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2003 E-News Bulletin Archives

December

12/30/2003 Across New York, Medicaid Reform Plans Get Mixed Reactions
12/30/2003 TU: NYS Museum's 'Lost Cases, Recovered Lives: Suitcases from a State Hospital'
12/30/2003 Georgia's Peer Specialist Project Promotes Recovery & Peer Support via Medicaid
12/29/2003 NYAPRS Releases 2004 State Advocacy Priorities, Jan 27 Legislative Day Schedule
12/29/2003 TU, Post Standard, Gannett: SSI Advocates Raise Early Warning on COLA Aid
12/24/2003 Press: Libous Pressing for Revamped Parity Bill, So Tier Childrens' MH Care
12/24/2003 IAPSRS Rehab & Recovery Report: 'Loving Kindness'
12/24/2003 Sun: Advocates Seek to Salvage SSI
12/23/2003 NYS Senate Medicaid Reform Plan Boosts Waivers But Launches Preferred Drug Pgrm
12/23/2003 Times: Report Cites NYC on Discharges for Inmates w/ Psych Disabilities
12/23/2003 Advance: $6 Billion Deficit Awaits State Legislators
12/23/2003 Advocates Press Gov. Pataki to Reject SSI Cuts Plan for NYers w/ Disabilities
12/22/2003 Times, Newsday, AP: NYS Senate Republicans Eye Big Medicaid Cuts
12/22/2003 Bazelon: First Session of 108th Congress Adjourns with Little Achieved
12/22/2003 IAPSRS Comments on New Ticket to Work 'Expedited Re-entry' Regulations
12/22/2003 Times: States Try to Limit Drugs in Medicaid, but Makers Resist
12/18/2003 MHW: Medicare Regulation Will Make Drug Discount Cards Available
12/18/2003 US Dep't of Labor, Small Business Adm. Partner to Support People w/ Disabilities
12/18/2003 Friedman: Preparing for the Elder Boom
12/18/2003 AHP Seeks Support for Research on the Connection Between Spirituality & Recovery
12/17/2003 Voice: For the Mentally Ill, Solitary Confinement Can Be a Death Sentence
12/17/2003 Coalitions Fight NYS Prison Rights Abuses for Inmates w/ Psych. Disabilities
12/17/2003 Times: British Ignite Debate in U.S. on Drugs and Suicide
12/17/2003 Times: Counties Want NYS to Pick up County Medicaid Share for Serving Disabled
12/17/2003 NYC Dept' of Health & Mental Hygiene Seeks Director of Consumer Affairs
12/16/2003 Voice: Lost Legacy? Gidone Busch's Death Unlikely to Bring NYPD Policy Change
12/16/2003 AP: Health Care Costs Hurt Americans w/ Disabilities
12/16/2003 AP: Assembly Speaker Challenges County Medicaid Critics, Cites Disabled
12/15/2003 Scaled-down NYAPRS PROS Program Today; Rescheduled Full Program Soon
12/14/2003 Tomorrow's Albany NYAPRS PROS Conference Still On: Stay Tuned!
12/10/2003 Jan. 13 Albany Assembly Hearing on Confinement of Inmates w/ Psych Disabilities
12/10/2003 BU: Self-Determination Booklets, Recovery Education Resource Newsletter
12/10/2003 Times, Post: Pataki Vows Not to Raise Taxes
12/09/2003 Post-Standard: Creation of a Mental Health Court in Syracuse Proposed
12/09/2003 IAPSRS Extends Conference Registration Discount to December 15
12/09/2003 Justice for Imprisoned People w/ Psychiatric Disabilities to Meet Dec 11 in NYC
12/09/2003 LA Times:As State Economies Begin to Recover, Advocates Decry Mental Health Cuts
12/08/2003 Come to NYAPRS' January 27 Albany Legislative Day: Reserve Your Spot Now!
12/08/2003 MHW: New Medicare Law Draws Mixed Reviews from Field Leaders
12/08/2003 AP: NYS Counties demand Medicaid reform
12/08/2003 Contac: 'Leading Successful Peer Programs' Feb 18-22 Seminar in W. Virginia
12/04/2003 Report: 'Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families'
12/04/2003 Yahoo Clubhouse!: Peer Online List Formed to Help Support Employment Goals
12/04/2003 AP: Standards Changed for Students with Disabilities
12/03/2003 Register Today! NYAPRS Revised PROS Dec. 15 Albany Conference Program
12/03/2003 Buffalo News Editorial Urges Timothy's Law Passage
12/03/2003 AP: Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Refuse to Hire Recovering Addicts

November

11/26/2003 Workforce Investment Act Passed by Senate, Goes to Reconciliation w/ House Bill
11/26/2003 Self-Help Source: Support for the Holiday Season
11/26/2003 AP: Senate Approves Medicare Bill
11/26/2003 Job Postings: NYC Social Worker Advocate, Staff Attorney Posts
11/25/2003 Times, Reuters: Medicare Bill Likely to Pass to Mixed Reviews
11/25/2003 Deegan: Listening To Consumer/Survivors From The Deaf Community
11/24/2003 P Journal: 'Go Slow on Medicare Bill'
11/24/2003 Disability Groups Urge Improvements to Medicare Bill
11/20/2003 P. Journal: Hearing Faults Prison Isolation, Suicide Link with the 'Box'
11/20/2003 Call Washington to Support Federal Work Incentive Programs
11/20/2003 Gannett: Disabled Workers Cite Barriers, Advantages to Medicaid Buy-In
11/20/2003 Buffalo News: Strife of Young Stirs Advocates for Timothy's Law
11/19/2003 OMH Releases PROS Questions & Answers on Website
11/19/2003 New Web Site Addresses Discrimination, Stigma Associated w/ Mental Illness
11/19/2003 Rockefeller_Institute=3A_It's_Crunch_Time_for_Dire_State_Budgets
11/19/2003 Advocates, Congress Split on Proposed Federal Medicare Deal
11/18/2003 Dec. 1 NYC 'Prisoner Reentry Conference: A New Deal for Justice'
11/18/2003 VESID Releases RFA for Supported Employment, Bidder Conference Schedule
11/18/2003 Times: Jury Acquits Police in Killing of Gidone Busch
11/18/2003 A Step-by-Step Guide to Help Latinas Recognize and Overcome Depression
11/17/2003 NYAPRS Member PROS Alert: Come to NYAPRS December 15th Albany Meeting on PROS
11/17/2003 NYAPRS Seeks to Fill Western/Central NY and Hudson River Regional Educator Posts
11/17/2003 V. Voice: A Dad's Crusade for Better Mental-Health Care
11/17/2003 D&C: Amidst Dire Budget Times, Monroe County Considers Social Services Cuts
11/13/2003 AP: Congress Nearing Deal on Medicare Drug Benefit
11/13/2003 Adult Homes Group Sues State Over Medicaid Payments
11/13/2003 Residents from Unlicensed Adult Care Facilities Urged to Contact UJC
11/13/2003 Supreme Court Limits Disability Rights..Again
11/13/2003 NYS Assemblyman Rivera Launches Mental Health Task Force
11/12/2003 P. Journal Editorial: Help Mentally Ill Prisoners
11/12/2003 Join the Coalition for Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement!
11/12/2003 NYAPRS Seeks Program Directors for Training Collective, Peer Bridger Projects
11/12/2003 OMH Puts PROS Draft Standards, Summary on Web
11/07/2003 Times: Magnetic Therapy Examined as Alternative to ECT for Depression Treatment
11/07/2003 NYAPRS' Dec. 15 Albany PROS Forum, OMH's Revised PROS Fiscal Model Available
11/07/2003 AP: NYS Leaders Seek Dire Budget Fix Without Tax Hikes
11/07/2003 CPA: Forcing Psychiatric Treatment on Individuals Not Successful
11/06/2003 'Making Recovery a Reality for Everyone': Curie Testifies on MH Commission
11/06/2003 IAPSRS: 10 Ways to Complete Your CPRP Application in 10 Days!
11/06/2003 Feds Release Guidebook for Business on Employment of People w/ Disabilities
11/06/2003 Nov. 13 LI Recovery Conference to Feature Judy Collins and Frederick Frese
11/05/2003 NYAPRS Special Early Bird Offer: Next Year's Conference at This Year's Rates!
11/05/2003 Schedule of Upcoming MHEP Regional Conferences in Buffalo, Binghamton & Albany
11/05/2003 Howie the Harp Advocacy Center to Provide CPRP Test Training Tomorrow in NYC
11/05/2003 Self-Help Support Group Facilitator Training Nov 15-16 in Canandaigua
11/03/2003 Times, Post-Standard Editorials Call for Prison Mental Health Care Reform
11/03/2003 MHW: Advocates File Lawsuit Against N.Y. over MH Services for Parolees
11/03/2003 Gannett: Medicaid Preferred Drug Program Debate Drew Strong Drug Firms Lobbying
11/03/2003 D&C: Health Care Privacy Act Frustrates Patients, Families and Professionals

October

10/31/2003 NYS to Re-Open Child Mental Health Unit at Binghamton PC?
10/31/2003 NYAPRS PROS Update, Local Forums, VESID RFA Next Week, Call to Protect Medicaid!
10/31/2003 2nd Notice: MHSIP MH Quality Report Needs Your Input
10/31/2003 O'Clairs_to_Appear_At_Mid-November_Syracuse_=26_Buffalo_Timothy's_Law_Rallies
10/30/2003 Crain's: Supportive Housing to Aid Homeless Gathers Momentum
10/30/2003 Golden: Hot SSA and Work Items of the Week
10/30/2003 NYWE 'Supporting Career Development' Conference Featuring Connie Ferrell Nov 5-7
10/30/2003 Council of State Gov'ts to Provide TA for Mental Health Courts Grant Program
10/29/2003 Times: F.D.A. 'Skeptical' About Antidepressant Use to Address Teen Suicides
10/29/2003 H. Works: Congress Medicare Plans Could Result in Dire Medicaid Reductions
10/29/2003 Village Voice: 'Losing Joshua'
10/29/2003 Dec. 16 'Getting Ready for the State Budget' RRTI Albany Training
10/29/2003 TU, AP: Pataki Budget Officials Warn of 'Agressive Budget Control Measures
10/28/2003 Journal: Family of Deceased Inmate Lauds Calls for Prison Reform
10/28/2003 IAPSRS: Nov. 5 Housing Roundtable, PSR Articles Sought, Conference Update
10/28/2003 VESID Releases Proposed 2004 VR State Plan
10/28/2003 Ottaway: NYS Headed for $4-6 Billion 2004 State Budget Deficit
10/27/2003 Volkman: MCASSA's Passage is A Solution to the High Cost of Medicaid
10/27/2003 MHW: Leaders Seek Strategies to Retain, Improve Medicaid Drug Access
10/27/2003 Reuters: Gene Found for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
10/27/2003 Job Posting: Special Ass't to Exec Deputy Commissioner
10/24/2003 Allen to Keynote Nov 6 Mid Hudson MH Conference in Fishkill
10/24/2003 Job Posting: Spanish-Speaking Social Worker for NYC Service/Advocacy Post
10/24/2003 NYAPRS Public Policy Update: Member Forum Results, Dates; Jan 27 Legislative Day
10/24/2003 National Empowerment Center Continuing Its Mission to Promote Hope & Recovery
10/24/2003 Correction: NYAPRS Legislative Day is January 27, 2004 in Albany
10/24/2003 Job Posting: Ass't Director of Adult Services NYC Dep't Health & Mental Hygiene
10/22/2003 Human Rights Watch: Mentally ill in America's Prisons Face Mistreatment, Neglect
10/22/2003 HHS_Awards_=2457_Million_for_Children's_Mental_Health_Initiative__
10/22/2003 Pataki: NYS to Hold Job Fair for Workers w/ Disabilities in Buffalo Today
10/22/2003 Lawsuit: Lack of Services Means More Jail Time for NY Parolees w/ Mental Illness
10/22/2003 Report Decries Inmate MH Issues in NYS Prisons; Prison Chief Dismisses Claims
10/21/2003 JFA: Presidential Candidate Edwards Releases Disability Platform
10/21/2003 HHS Funds 9 State Eval.-Based EBP Projects; NYSOMH Wins for Family Ed Diversity
10/20/2003 Psych Times Commission's Report To Shape MH Policy Oct 29 Teleconference
10/20/2003 USA Today: Medical-Privacy Law (HIPAA) Creates Wide Confusion
10/20/2003 MHW: Despite Contribution to MH Commission, Feds De-fund Nat. Empowerment Center
10/20/2003 D&C, Journal: Medicaid, Medicare Top Local Concerns in NYS
10/16/2003 MTA Will Simplify Half Fare Procedures per Court Settlement!
10/16/2003 AP: Social Security Beneficiaries to Get 2.1% COLA Next Year
10/16/2003 Scripps Howard: Another Study Links Mental Health, Immune System
10/15/2003 Assembly Nov. 18 NYC, Jan. 13 Albany Hearings on Inmates w/ MI Confinement
10/15/2003 AP: NYS Assembly Speaker Silver Vows to Fix Budget Gap Without New Taxes
10/15/2003 W Post: Bush Naval Disability Hiring, Competitive Outsourcing Policies Clash
10/15/2003 Outstanding Opportunity to Attend Free Recovery Conference Oct 30 in NYC
10/14/2003 MHSIP Mental Health Quality Report Seeks Your Input!
10/14/2003 USCF Network Program: Cultural Competency Resources!
10/14/2003 Federal and State Proposals Pending to Offer Local Medicaid Relief
10/14/2003 Register Now, Send in Workshop Bid for May '04 IAPSRS San Diego Conference
10/09/2003 HHS Awards $33 Million for State Disability Programs, 2 to NYS
10/09/2003 Gazette, Times, Sun: Assembly Approves Nonprofit $, Gov Looks to Coming Budget
10/09/2003 JFA to Disability Community: Get Involved in 2004 Presidential Election
10/09/2003 TU: (ECT) Vetoes Aren't Always the Last Word in Albany
10/03/2003 OMH Announces Grant Awards for Adult Home Case Management/Peer Initiatives
10/03/2003 HHS Announces $75 Million for 'Chronically Homeless' Aid
10/03/2003 Journal: In Dire Fiscal Times, Dutchess County Cuts Nonprofits by 10%
10/03/2003 Bronx PC Closure Opponents Rally
10/02/2003 NYNP: Peer Bridger Project: Stories to Live By
10/02/2003 Assembly Hearing Notice October 7 in Rochester; Nov 18 in NYC to Follow
10/02/2003 Job Posting: Dir. of Consumer Affairs, North Carolina Behavioral Health Group
10/01/2003 Editorial: More Drug Treatment, Mental Health Care Needed to Curb Homelessness
10/01/2003 Gov Wants Cost Cuts, Speaker Complete Budget, Comptroller's Dire Forecast
10/01/2003 Job Posting: NYC Social Work Consultant for 'Brad H' Monitoring Effort
10/01/2003 Call-in Conference TODAY: Siting Housing for Homeless People w/ Disabilities

September

09/30/2003 MHW: Mental Health Advocates Upset Over Governor's Veto of ECT
09/30/2003 MHANYS, NYOHRAPA, Assembly MH Chair Rivera Decryl Governor's ECT Veto
09/30/2003 Inside Albany Features Adult Home, ECT Coverage
09/30/2003 Alert:Urge SSA to Help Young People w/ Disabilities to Retain Their SSI Benefits
09/26/2003 Recovery Report: NY Works Saved, Oct 7 Rochester SHU Hearing, 250 in Buy-In
09/25/2003 Gannett, TU: Mental Health Advocates Decry Pataki Electroshock Bill Veto
09/25/2003 JFA: Summary Overview of the White House's new Medicaid Demonstration Proposal
09/25/2003 Post Star: Comptroller Hevesi Warns of Need for State Medicaid Cuts
09/25/2003 Times, AP: Rising Costs Prompt States to Reduce Medicaid Further
09/24/2003 News Release: Advocates Denounce Pataki ECT Veto, Call for Override, CQC Study
09/24/2003 AP: Pataki Vetoes Bill on Electroshock Therapy Tracking
09/23/2003 Outraged Advocates Denounce Governor Pataki's Veto of ECT Reporting Legislation
09/19/2003 Still Time to Register for Nat. Artists for MH's Oct. Poughkeepsie Annual Conf.
09/19/2003 Record's Franco: Action Needs to be Taken on Timothy's Law
09/18/2003 W Post on ADAPT March: Going the Distance for the Disabled
09/18/2003 TU: Timothy's Law Backers Rally in Albany
09/17/2003 Times: Prevention Is New Focus for NYC Homeless Policies?
09/17/2003 Assembly Plans Oct. 10 NYC Hearing on Needs of Those w/ 'Co-Occurring Disorders'
09/17/2003 NYAPRS Public Policy Committee Seeks Your Input on Advocacy 2004 Priorities
09/17/2003 Nat. Mental Health Commmission Subcommittee Report on Rights and Engagement
09/16/2003 Gov Signs Bills Expanding Property Tax Benefits for NYers w/ Disabilities
09/16/2003 David Hilton Passes, Nation's First State Director of Consumer Affairs Office
09/16/2003 Non Profits Urge Senate to Reject Bid to Eliminate Tax Exempt Status
09/15/2003 Post-Standard: Senate Reconvenes Tuesday, May Take Up 'Timothy's Law'
09/15/2003 Presidential Candidate Howard Dean Releases Mental Health Position
09/15/2003 Not Too Late to Register at Next Week's NYSRA Conference
09/15/2003 Announcing IAPSRS Conference Call for Workshops, Posters and Institutes
09/12/2003 New_York's_Most_Integrated_Settings_Coordinating_Council_Holds_First_Meeting
09/12/2003 AP: US Senators Boost Special Education Spending
09/12/2003 The NYAPRS Conference Is for Administrators and Managers!
09/12/2003 Jobs: NYC DMH Mental Hygiene Planner, CMHS Dir. of Service, Systems Improvement
09/12/2003 Conferences! NAMH Oct 9-10 in Poughkeepsie; NARPA Nov 20-3 in Austin
09/11/2003 AP, TU: NYS Leaders Say Agreement Near to Release Nonprofit Funds
09/11/2003 TU: Senate Hearing Builds Momentum for Timothy's Law Passage
09/11/2003 The NYAPRS Conference Informs and Prepares You for PROS!
09/10/2003 The NYAPRS Annual Conference Fosters Empowerment and Support!
09/10/2003 VESID's Gloeckler to Retire; Cort Recommended to Service As Interim
09/10/2003 StateWatch:Senate Might Expand Sept 16 Agenda, Gov Might Call for Extra Sessions
09/10/2003 The NYAPRS Conference Showcases Exemplary Service Practices!
09/09/2003 The NYAPRS Annual Conference Celebrates Cultural Diversity!
09/09/2003 Ottaway: Pataki's Withholding Legislative Items Is Hurting Vulnerable NYers
09/09/2003 NCD: US Should Tie Foreign Aid to Nations w/ Strong Disability Policies
09/09/2003 The NYAPRS Conference Gets YOUR Voice Heard on Public Policy Issues!
09/08/2003 JMF Foundation Provides Free Computers for People with Disabilities
09/08/2003 The NYAPRS Conference Fosters Healing and Recovery!
09/08/2003 MHW, MHANYS: Vermont Study Proves Parity Saved Not Cost Insurance Companies
09/08/2003 OMH Seeks Proposals for 800 New Service Enriched SRO Units in NYC
09/08/2003 The NYAPRS Annual Conference is About Getting Back to Work!
09/05/2003 NYAPRS Releases Upcoming Conference Program Schedule: Still Time to Register!
09/05/2003 NYAPRS Releases Conference Program Schedule: Short Version
09/03/2003 NCD Issues Assessment of Nation's/States' Progress in Implementing Olmstead
09/03/2003 JFA: Disability Activists' Sept. 17 Washington March Urges Passage of 'MiCASSA'
09/03/2003 Get on the NYC Bus for Timothy's Law Sept. 16 Rally in Albany!
09/03/2003 Sept 30 NYC Consumer Forum to Feature MH Commissioner Sederer
09/02/2003 MHW: Fate of Innovative New York Works Program Remains Uncertain
09/02/2003 Express-News Editorial Decries Parental Custody Issue
09/02/2003 Times: Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody
09/02/2003 W. Post: Calif. Hunger Strike Challenge Biomedical Model of Mental Illness

August

08/29/2003 October LI MHEP 'Respect & Dignity' Conference To Feature Joel Slack, John Allen
08/29/2003 Journal, Star-Gazette: NYS Counties Resume Targeting Rising Local Medicaid Costs
08/26/2003 News: Michigan Mental Health Juvenile Jail Diversion Program Proves Successful
08/26/2003 Study: Fish Oil Contains Natural Ingredients That Help Treat Depression
08/26/2003 NYC Health & Hospitals Corp. Seeks Coordinator of Consumer Affairs
08/26/2003 OMH Seeks FT Recipient Affairs Specialist for Hudson River Region
08/25/2003 Times: Study Links Diabetes Risk with Zyprexa, Risperdal and Seroquel Use
08/25/2003 Thousands of Disability and Aging Activists March on Washington Sept 17
08/25/2003 TU: Timothy's Law Racetrack Flyover Banner Stirs Senator's Attention
08/22/2003 NYAPRS to Host Sept 5 Member Forum on WNY Care Coordination Project in Rochester
08/20/2003 PROS: NYAPRS Board Policy Position, Reg Response Groups, Conference Programs
08/20/2003 NYAPRS Announces Schedule for 2003 Awards Ceremonies at Fall Conference
08/20/2003 NYAPRS Conference Special Offer: Send 5, Send 1 Free to Golden Gate!
08/19/2003 Governors Seek Federal Medicaid/Medicare Eligibles Prescription Takeover
08/19/2003 SAMHSA Releases Training Manual For Developing Competitive Grant Applications
08/19/2003 September 16 Timothy's Law Rally in Albany, Support $1.26 Campaign
08/19/2003 Resource Center Seeks Exec. Director for Peer-Run Education, Training, TA Agency
08/18/2003 MHW: MH Commission Chairman Offers Insight Into Delicate Process
08/18/2003 Documentary Masterpiece 'West 47th Street' Airs Tomorrow Evening on PBS
08/18/2003 Silver Cites Parity In list of Priorities; Timothy's Law Sept. 16 Capitol Rally
08/18/2003 NYAPRS NYS 2003 Budget and Legislative Advocacy Update
08/15/2003 Birmingham News: Many Incarcerated Children are Victims of Abuse, Mental Illness
08/15/2003 Call-In August 27 to Hear SAMHSA's Curie on the New Freedom MH Commission
08/15/2003 SAMHSA on New Seclusion & Restraint Policy: 'Breaking the Bonds'
08/15/2003 Marietta Times: Kids Can Help Peers Cope with Mental Illness
08/14/2003 Alert: OMH Adult Home Case Mgt/Peer Initiative RFP Response Due Tomorrow!
08/14/2003 Bazelon: Federal Mental Health Bills Await Fall Consideration
08/14/2003 NGA Lauds MH Employment Strategies Including Embattled 'New York Works' Program
08/14/2003 Wichita Eagle: Disabled Have a Right to Receive In-Home Care
08/13/2003 Aug. 20 Internet Stigma Training in African-Amer, Latino, Asian Communities
08/13/2003 NYC Voices Oct 4 Benefit Supporters Can Win a NYAPRS 04 Conference Scholarship!
08/13/2003 NYAPRS Releases September Annual Conference Program Schedule!
08/13/2003 NCD: Lack of Affordable Housing Biggest Barrier to Community Integration
08/11/2003 Syracuse Sept. 4 Mental Health Awareness Day Features O'Clairs
08/11/2003 National MH Commission's Report Continues to Generate Controversy
08/11/2003 TU: OMH, Advocates Put State Hospital Leave Policy in Perspective
08/11/2003 Times Letters Focus on 'The Debate Over Antidepressants'
08/08/2003 Times: Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs for Children
08/08/2003 Friedman Journal News Op Ed: Keeping The Promise of Community Mental Health
08/06/2003 NCD Lauds Administration's New Community-Based Services Proposal
08/06/2003 NYAPRS: Part-Time Regional Trainers Wanted!
08/06/2003 Dean Lauds ADA, Releases Disability Rights Platform
08/06/2003 National Study Seeks Your Input Regarding Mental Health Consumer Choice
08/05/2003 NARPA 2003 'United for Social Justice' Nov 20-3 in Austin, Texas
08/05/2003 Times: Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval of Doctor
08/05/2003 A Giant for Psych Rehab, Irv Rutman, Passes Away
08/05/2003 NCD: Employment Rate for People with Disabilities Remains Far Too Low

July

07/31/2003 Post-Standard: Workers with Disabilities Can
07/31/2003 Turner
07/31/2003 MHANYS: NYS Preferred Drug Program is a
07/31/2003 Satel Assails President's Mental Health
07/31/2003 Gannett: Senate Medicaid Panel Focuses On Cutting Costs
07/31/2003 Post-Standard: Workers with Disabilities Can Keep Medicaid
07/31/2003 Turner: US Needs Parity Law for Mental Health Services
07/31/2003 MHANYS: NYS Preferred Drug Program is a 'Hidden Tax'
07/31/2003 Satel Assails President's Mental Health Commission Report
07/31/2003 NYAPRS Archive Location
07/30/2003 Gannett: Senate Medicaid Panel Focuses On
07/30/2003 'Mental Health Urgency': Journal News
07/30/2003 'Mental Health Urgency': Journal News
07/30/2003 Gannett: Senate Medicaid Panel Focuses On
07/29/2003 'Mental Health Urgency': Journal News
07/29/2003 Gannett: Senate Medicaid Panel Focuses On Cutting Costs
07/28/2003 President,
07/28/2003 NCD, Advocates Decry Medicaid Cuts,
07/28/2003 MHW: MH Advocates View Commission Report as
07/25/2003 NYAPRS Announces 2003 Award Winners;
07/23/2003 President's MH Commission Urges
07/23/2003 Executive Summary Excerpts from President's
07/23/2003 MH Commission's Goals for System
07/22/2003 SAMHSA Survey: Half of Americans w/ Serious
07/22/2003 Study: Vulnerability to Depression May Lie
07/22/2003 MHANYS: Send Your Letters to the Editor
07/18/2003 NYAPRS Releases Annual Conference Program,
07/15/2003 OMH: Supported Education Helps Students
07/15/2003 MHW: NY Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration
07/14/2003 Funeral,
07/14/2003 MHW: Adult Home Reform,
07/14/2003 OMH's John Allen Leads Bureau of Recipient
07/09/2003 In Honor and Memory of Quincy Boykin: 'In it for Life'
07/09/2003 Benefits Planner: Excellent Summary of New York's New Medicaid Buy-In Program
07/09/2003 July 16 Videoconf. Seeks Your Input on National Psych Rehab Research Priorities
07/09/2003 Times: LI Evening Social Center Worried About Impact of New Medicaid PROS Model
07/09/2003 Times: LI Evening Social Center Worried About Impact of New Medicaid PROS Model
07/09/2003 July 16 Videoconf. Seeks Your Input on National Psych Rehab Research Priorities
07/09/2003 In Honor and Memory of Quincy Boykin: 'In it for Life'
07/09/2003 Benefits Planner: Excellent Summary of New York's New Medicaid Buy-In Program
07/08/2003 Times, AP: Report Criticizes Federal Ov
07/08/2003 Times, AP: Report Criticizes Federal Ov
07/07/2003 AP: 5 New Yorkers Apply for New Medicaid Buy-In Program
07/07/2003 Inside Albany on Adult Home Law Suit, Preferred Drug List Initiative
07/07/2003 Welcome to the 'Mental-health-enews' mailing list
07/03/2003 Sharon Carpinello Named Acting OMH Commissioner
07/03/2003 Job Announcement: Full Time Peer Advocate in Westchester County
07/02/2003 NYAPRS E-News Moving to Automated List Serve System, Limited July Service
07/02/2003 NAMI: National Mental Health Crisis Demands Sweeping Transformation
07/02/2003 TU: Medicaid Plan for Working Disabled Begins
07/02/2003 Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration of 1000s of New Yorkers w/ Mental Illnesses
07/01/2003 Times: Disability Rights Lawyers Sue NYS Over Adult Home Scandal
07/01/2003 NYS Watchdog Body: Mental Care Faulted in 6 State Prison Deaths
07/01/2003 Times: New Jersey Foster Children Lingering in Mental Wards
07/01/2003 U.N. Approves Disability Rights Convention; Human Rights & Disability
07/01/2003 Journal News: NYS Begins Medicaid Buy-In Program Today
07/01/2003 Governor Lauds Historic Expansion of NY's Medicaid Program for Working Disabled

June

06/27/2003 PT: Once Misdiagnosed, Writer Teaches Psychiatrists About Treatment
06/27/2003 TU: National Surveys: Medicaid Mandates Bust State Budgets
06/27/2003 HHS Approves New York's Medicaid Buy-In Work Incentives Program
06/27/2003 Times, AP, Newsday: Disability Advocates Block NYC Bus in Protest
06/26/2003 Times: Legal Furor Over Pet Therapy at Home
06/26/2003 Urban Justice Ctr: New Criminal Justice/MH Advocacy Effort, Advocate Job Opening
06/26/2003 Studies: Despite Rising Treatment Rates, Depression Therapy Often Indequate
06/26/2003 Silver Calls for Senate/Assembly Deals on Timothy's Law, Preferred Drug Program
06/24/2003 NYAPRS NYC June 27 PROS Forum Postponed
06/24/2003 Focus Group Participants Needed - Travel Reimbursement & $100 Stipend Offered
06/24/2003 AP: State Psychiatric Hospitals Trying to Identify Graves
06/24/2003 Free Press: Asian-American Women Show High Depression, Suicide Rates
06/24/2003 AP: Michigan to Add Mental Health Drugs to Preferred Medicaid Drug Program
06/24/2003 MHW: Advocates Fear Bush Medicaid Proposal Could Hurt Recipients w/ MI
06/16/2003 LAST CHANCE TO CALL ALBANY for TIMOTHY'S LAW as Session Moves to Close This Week
06/16/2003 AP: Pataki Seeks Adult Home Law, Monitoring of Lobbying from State Contractors
06/16/2003 Bazelon: Governors' Task Force Fails to Back White House Proposals
06/16/2003 MHW: Behavioral Health Codes Established for HIPAA Compliance
06/16/2003 AP: New Treatments Sought for Bipolar Disorder, Focus on Minorities, Elders
06/16/2003 Companies in U.S. with Free Drug/Prescription Programs
06/16/2003 Homeless serving as billboards
06/15/2003 Mentally ill tax county juvenile jail system
06/15/2003 6/20: Web cast on Section 508
06/14/2003 NASDAQ Breaking News...
06/14/2003 Physicians for a National Health Program
06/13/2003 6/16: Town Hall Meeting - On the state of NYPD/Mental Health Community Relations
06/12/2003 O'Clairs, Advocates to Bring Timothy's Bicycle to Senate Chamber Today
06/12/2003 TU: Bill Aims to Free Inmates w/ Psych. Disabilities from the 'Box'
06/12/2003 NYC June 17 Forum to Discuss Impact of Brad H. Settlement
06/12/2003 The BRAD H. Settlement: what are mentally ill inmates entitled to?
06/11/2003 Call Albany TODAY for Adult Home Legislation Passage!
06/10/2003 Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement of Inmates w/ Psych Disabilities Introduced
06/10/2003 Call Albany TODAY for Electroshock Reporting Bill Passage!
06/10/2003 Study: Lack of Parity Cause Parents to Give Up Custody of Mentally Ill Children
06/10/2003 Rivera, Advocates Back OMH Housing Wait List, Right of Action Bills
06/09/2003 Call Albany TODAY Urging Senate Vote on Timothy's Law!
06/09/2003 Rivera,Advocates Push OMH Housing Wait List, Adult Home Resident Rights Bills
06/09/2003 MH Weekly: NYS Advocates Eye Adult Home Reform
06/09/2003 Canadian Supreme Court Rules Man Can Refuse Psychiatric Medication
06/09/2003 Newsday: Don't Let Insurers Scrimp on Care for Mental Illness
06/09/2003 O'Clairs on Today Show Tomorrow Morning June 10
06/09/2003 Editorial: Don't Let Insurers Scrimp on Care for Mental Illness
06/09/2003 Immediate Action Requested: PROTECT THE ADA
06/06/2003 SBC Foundation Awards NPower Grant to Help Nonprofits Plan for Emergencies
06/05/2003 AP, TU: Assembly Passes Timothy's Law, Bruno Calls Measure 'Critical'
06/05/2003 Bazelon: Comment on SSA 'Mental Impairment' Criteria by June 16
06/05/2003 NYC Implements New Discharge Policies for Jail Inmates w/ Psych. Disabilities
06/05/2003 NYS Senate Launches Panel to Contain Medicaid Costs
06/05/2003 Discharge Planning Services For Inmates Receiving MH Treatment in a NYC Jail
06/05/2003 Phone-in for Timothy's Law on Monday, June 9th
06/04/2003 AP: Governors May Back 'Radical' Bush Medicaid Overhaul
06/04/2003 SAMHSA's Curie Testifies on Bush 2004 Budget Proposal
06/04/2003 D&C: Controversial Timothy's Law Would Force Better Mental Health Coverage
06/04/2003 Grantsmanship Training Program Offers NYC, Rochester and Binghamton Class Dates
06/04/2003 Action Alert: Comment on SSA Mental Impairment Criteria by 6/16/03
06/03/2003 Apply by June 30 for IAPSRS Rehab Credential Test Buffalo, Albany or NYC Oct 4
06/03/2003 Mental Health Leader Jacki McKinney to Receive NMHA's Highest Honor
06/03/2003 Medicaid Buy-In Alert: Basic Information, Training Available Before July 1 Start
06/03/2003 Please Join Statewide Call In Monday for Timothy's Law
06/03/2003 AP: OMH's Stone Tapped to Join Bush
06/03/2003 =?UTF-8?Q?Action Alert: Timothy's Law
06/02/2003 As Clock Ticks, Albany Makes an Effort to Fix Adult Homes
06/02/2003 Study: Average Rent for People w/ Disabilities Exceeds Total SSI Payments!
06/02/2003 Newsday, Times: Lawsuit Claims 37,000 Disabled Denied MTA Half Fare Discounts

May

05/30/2003 Study: Average Rent for People w/ Disabilities Exceeds Total SSI Payments!
05/30/2003 Mental Health Leader Jacki McKinney to Receive NMHA's Highest Honor
05/30/2003 Newsday: Lawsuit Claims 37,000 Disabled Denied MTA Half Fare Discounts
05/30/2003 Study: Average Rent for People w/ Disabilities Exceeds Total SSI Payments!
05/29/2003 Gazette:Sen. Libous to Introduce Timothy's Law Today,Advocates Decry Cost Claims
05/29/2003 AP, Times: Pataki Planning Austerity Measures, Agency Consolidations, State Job Cuts
05/29/2003 Post-Star: Upstate Agency Worried About Impact of PROS Initiative
05/29/2003 AP: OMH's Stone Tapped to Join Bush Administration
05/29/2003 Times, AP: Albany's Focus Turns to Legislation
05/28/2003 ALERT: OMH Commissioner Stone Goes to Washington
05/27/2003 TU, Republican Include More Pleas for Passage of Timothy's Law
05/27/2003 NAMI, NYSAC on Huge Federal Medicaid Windfall for NYS
05/27/2003 Times: Governors Resist Bush Plan to Slow Costs of Medicaid
05/27/2003 Daily News: $90 Million in Project Liberty Mental Health Funds Remains Unspent
05/23/2003 'Recuperando la Esperanza Conference' June 10 in Boston
05/23/2003 Rivera, Advocates to Press for Preferred Drug Program Patient Protections
05/23/2003 Lawsuit Vs. MTA's Improper Implementation of Half Fare Program Seeks Input
05/21/2003 Binghamton Editorial Calls for Timothy's Law Deal
05/21/2003 Times: Doctor Admits to Needless Surgery on Mentally Ill Adult Home Residents
05/21/2003 NYS DOL Issues $2.8 million Youth Work Readiness RFP
05/21/2003 June 16 NYC Mental Health Town Mtg on Improving Relations w/ Police
05/21/2003 NMHA Survey Targets Stigma as Top Barrier to Recovery
05/20/2003 Call for Presentations for Annual Conference on MH Issues for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Individuals
05/20/2003 Times: Leading Drugs for Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny
05/20/2003 National Conference Urges States to Reduce Reliance on Restraint, Isolation
05/19/2003 AP, TU: O'Clairs Take Fight for Timothy's Law to the Public
05/19/2003 AP, Gannett, NYPR: Pataki Claims Budget Illegal
05/19/2003 Journal: Court Holds State MH, Correctional Agencies Liable in Inmate Suicide
05/19/2003 Review: 'Beyond the Crazy House: Changing the Future of Madness'
05/15/2003 Gov Vetoes Legislature's Reinvestment, Adult Home Reforms, SSI COLA Restoration
05/15/2003 NYAPRS' Martine Davis honored by Ulster County MHA and NAMI Chapters
05/15/2003 Free Legal MH-Related Welfare Assistance Available at May 20 NYC Meeting
05/15/2003 TU: Advocates Decry Veto of SSI COLA Hike Restoration
05/15/2003 Enews HTML TEST 1
05/15/2003 Enews HTML TEST 1
05/14/2003 Schwartz, Lawner, Allen to Highlight NYS Case Management Conference Next Week
05/13/2003 OMH Releases New Rules and Rates for PROS Medicaid Outpatient Program
05/13/2003 ALERT: Call Senate MH Committee Members NOW to Approve ECT Reporting Bill
05/12/2003 MHW: Nat. MH Commission's Final Report Reveals Ambitious Action Plan
05/12/2003 BBC: Researchers Question Benefits of 'Atypicals'
05/12/2003 Courant: Girl Reconstructed
05/09/2003 Metroland: Mental Health Jail Diversion Program in Albany Faces End of Funding
05/09/2003 Landmark Mental Health ADA Case Settled
05/09/2003 Study: US Lags in Mental Health Treatment
05/09/2003 Call for Presentations Annual Conference on MH Issues for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
05/08/2003 Pataki Administration, Assembly Spar Over Adult Home Reform Efforts
05/07/2003 TU: Legislative Budget Deal Might Delay Start of Medicaid Preferred Drug Program
05/07/2003 Rivera: Governor Ignored the Law on Psych Center Closings
05/07/2003 OMH Seeks Proposals for Evidence-Based Family Education Services
05/07/2003 Bazelon: Voice Your Opposition to Proposed Federal Medicaid Changes
05/06/2003 CBS News on Parents' Surrendering Custody to Get MH Care for Their Children
05/06/2003 The Benefits Planner: SSI, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare (&Transition-Aged Special Ed Students)
05/06/2003 Times: New Treatments, New Views About 'Mind's Voices'
05/06/2003 Press & Sun-Bulletin: MH Advocates Lobby for Timothy's Law
05/05/2003 AP, Gannett: Understanding the NYS Budget Controversy
05/05/2003 MH Weekly: N.Y. Legislature Rejects Governor's Bid For Adult Home Reform
05/05/2003 British Institute: Use of Shock Therapy Restricted As Last Resort
05/05/2003 NYAPRS to Hold Local Spring PROS Forums Across NYS!
05/05/2003 CBS Nightly News Will Air Piece on Custody Relinquishment This Evening
05/02/2003 Assembly, Senate Detail Restorations to Mental Health, SSI, Medicaid Programs
05/02/2003 Advocates, Local & State Officials Decry Proposed Overburden Cap
05/02/2003 Assembyman Rivera Schedules May 9 Hearing on Proposed Bronx PC Closure
05/02/2003 NCD Calls for Justice, Education Reforms for Youth w/ Disabilities
05/02/2003 NYAPRS PROS Forums
05/01/2003 Levy: Albany Spurns Plan to Rectify Adult Homes After Heavy Lobbying
05/01/2003 AP: Albany Cuts Pataki Plan to Redress Adult Homes

April

04/30/2003 NYAPRS' Brief Overview of the Legislature's Budget Proposals
04/30/2003 Over Protests by Disability Community, Senate Approves Sutton to Appeals Court
04/30/2003 SAMHSA May 5 Conference Aimed at Eliminating Seclusion & Restraint Use
04/29/2003 TU, AP, Ottaway: State Psych Center Closures Blocked by Legislature, Judge
04/29/2003 NYAPRS: NYS Legislature Reportedly Rejects SSI COLA Cut
04/29/2003 NYAPRS: NYS Legislature Reportedly Rejects SSI COLA Cut
04/29/2003 Senate Democrats Seek to Block Disability Foe Sutton's Judicial Appointment
04/28/2003 NYAPRS: Reinvestment for This Year in Jeopardy; Call Albany THIS MORNING!
04/28/2003 NYAPRS: Reinvestment for This Year in Jeopardy; Call Albany THIS MORNING! Recovery Report Details NYAPRS Legislative Day, Updates on Advocacy Progress
04/28/2003 TU: Legislature Could Pass Timothy's Law Soon
04/28/2003 TU: Federal Court Nominee Sutton Deemed Hostile to the Disabled
04/28/2003 TU: Controversy Raised Over Drug Company Grants in Preferred Drug List Battle
04/25/2003 Seniors Support PDL w/ Consumer Input; Poll Indicates 80% of Public Opposed
04/25/2003 NY Work Exchange Announces Spring/Summer Employment-Related Trainings
04/25/2003 Times: CT Municipalities Sending Property Tax Bills to Non Profits
04/24/2003 Study: Improving the Quality of Medicaid Personal Assistance Through Consumer Direction
04/24/2003 Daily Star: Cap on Aid for Mentally Disabled Creates Stir
04/24/2003 GAO: Minorities Could be Hurt in Social Security Overhaul
04/22/2003 Press Republican: Disability Advocates Keep Eye on Albany Lawmakers
04/22/2003 Broome's Johnson: Albany Puts Counties in Medicaid Bind
04/22/2003 National Council on Disability: How do Students w/ Disabilities Pay for College?
04/22/2003 African-Americans & Mental Health: Bridging the Gap Conference This Saturday in NYC!
04/21/2003 Post-Standard: Hutchings PC Closing Seen as Inevitable
04/21/2003 Post-Standard: Hutchings PC Closing Seen as Inevitable
04/21/2003 Post-Standard: Hutchings PC Closing Seen as Inevitable
04/21/2003 Post Standard: Hutchings PC Closing Seen As Inevitable
04/21/2003 GAO Study: 1000s of Parents Give Up Custody of Children for MH Services
04/21/2003 Times: With Stress Up, Why are Mental Health Benefits Down?
04/21/2003 OMH MH Services Council to Hold June 13 Statewide Planning Hearing
04/21/2003 Press&Sun-Bulletin:State Plan to Curb Overburden $ Expectd to Curb Group Homes Growth
04/15/2003 Advocates, Legislators Press for Reinvestment, Re-direction of State Hospital $
04/11/2003 Governor's Medicaid Buy-In Implementation Plan: No Premiums till April 2004
04/11/2003 Mental Health Advocates to Mark Reinvestment's 10th; Urge Restoration This Year
04/09/2003 NYAPRS April 15 Legislative Day to Feature Special Reinvestment Celebration
04/09/2003 AP: Biweekly State Emergency Spending Bills Could Leave Nonprofits Hanging
04/09/2003 Dr. David Satcher to Keynote 4/26 Conference on MH Services for Minorities
04/09/2003 Urgent Alert: Call Clinton, Schumer NOW to Oppose Sutton Nomination
04/08/2003 Clarifications re Friday's Albany NYAPRS Member Meeting w/ OMH on PROS
04/08/2003 Times' Clifford Levy Awarded Esteemed Pulitzer Prize for Adult Home Expose
04/08/2003 Assembly MH Chair Rivera Slams Executive Proposal to Limit Medicaid Drug Access
04/03/2003 TU: Medicaid Buy-In Program to Start in July
04/03/2003 Senate, Assembly MH Chairs Embrace Joint Reinvestment Renewal Bill
04/02/2003 Gov: July 1 Start for Medicaid Buy-In, Outreach Grants to Aid Enrollment
04/01/2003 Call Your US Representative to Oppose Bush $95 Billion Medicaid Cuts!
04/01/2003 Press & Sun Bulletin Endorses Medicaid Waiver, Buy-In
04/01/2003 Reuters: Controversy Over Drug use Embroils Psychiatrists, Drug Companies

March

03/27/2003 Sun: NYC Planning to Move Disabled Medicaid Recipients to Medicaid Managed Care
03/27/2003 MHW: Timothy's Law Campaign Launched in NYS
03/27/2003 Ottaway: Governor's Budget Threatens Prisoners' Legal Services
03/27/2003 LA Times: Back Law Allowing Working Parents of Disabled Kids to Keep Medicaid
03/26/2003 PROS Alert: Come to April 11 Albany NYAPRS Member Mtg w/ OMH on PROS Initiative
03/26/2003 Study: Alternative Health Care Widely Used by People w/ Psych. Disabilities
03/21/2003 NYAPRS on PROS: April 11 Albany OMH Meeting, Local Forums, Teleconferences
03/21/2003 Timothy's Law, Parents to Receive Possible Coverage Tonight on O'Reilly Factor
03/21/2003 Post-Standard: Assembly Holds Hearing, April 2 Court Date Set on Closure Plan
03/20/2003 CMHS: SSA Plans To Revise Rules For Evaluating Mental Disorders
03/20/2003 Times: State Budget Cuts Would Downsize Psychiatric Research Center
03/20/2003 Binghamton: Broome County Proposing to Privatize Mental Health Clinic
03/20/2003 Dem. & Chronicle:Disability Coalition Gaining Victories Via Unity, Determination
03/20/2003 MH Advocates Underscore Rights of State Hospital Inpatients to Live in Community
03/19/2003 Public Unions Sue Over 'Blue Cards' Given to Workers at Closure-Targeted PCs
03/19/2003 Assembly Decries Pataki Administration Disability Policies
03/19/2003 JOBS!: NYAPRS Members List Community Mental Health Job Openings Across NYS
03/19/2003 UJC: March 24 Press Conference on Discharge Planning, Consumer Advocacy Course
03/19/2003 Ottaway, CSEA: Unions Sue to Block State from Shutting PCs
03/19/2003 CSEA Gains Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Steps to Close State PCs
03/18/2003 IAPSRS Lady of Peace Act Alert: Call Sen. Schumer, Rep. McCarthy Today!
03/17/2003 NYAPRS Releases 2003 Conference Call for Presentations, Keynote Lineup
03/17/2003 Post-Star on 'Invisible Prisons: Stigma'
03/17/2003 Times: CT Nursing Home Placement of Psychiatrically Disabled People Questioned
03/17/2003 NAMI Terms Bush Medicaid Proposal 'Devastating', Urges Calls of Opposition
03/13/2003 Rivera Cites OMH on Closure Actions, Urges State MH Workers to Sue
03/13/2003 Newsday: Don't Balance State Budget on Backs of the Disabled
03/12/2003 Nat. MH Commission Releases Report on Rights and Engagement
03/12/2003 Times: County Leaders Call on Albany to Freeze Medicaid Costs
03/12/2003 Lawmakers Blast Early Retirement Drive at Hutchings; Middletown Closing Decried
03/12/2003 NYAPRS E-News Preparing Next Jobs Posting: Send Us Your Announcements
03/11/2003 Nat. Mental Health Commission Approves Consumer Issues Report
03/11/2003 Gov, Legislative Leaders Agree on Revenues, Apart on Spending Priorities
03/11/2003 AP: State Agencies Under Strict Austerity As Budget Becomes 'Critical'
03/11/2003 Bazelon: Older People with Mental Illnesses Remain Unnecessarily Segregated
03/10/2003 Gannett: Disabled Groups Press Agenda; SSI COLA Takedown 'Unlikely to Stand'
03/10/2003 MHW: Bush Medicaid Proposal Stirs Advocates' Concerns
03/10/2003 Times: Revising the Script on Mental Illness and Violence
03/10/2003 AP, Newsday: Early Agreement on Revenues May Not Mean Early NYS Budget Deal
03/07/2003 Assembly Introduces Reinvestment, ECT Bills; Libous Backs ECT Reporting Bill
03/07/2003 Housing Works: Key Legislators Vow to Stop Proposed SSI COLA Takedown
03/07/2003 Bazelon: Call Your US Senators, Reps. to Support Wellstone MH Parity Bill
03/07/2003 Times: NYS Seeks to Cut Back Extensive Medicaid Program
03/06/2003 NYAPRS Releases 2003-4 Budget, Legislative Agenda
03/06/2003 NYAPRS' Local Forums Shape This Year's Budget, Legislative Priorities
03/06/2003 NYAPRS Releases Schedule for April 15th Annual Albany Legislative Day
03/04/2003 AP, TU, Gannett: NYers w/ Disabilities Fight to Keep SSI COLA
03/04/2003 Peer Corner:LI Conference Call for Papers, Howie T Harp Peer Training Open House
03/03/2003 Disability Groups Unite to Fight State Proposal to Take $ From Disabled NYers
03/03/2003 NYAPRS Legislative Testimony Urging Rejection of the Proposed SSI COLA Cut

February

02/28/2003 Life, Death and Discrimination: The Campaign for Timothy's Law
02/28/2003 VESID Update on Supported Employment Rates and Contracting
02/28/2003 Times: Tragic CT Nursing Home Fire Highlights Terrible Disability Housing Crisis
02/25/2003 Bazelon Ctr, NHELP, Families USA Assail Bush Medicaid Plan
02/25/2003 AP, D-C: Pataki Calls Bush Medicaid Reform Plans 'Excellent'
02/25/2003 AP: High Court to Review Disabilities Cases
02/25/2003 NYPR: Clock Ticks on Resolving NYS Budget Gap
02/25/2003 NYPR: Clock Ticks on Resolving NYS Budget Gap
02/21/2003 AP: State Delays Expanded Health Care for Disabled Workers
02/21/2003 Action Alert: Call on Congress, Governors to Reject Bush Medicaid Plan!
02/20/2003 Journal News: State Admits Delay in Medicaid Buy In Start Date
02/18/2003 Times: Cruelest Choice Faces Parents of Mentally Ill
02/18/2003 MHW: NY Report Finds Access Problem for Children's Medicaid
02/18/2003 Leg. Gazette: Disability Advocates Offer Plan to Save Millions
02/14/2003 Employment, Peer-run Services, Transitional Supports Top MHEP Statewide Survey
02/14/2003 NCD: Federal Gov't Failing to Properly Force Disability Anti-Discrimination Law
02/14/2003 IAPSRS: Groups Working to Modify Lady of Peace Act, Ticket to Work Update
02/14/2003 NYS Office of Att'y General's Mental Health Elder Service Grants
02/14/2003 Assembly to Hold March 20 Hospital Closure Hearing in Syracuse
02/14/2003 NYAPRS Enews
02/13/2003 Peer Corner: Syracuse, Fulton Job Postings, Choices' Website, NAMH Conference
02/13/2003 CCSNY Offers Free Spring Nonprofit Board Trainings Schedule
02/13/2003 HHS/SUNY Downstate HIPAA Conference March 1 in Brooklyn
02/13/2003 NYAPRS E-News to Conduct Friday Test
02/12/2003 TU: Study Finds NYS' Childrens' Mental Health Services Fall Short
02/12/2003 Stone Insists Quality Mental Health Care Will Continue Amidst Budget Controversy
02/12/2003 Bazelon: Rights, Recovery Stressed at Mental Health Commission Meeting
02/12/2003 JFA: Advocates Plan Vigil, Fast As Federal Disability Initiative Marks 2nd Year
02/12/2003 Assembly MH Chair Rivera:Proposed Dismantling of State MH System Will Not Happen
02/11/2003 MHW: President's '04 Budget a Mixed Gag for MH
02/11/2003 AIMMM: Analysis of President Bush's Medicaid Proposals
02/10/2003 Advocates Take Contrasting Views of Proposed Syracuse PC Closure
02/10/2003 Middletown, Elmira Editorials Urge Planning, Oppose PC Closure
02/10/2003 TU Op Ed: Medicaid Waiver Could Help Budget Deficit
02/06/2003 Gazette: Counties Fear Proposal to Shift Shared State Positions to Local Funding
02/06/2003 Friedman: NYS Mental Health Budget Plan Needs Scrutiny
02/06/2003 Join the Media Campaign to Oppose NYS Plan to Take SSI COLA from Disabled!
02/05/2003 NYAPRS State Mental Health Budget Testimony
02/05/2003 ADULT HOME REFORM ADVOCATES TESTIFY IN ALBANY
02/04/2003 Silver Names Bronx's Peter Rivera as New Assembly Mental Health Chair
02/04/2003 AP: Advocates Decry State's Plan to Deny SSI Recipients Needed COLA
02/04/2003 NAMI: White House Mental Health Budget Details
02/03/2003 MHW: NY Budget Plan Incudes Reinvestment, Housing Initiatives
02/03/2003 Times:Bush Medicaid Proposal Could Allow States To Cut Medicaid Benefits, Access
02/03/2003 TU: Pataki's Plan Spares Mental Health, AIDS Programs
02/03/2003 Times Herald-Record: Locals Brace for Middletown Closure

January

01/31/2003 AP: Assembly Will Try to Allocate More Adult Home Reform $
01/31/2003 Disability Advocates Decry State Cuts to SSI Benefits
01/31/2003 HUD Announces $35 Million Initiative on Chronic Homelessness
01/31/2003 Study: Magnet Therapy May Still Voices
01/30/2003 Times: Pataki's Proposed Budget Overhauls Mental Care
01/30/2003 Amidst Big Cuts, MH Sees More Housing, Drug Exclusion; ? re Adult Home Reform
01/30/2003 State Psych Center Closure Plan Met With Mix of Resolve and Reconciliation
01/29/2003 TU:Bronx Adult, Childrens' PCs to Join Hutchings, Elmira, Middletown for Closure
01/29/2003 NYPR: Pataki Targets Medicaid Reform in New State Budget
01/29/2003 Budget Closes 5 Hospitals, Nathan Kline, Reinvestment Funds COLA, 2,000 New Beds
01/29/2003 NYAPRS: First Look at State Budget Proposal
01/29/2003 Pataki on 'Dinosaur' State Psychiatric Centers and Layoffs
01/28/2003 Bush: $1.75 Billion to Aid Americans w/ Disabilities' Community Transition
01/28/2003 Gannett: Pataki May Urge Closing of Psychiatric Centers
01/28/2003 J. News: Blue Cross Members Have Days to Seek MH Reimbursement
01/27/2003 TU: Pataki Promises Vigorous 'Medicaid Cost Containment Package'
01/27/2003 NYS Budget Watch: Groups Expect Big Cuts, Fee Hikes, Borrowing
01/27/2003 Volkman: Cuts That Will Cost More in the Long Run
01/27/2003 DBPC: NYS' Disability Community Unites to Offer Budget Solutions
01/23/2003 TU,AP: OASAS to Stay Separate, Barbara Cohn Expected New Commissioner
01/23/2003 Pataki: I Won't Raise Taxes, Will Cut 'Most Precious Programs'
01/21/2003 Rather than Hiking Federal Share, Bush Suggests Limiting Medicaid ER Services
01/21/2003 Advance: Expect a Late NYS Budget for 19th Time
01/21/2003 Newsday: NYS Health Dep't Cites Long Island Adult Home
01/21/2003 Bazelon: The Role of Mental Health Courts in System Reform
01/17/2003 National MH Advocacy Groups'Joint Recommendations to Mental Health Commission
01/17/2003 Bazelon: New Congress to Act on MH Funding,TANF; SAMHSA Mulls Block Grant Change
01/16/2003 TU: Assembly Planning Alternative to Expected Pataki Medicaid Drug Restrictions
01/15/2003 Leg. Gazette: Mental Health Advocates Rally for Fair Share
01/15/2003 Gottfried: NYS Health Program Cuts Likely
01/15/2003 Times: Doubled Use of Psych Drugs by Kids Includes 'Disturbing Trends'
01/14/2003 AP: Most States are Proposing Cuts to Medicaid Drug, Dental Benefits
01/14/2003 From Oregon to New York, Disability Coalitions Form to Fight Cuts
01/14/2003 IOM: Depression, 'Severe Mental Illness' Key in Healthcare System Reform
01/14/2003 W. Post: More Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs
01/13/2003 MHW: Uncertainty Reigns After Community Reinvestment Veto
01/13/2003 Times: City Agrees to Help Care for Mentally Ill Inmates After Release
01/13/2003 Senators Propose Washington Medicaid $ Aid; TANF Re-Authorization Pending
01/13/2003 Report: Mounting Budget Gap May Result in State Worker Layoffs
01/08/2003 Disability,Mental Health Advocates Join Forces: 'Not on Our Backs!'
01/08/2003 PBS Online News Hour on Pathways to Housing
01/08/2003 Gannett: Talk of Funding Cuts Worries Many Groups
01/08/2003 Gov Pataki's '03 Message: Spending, Workforce Reductions, Medicaid 'Reform'
01/07/2003 NYAPRS: Disability, MH Advocacy Leaders Press Gov, Legislature for Fair Budget
01/03/2003 Advocates Call on Governor to 'Keep the Promise' of Community Reinvestment Law

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