The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
Formerly NYAPRS
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Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide details about our extraordinary program and presenter lineup at this year’s Annual […]
New York City Buses for Alliance Conference: Sign Up Today! Our Annual Conference is a little over a month away! We are excited […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide details about our extraordinary program and presenter lineup at this year’s Annual […]
New York City Buses for Alliance Conference: Sign Up Today! Our Annual Conference is a little over a month away! We are excited […]
Virtual Career Quest Webinar Series Our next installment of the Career Quest Series will be Thursday, September 18th, from 12:00pm-1:00pm. This session’s topic is Employment […]
New York City Buses for Alliance Conference: Sign Up Today! Our Annual Conference is a little over a month away! We are excited […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide details about our extraordinary program and presenter lineup at this year’s Annual […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide details about our extraordinary program and presenter lineup at this year’s Annual […]
Greetings The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill an Advocacy Specialist 2, SG-18, position […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide details about our extraordinary program and presenter lineup at this year’s Annual […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide an ongoing series of postings providing details about our extraordinary program […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide an ongoing series of postings providing details about our extraordinary program […]
August 28, 2025 New York State Announces Effort to Bolster New York State’s Youth and Family Peer Advocate Workforce More […]
New York City Buses for Alliance Conference: Sign Up Today! Our Annual Conference is a little over a month away! We are excited […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery has long advocated for better crisis response programs across New York State—programs […]
Alliance Alert: Dr. Patricia Deegan’s powerful article, Prescribing Hope for Recovery (Psychiatric Times) reminds us that hope is not optional—it […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance is very pleased to provide an ongoing series of postings providing details about the extraordinary program […]
Alliance Alert: The recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” threatens to devastate Medicaid, with disproportionate harm falling on Black […]
Alliance Alert: The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program was created by Congress in 1986 to safeguard […]
Last week, New York City took an important step forward when the City Council passed Intro 1100, the “Jail is […]
Alliance Alert: A recent article in Roll Call highlights major concerns with the Trump Administration’s proposal to fold multiple federal […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery has long been a strong supporter of ending solitary confinement in New […]
Alliance Alert: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has confirmed that Medicare will face nearly $491 billion in automatic cuts over […]
Alliance Alert: Advocacy is most powerful when it is rooted in empathy and lived experience. In his recent article, Empathy […]
Alliance Alert: Tomorrow, August 19th at 1:30 PM (ET), the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) will host an urgent […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is extremely pleased to share details of this year’s Annual Conference, entitled “Unbreakable! […]
Alliance Alert: We are excited to share highlights from the latest Adult Psychiatric Rehabilitation Newsletter, which features the 3rd Annual […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is extremely pleased to share details of this year’s Annual Conference, entitled “Unbreakable! […]
Notification of the Closure of the CORE Peer Navigator Program In 2023, the Alliance for Rights and Recovery’s Peer Navigator […]
Alliance Alert: New York continues to make important strides toward creating a statewide, non-police crisis response system thanks to the […]
Alliance Alert: Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is extremely pleased to share details of this year’s Annual Conference, entitled […]
Alliance Alert: The Brooklyn Paper recently published an important interview with Taina Martinez-Laing, CEO of Alliance member organization Baltic Street […]
Alliance Alert: Recent actions by New York State to remove insurance barriers, enforce mental health parity, and require timely access […]
Governor Hochul’s Executive Order 40 marks a major step toward ensuring that people with disabilities have equitable access to meaningful, […]
Alliance Alert: The Unapologetically Black Unicorns podcast recently released a powerful episode revisiting the origins and success of Housing First with […]
Virtual Career Quest Webinar Series Our next installment of the Career Quest Series will be Thursday, August 21st, from 12:00pm-1:00pm. This session’s topic is Yes, it’s possible […]
Alliance Alert: The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has released a detailed update on how the state […]
Alliance Alert: The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that the recent Trump administration law expanding work requirements for the Supplemental […]
Alliance Alert: The devastating cuts to social services proposed by the Trump administration represent a direct threat to the health, […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance is excited to share this powerful opportunity from the Copeland Center to build capacity in peer-led […]
Alliance Alert: The recent shutdown of 988’s dedicated LGBTQ+ youth crisis line is a devastating blow to young people who […]
Alliance Alert: New York continues to detain hundreds of individuals with mental health challenges indefinitely in forensic psychiatric centers—often long […]
Alliance Alert: The latest report from the Correctional Association of New York (CANY) reveals a heartbreaking and unacceptable reality: the […]
Alliance Alert: We encourage our members, partners, and community members to attend this summer’s second virtual town hall hosted by the NYS […]
Alliance Alert: New York continues to detain hundreds of individuals with mental health challenges indefinitely in forensic psychiatric centers—often long […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery joins advocates across the country in strongly opposing the White House’s recent […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery strongly opposes the latest memo from the U.S. Department of Justice declaring […]
Alliance Alert: A recent USA Today article outlines an alarming federal shift in homelessness policy, driven by President Trump’s executive […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery strongly condemns the Trump administration’s latest policy shift, which puts health care […]
At a time when inspiration, innovation, determination and community action has never been more needed, this fall’s Alliance for Rights […]
Alliance Alert: Senate appropriators advanced a funding proposal that, if it survives the long budgeting process, would reject efforts by […]
At a time when inspiration, innovation, determination and community action has never been more needed, this fall’s Alliance for Rights […]
You’re Invited: Share Your Voice in New York’s Olmstead Listening Sessions New York State is working on a new Olmstead Plan […]
Alliance Alert: This week marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of Medicaid and Medicare, two cornerstone programs of American […]
At a time when inspiration, innovation, determination and community action has never been more needed, this fall’s Alliance for Rights […]
Alliance Alert: This past Saturday, July 26, 2025, marked the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—a historic […]
At a time when inspiration, innovation, determination and community action has never been more needed, this fall’s Alliance for Rights […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery is proud to celebrate a major milestone in the fight for compassionate, […]
You’re Invited: Share Your Voice in New York’s Olmstead Listening Sessions New York State is working on a new Olmstead Plan […]
Are you or someone you love navigating the challenges of vision impairment or blindness? You’re not alone—and you don’t have […]
Alliance Alert: The Trump administration’s recent executive order calling for the expanded use of involuntary psychiatric commitment and the defunding […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery applauds the powerful and deeply personal advocacy of Jennifer Randal-Thorpe, a suicide […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery joins Dr. Toni Boulware Stackhouse and advocates across the nation in recognizing […]
Alliance Alert: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery is very pleased to announce that registration is now open for our […]
Alliance Alert: President Trump’s executive order calling for the increased use of forced hospitalization and outpatient commitment for people experiencing […]
Alliance for Rights and Recovery Denounces Trump Executive Order’sPromotion of the Failed Policies of Institutionalization and Coercion;Calls for a Major […]
Alliance Alert: Rikers Island has long been a symbol of systemic failure — where individuals, many of whom struggle with […]
Alliance Alert: New York’s recovery-friendly workplace tax credit, designed to incentivize businesses to hire people coming out of addiction treatment, […]
We are excited to announce Baltic Street Wellness Solutions will be hosting a Community Resource Fair, happening this Friday, July […]
Marking the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, caregivers, older adults, people with disabilities and advocates from across the country […]
Virtual Career Quest Webinar Series Our next installment of the Career Quest Series will be Thursday, August 21st, from 12:00pm-1:00pm. This session’s topic is Yes, it’s possible […]
Alliance Alert: This week, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will no longer approve or […]
