Mar 24, 2019 | Mental Health Update
March 24, 2019 TAKE ACTION TOMORROW MORNING TO GET THE HUMAN SERVICES COLA IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET! With only a week to go, we need a huge call in drive TOMORROW to make sure our 2.9% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is in the final budget agreement! Further, we...
Mar 24, 2019 | Mental Health Update
As budget negotiations continue, the School Mental Health Resource and Training Center is receiving editorial support. This editorial is from yesterday’s Plattsburgh Press Republican. Editorial: State needs to fully fund School Mental Health and Training Resource...
Mar 22, 2019 | Mental Health Update
We are only two weeks from when the 2019 – 2020 State Budget will be finalized! The Governor added $10 million, the Senate added $13 million and the Assembly added $20 million in additional funds for housing. They will now negotiate. We want them to agree to the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Mental Health Update
Momentum continues around the issue of COLA for the Human Service Sector. Here is a powerful letter from Bill Gettman, CEO of Northern Rivers and MHANYS Board Vice-Chair in today’s Schenectady Gazette urging support for additional funding. Last night, I was on Capitol...
Mar 21, 2019 | Mental Health Update
The list of ‘Table Targets’ for each sector in the State Budget just became public. This should help expedite budget negotiations. The Table Targets are the amount of funding the Senate and Assembly have to spend in each sector. So most germane to us is...
Mar 20, 2019 | Mental Health Update
There are many ways to show your support for a human services COLA. I know that many of you made phone calls the last several days. Others have walked the halls advocating with legislators to support a COLA. The way Assemblymember Aileen Gunther decided to show her...
