’s still time to secure an exhibitor table and serve as a sponsor for NYAPRS’ upcoming Annual Executive […]

NYAPRS Legislative Day Takes Albany! Over 400 NYAPRS self and system advocates braved the bitter cold and came to Albany […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]

A quick note to all of you who are coming up to Albany to participate in that very special yearly […]

N E W S    A D V I S O R Y Mental Health Advocates Rally at NYS Capital to […]

NYAPRS Note: Actions by advocates for the human services nonprofit workforce and agencies are intensifying, including a host of statewide […]

NYAPRS Note: If Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders conclude that there’s not enough money to make substantive adds beyond the […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]

NYAPRS Note: Tomorrow is NYAPRS’ Annual Albany Legislative Day! Upwards of 600 self and system advocates are coming to Albany […]

NYAPRS Note: The following interview contains the most powerful and clearest rationale as to why NYAPRS has once again joined […]

NYAPRS Note: Next Tuesday is NYAPRS’ Annual Albany Legislative Day! The weather will offer sunny 43 degree weather, and over […]

NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our full program line up and schedule for this year’s Executive Seminar […]

NYAPRS Note: See below for the registration links for this very timely series. In the summer of 2018, providers from across […]

NYAPRS Note: In the 30-Day Amendments that Governors propose to alter the budget plans they originally released (in January of […]

HHS Will Test Paying Ambulance Providers for Trips to Alternative Sites, Telemedicine By Robert King  Modern Healthcare  February 14, 2019 […]

NYAPRS Note:  In advance of our February 26th Legislative Day, NYAPRS will be hosting 4 regional forums next week that […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes from NYAPRS’ Maryam Husamudeen on behalf of New York’s Academy of Peer Services (APS). The […]

New Rules Could Ease Patients’ Access to Their Own Health Records By Anna Wilde Mathews   Wall Street Journal   February 11, […]