NYS Government Leaders: This is our message & our prayer. All over NY mental health & substance use disorder agencies are crippled by staff vacancies & inadequate rates that severely limit our ability to recruit staff & serve NYers in need of care. Help us do our jobs!

Shout out to NYS Council member agency S:US and their 1st Annual Summit to Serve New York event. Check it out!

NOT A PARTISAN IN WASHINGTON OR IN NYS! Mental health is not a partisan issue  thehill.com/opinion/congre…

Proudly wearing orange today in support of an 8.5% COLA for NYS human services and mental health workers (“O” agencies). This increase is long overdue and must be included in this year’s budget! NYS PEF DDAWNY People Inc Holy Childhood

The NYS MH & SUD Workforce is facing an exodus of workers. We need immediate action from NYS lawmakers (8.5% COLA). thenationalcouncil.org/news/help-want…

A Devastating Report on Teen Mental Health: Many Causes Require Many Responses | United Hospital Fund uhfnyc.org/publications/p…

Opinion: Background checks and blanket hiring exclusions don’t reduce risk – they limit opportunities nynmedia.com/opinion/2023/0… via @CityAndStateNYN

The NYS Human Services sector is begging state leaders to address massive workforce shortages that seriously restrict on demand access to care. We must not be left behind.

Congratulations Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, CEO at Family & Children’s Services on Long Island for being the recipient of the National Council’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. You are a spectacular leader and colleague! So proud of you!

Human services workers bring hope & support to NYC’s most vulnerable. Mayor Eric Adams, it’s high time to bring hope to these workers with fair compensation. Commit to the 6.5% COLA and 16.5% increase over 3 years. #JustPay

VALUE THESE WORKERS, THESE AGENCIES. They ARE your safety net! Op-ed | NYC’s non-profit workers deserve a deal, too amny.com/oped/op-ed-nyc…

WNY opioid overdose deaths on the rise due to fentanyl surge in cocaine | wgrz.com wgrz.com/article/news/w…

RELEASE: Equity in Access to Mental Health and Addiction Care for all New Yorkers is Within Reach empirereportnewyork.com/equity-in-acce…

Thank you Assemblymember Assemblywoman Amy Paulin! Senator Pete Harckham NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare capitolpressroom.org/2024/04/04/hea…

50 associations rep’ing thousands of Medicaid providers agree: it’s time for Governor Kathy Hochul Sen. Stewart-Cousins @CarlHeastie to bring fairness & balance to OMIG audit practices. Medicaid, human service orgs & New Yorkers deserve protections! Include S5329D/A6813A in final budget!

We support OMIG’s mandate to root out fraud from NY’s Medicaid Program. But we can’t support audit practices that unfairly punish providers for clerical & other errors that are not relevant to the care provided. Include OMIG audit reform in final budget!CPstate COMPA-New York

BIG WIN: Governor Kathy Hochul & state leaders will include a commercial insurance mandate in budget that will increase access to life-saving care for NYers w/ mental health and/or addiction issues. A decade of tireless NYS COUNCIL advocacy to get here. THANK YOU!

Historic state budget provision corrects serious inequity facing New Yorkers with commercial insurance. New York wins! Read our Press Release here: nyscouncil.org

Thank you Spectrum News NY1 Cheryl Wills🔛 for shining a light on this very important issue- we need to ensure that housing is part of the equation to address the addiction crisis! Thank you to our partners in treatment NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare @InUnityAlliance for elevating this issue!

Read our recent opinion piece regarding a recent NYS Council budget win that will increase access to mental health and substance use disorder care for many New Yorkers. nynmedia.com/opinion/2024/0…