ACTION ALERT
Please call your legislators Tuesday, February April 15th requesting a flexible 7.8 % targeted inflationary rate and contract increase for BOTH wages and operating expenses for mental health and substance use disorder services and supports are included in the final budget.
Please make three calls on Tuesday, April 15th:
Governor Hochul: (518) 474-8390
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: (518) 455-2585
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: (518) 455-3791
Message
Please support a 7.8% flexible targeted inflationary increase in rates and contracts for mental health and substance use disorder staff and operations in the final budget. Without this additional funding, countless adults, children, and families will not get the services and support they desperately need.
