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Spanish-Language Mobile App Helps To Extend Health Coverage Safety Net Robin Gelburd and Irfan Hasan   Health Affairs Blog  October 14, 2015 Sweeping […]

State Asks Feds To Align Medicare, Medicaid Incentives By Dan Goldberg  Capital New York  October 16, 2015 New York State […]

With two keynote addresses, two plenary sessions and six topical workshops, the MHANYS Annual Conference is a wonderful one day, […]

Why 80 Percent of Addicts Can’t Get Treatment Despite the startling rise of heroin and prescription-painkiller addiction in the U.S., […]

Youth Suicide Prevention Program Shows Promise As many as 79,000 attempts may have been averted, researchers estimate By Randy Dotinga  […]

The members of the Peer Leaders Interest Group of the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (formerly ACMHA) invite peer service […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s some news coverage that seeks to counter knee jerk political and press driven reactions to connect mass […]

NYAPRS Note: As the 2016 Presidential campaign nears and more detailed policy proposals emerge, we’ll be sharing some of them […]

  Using My Cultural Voice: Health Activation from a Cultural Perspective (Webinar) October 13, 2015 November 12, 1:00 p.m. EST […]

Half Of America’s Remaining Uninsured Are Eligible For Health Coverage By Bob Herman  Modern Healthcare October 13, 2015   Almost half of […]

Science Isn’t Golden Top Psychiatrist’s Stunning Announcement About Gun Violence Politicians ignore APA president’s truth telling and pleas By Paula […]

MHA Urges Lawmakers To Update Patient Consent Process Mental Health Weekly  October 13, 2015   During a week laden with […]

Webinar: A Peer Driven Solution to Isolation and Social Exclusion: Part IIOctober 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. ET “A Peer […]

Preventing The Criminalization Of Persons With Mental Illness: Solutions And A Call To Action National Dialogues on Behavioral Health (see […]

Announcement   New Toolkit on the Connection Between Health and Housing A new Alliance toolkit, “The Connection between Health and […]

Should Medicaid Recipients Have to Work? September 30, 2015 By Michael Ollove   If Arizona gets its way, its able-bodied, […]

Dear friend and colleague,   On behalf of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing, attached and below you will find the […]

NYAPRS Note: Albany County police officers recently concluded their 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Training. NYAPRS is hoping to hear […]

NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, tens of thousands of supporters for addiction recovery and for social and political policies that support them […]

http://www.newsweek.com/maybe-oregon-shooting-and-others-arent-about-mental-illness-378875 A critically important and timely piece by one of the nation’s experts on violence and mental health conditions. More […]

Join our upcoming New York State Medicaid EHR Incentive webinar on Wednesday October 7th at 10am EST. Is this email […]

[cid:image001.jpg at 01D0FB6F.8FB4B230] New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS), a nationally acclaimed behavioral health systems change agent based […]

Webinar: Making Self-Directed Care a Reality Thursday October 1st 2:30-3:30 PM ET The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of […]

NYAPRS Note: Registration information is now up for NYAPRS/OMH’s 6th Annual PROS Academy. See more at https://rms.nyaprs.org/event/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=18       The […]

Take Action to Prevent Service Cuts and Protect Consumer-Directed Programs as New Home Care Rule Takes Effect   September 29, […]

Rethinking SBIRT: Lessons from the Past 10 Years, Strategies for the Next 10 HMA’s “30 Years, 30 Webinars” Series, Vol. […]

Why Our Approach to Suicide Prevention Needs to Change Nowby Leah Harris Mother, survivor, storyteller, mental health advocate  Huffington Post  September […]

NYAPRS Friends: It’s everyone’s worst nightmare. Will I make it in this new world? How can I protect my agency […]

NYAPRS Note: An especially apt piece on the power of peer support, which is demonstrating high rates of effectiveness nationally. […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very thoughtful and extremely thorough and well-documented background to many of the key mental health policy […]

NYAPRS Note: The following piece underscores the critical challenges that community behavioral health recovery services face in the current NYS […]

Many Poor Kids With Mental Illness Miss Out on Benefits Megan Brooks  Medscape September 21, 2015   A “sizable” number of US […]

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Public Forum for Consumers in New York City on Medicaid Managed Care and Behavioral Health   Monday, October 5, 2015 […]

                                                How to Create An                      Intentional Culture of Wellness   By Matthew Federici   To seek real […]

NYAPRS Note: Included in the recommendations that NYS Governor Cuomo has accepted from a special Council on Community Re-entry for […]

NYAPRS Note: New York City is poised to roll out a new program that will provide mental health and trauma […]

HHS Gives New York Health Centers $28.4 Million In Obamacare Funds By IFAwebnews Staff  September 17, 2015   The U.S. […]

2015 MindFreedom Mini-Conference: Continuing the Creative Revolution in Mental Health   Spend a full day with a host of leaders […]

Winners of SAMHSA’s Tech-based Challenge to Assist Offender Reintegration Wednesday, September 9, 2015   Recently, the Substance Abuse and Mental […]

  Practicing Recovery: Outreach and Engagement While we are able to talk more openly in society about mental health and […]

    Join us for the third webinar in SAMHSA’s Behavioral Health IT Summer Webinar Series! Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) […]

The following comes from OMH: “Effective October 1, 2015 in New York City, and July 1, 2016 in the rest […]

NYAPRS Note: We’re so very pleased to welcome New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray to this year’s NYAPRS Conference. […]

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser   Celebrating 25 Years: Recovery Perspectives on the ADA and other […]

NYAPRS Note: Some details about how Crisis Intervention Team-based training is being implemented in New York City. Last session, NYS […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes from the New York Peer Specialist Certification Board and the Bureau of Recipient Affairs of […]

NYAPRS Note: New York is deep in the midst of DSRIP initiatives that bring together large networks of healthcare and […]

D.C. March A Rallying Cry For ‘Dignity’ Mental Health Recovery Support Mental Health Weekly  August 31, 2015   The need […]

NYAPRS Note: The following includes excerpts from a statement that is due to be released later today.   Extraordinary news […]

International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS) Webinar Announcement View this email in your browser   International Association of Peer Supporters […]

House Republicans’ ACA lawsuit Moves Forward By Lisa Schencker  Modern Healthcare  September 9, 2015   Just months after the Affordable […]

NYAPRS Note: NYC will begin accepting applications for a new $30 million Connections-to-Care pilot program that will contract with 12 […]

Bill Would Mandate Rehab For Addicts Given Narcan By Josefa Velasquez Politico New York  September 8, 2015   ALBANY — […]

The following comes from NYC DOHMH’s Teena Brooks: “Peers are on the brink of a sea change in their profession, […]

October 5th Public Forum: Medicaid Managed Care Is Changing for Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Service Recipients   What: […]

The following comes from OMH’s Bureau of Cultural Competence, which seeks to promote engagement of staff and consumers in the […]

  Having trouble seeing this email? View the web version.   New York’s Medicaid redesign efforts are extensive. The DSRIP […]

HHS Proposes Anti-Discrimination Standards By Jason Millman  Washington Post  September 3, 2015   The Obama administration today released a long-awaited […]

NYAPRS Note: Hotel rooms are going very fast for the NYAPRS Annual Conference that begins only a week and a […]

NYAPRS Note: Hotel rooms are going very fast for the NYAPRS Annual Conference that begins only a week and a […]

NYAPRS Note: Psychiatrists are leading the way in joining other mental health advocates in criticizing fashion house exec Kenneth Cole’s […]

The NYS Department of Health Division of Long Term Care will provide an overview and update on the implementation of […]

NYAPRS Note: Registrations are pouring in for NYAPRS’ Annual Conference! In order to provide some assistance for folks who want […]

    Kenneth Cole is the owner of one of America’s most prominent fashion houses who has also shown an […]

NYAPRS Note: NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo and OMH Commissioner announced today how a portion of the funds derived from the […]

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser     September is National Recovery Month! Every September, SAMHSA recognizes […]

State Medicaid Care Initiative Failing To Launch By Dan Goldberg August 27, 2015   An ambitious state plan to improve […]