The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
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Alliance Note: Much of New York’s plan to address the current mental health crisis has centered around increasing inpatient hospital […]
Alliance Note: The following comes from Helgerson Solutions Group regarding next Wednesday’s presentation on NY’s 1115 Waiver. See more at […]
Last year, the Alliance (formerly NYAPRS) joined the Daniel’s Law Coalition and other statewide advocates to push for the passage […]
Alliance Update: The following comes from our friend Mental Health America’s Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Caren Howard. Please reply […]
Alliance Note: The Alliance for Rights and Recovery announces the PeerTAC Virtual Supervision Summit on March 15th and March 22nd! […]
Alliance Note: The Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project recently released a report titled ” Reimagining Paths to Health & […]
Alliance Note: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be testing a new model of care integrating behavioral […]
Alliance for Rights and Recovery NYS Budget and Legislative Advocacy The Alliance staff and colleagues have begun actively working on […]
Call for Proposals18th Annual NYC Conference for Working Peer SpecialistsThursday, July 25 The New York City Peer Specialist Conference Planning […]
Alliance Note: New York City Clubhouse supporters and advocates continue to push for changes to the City’s proposed plan to […]
Advocates for New Yorkers with mental health and addiction related challenges, and the community-based organizations that support them are grateful […]
Alliance Note: More cities have been recognizing the need to provide alternative responses to mental health and substance use crisis […]
Alliance Note: A major initiative outlined in Governor Hochul’s proposed 2024-25 budget for New York is improving commercial insurance parity. […]
Alliance’s First Look at Governor Hochul’s 2024-2025 Executive Budget Proposal:1.5% COLA and Minimum Wage Hike; Criminal Justice ReformsClosure of up […]
The Daniel’s Law Task Force will host this week the next in a series of stakeholder listening sessions aimed at […]
Employment Opportunity Director Mental Health Field Office 2, M-8New York City Field Office – New York, New York The New […]
Alliance Note: I spent some time this morning reading Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s storied “Letter from Birmingham Jail” […]
Greetings and happy new year from all of us at the New York State Office of Mental Health! My sincerest […]
Alliance Update: Here’s summary of NY’s New 1115 Medicaid Waiver agreement by former NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson, Greg Allen, […]
Alliance Note: Next week, The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be hosting a virtual workshop to help organizations […]
The Daniel’s Law and Treatment Not Jail Coalitions will be holding their first advocacy day of the year next Wednesday, […]
Virtual Career Quest Webinar Series: Explore and Plan Your Future In alignment with the Alliance for Rights and Recovery’s commitment […]
January 10, 2024 Contact: Harvey Rosenthal 518-527-0564; Luke Sikinyi at 518-703-0264 New York State of the State Message […]
BAZELON ISSUES REPORT ON THE BENEFITS OF PEER SUPPORTS IN CRISIS SERVICES January 9, 2024 — Today the Bazelon Center […]
Alliance Note: New York State’s 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver amendment was officially approved by CMS yesterday. This waiver aims to […]
The Daniel’s Law Task Force will host the next in a series of stakeholder listening sessions aimed at gathering feedback […]
Alliance Update: The NYS Department of Health’s lead on the developing Master Plan for Aging Adam Herbst is emphasizing that […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Update:After several years of negotiations, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that NYS has reached an agreement with the Centers for […]
Alliance Note: Not all leaders are born– excellence in transformative leadership can be developed with the right guidance and nurturing […]
The Mental Health Empowerment Project is thrilled to announce fourteen virtual workshops and training sessions covering a range of […]
Call for Proposals18th Annual NYC Conference for Working Peer SpecialistsThursday, July 25 The New York City Peer Specialist Conference Planning […]
Alliance Update: If you have not already completed the survey our friends at MHANYS had developed, please do so by […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Note: Not all leaders are born– excellence in transformative leadership can be developed with the right guidance and nurturing […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Note: Yesterday, the Alliance joined City Council members and NYC Clubhouse supporters for a rally calling the city to […]
Alliance Note: This morning Alliance staff joined New York City Councilmembers and City Clubhouse members, staff, and community supporters at […]
Join Wednesday’s (Today) City Hall 11am Rally to Save NYC Clubhouses! Alliance Note: When NYC Mayor Eric Adams took office […]
Alliance Update: At the top of each year, the Mental Health Weekly seeks comments from mental health about their chief […]
Alliance Update: Each year, the Mental Health Weekly publishes an overview of top mental health policy issues from the previous […]
Governor Hochul Unveils First Proposal of 2024 State of the State: the Consumer Protection & Affordability AgendaJanuary 2, 2024 First […]
JANUARY 2, 2024Albany, NY Governor Hochul Unveils First Proposal of 2024 State of the State: the Consumer Protection & Affordability […]
Alliance Note: Legislation passed by Congress to increase access to mental health services went into effect on January 1st. Medicare […]
Join Wednesday’s City Hall 11am Rally to Save NYC Clubhouses! Alliance Note: When NYC Mayor Eric Adams took office in […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Note: Not all leaders are born– excellence in transformative leadership can be developed with the right guidance and nurturing […]
Join Wednesday’s City Hall 11am Rally to Save NYC Clubhouses! Alliance Note: When NYC Mayor Eric Adams took office in […]
Dear Friends, The holiday season offers us a time for reflection on the past year and to make resolutions about […]
Dear Friends, The holiday season offers us a time for reflection on the past year and to make resolutions about […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Note: The current mental health workforce crisis paired with the increased demand for services has led to long wait […]
Dear Friends, The holiday season offers us a time for reflection on the past year and to make resolutions about […]
Alliance Note: Ron Manderscheid is one of our field’s and movement’s greatest champions, educators and guides. Over the past 4 […]
NYAPRS Note: On behalf of the Alliance’s Cultural Competence Committee, Board and staff, we want to wish you all a […]
The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) will be hosting a Forum in Binghamton for the Southern Tier Region […]
Alliance Note: Many cities are attempting to tackle the rising rates of homelessness through new policies and programs aimed at […]
Dear Friends, The holiday season offers us a time for reflection on the past year and to make resolutions about […]
Dear Friends, The holiday season offers us a time for reflection on the past year and to make resolutions about […]
Employment OpportunityDirector Mental Health Field Office 1, M-6Hudson River Field Office – Poughkeepsie, New York The New York State Office […]
Alliance Note: As you know, raising compensation for our dedicated workforce has long been a top priority for the Alliance […]
Alliance Note: The NYS Assembly held a hearing on the Health Care workforce this past Tuesday. Alliance Public Policy Director […]
Alliance Note: Yesterday, New York City lawmakers passed a bill restricting solitary confinement to four hours for all city jails. […]
Alliance Note: Partnership to End Addiction along with NYS OASAS is conducting a survey regarding people’s experience with children to […]
Alliance Note: The assistant commissioner for the NYC bureau of mental health presented data on New York City mental health […]
Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is very pleased to introduce you to our Leadership Institute’s expert faculty. This is […]
Prayers for Peace, Hope for Healing from the Alliance Now more than ever, we are very grateful to call you […]
Alliance Note: The New York City Council will be voting on a bill to ban solitary confinement in city jails. […]
Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is very pleased to provide details about webinar offering that have been specially designed […]
NEW LINK: Register today for the January 22nd Regional Advisory Committee- Housing: Rights & Grievance Procedures Regional Advisory Committee, January […]
Alliance Note: Not all leaders are born– excellence in transformative leadership can be developed with the right guidance and nurturing […]
