MEDIA ADVISORY
Behavioral Health Advocates to Rally for Increase in COLA
Various State Advocates to Ask for 8.5% increase in Cost-of -Living Adjustment
(New York, N.Y.) – Twelve advocacy groups across New York State will be hosting a rally and press conference on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Legislative Office Building, Room 130, to call on legislators and the Governor to include an 8.5% increase in the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) in the 2023-2024 State Fiscal Year’s budget.
While pleased with Governor Hochul’s overall support of behavioral health, the budget proposal included a 2.5% COLA increase, a decrease from last fiscal year, and advocates say this isn’t enough. The COLA is not just about staff salaries. It must also address ever increasing costs associated with operating programs and services, such as gas, food, utilities, insurance, etc. Like all households and businesses across the state and the country, advocates are continuing to do more with less, as current economic conditions have inflated the real costs associated with retaining staff and paying bills.
WHO:
WHAT: Rally & Press conference to call for 8.5% COLA increase
WHERE: Legislative Office Building (LOB), Room 130
WHEN: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
The twelve agencies represented at the rally are: Association for Community Living, Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates of New York State (COMPA), Families Together in New York State, Mental Health Association in New York State, National Alliance on Mental Illness New York State (NAMI), New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, Inc. (ASAP), New York State Care Management Coalition, New York State Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health, NYS Council for Community Behavioral Health Care, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, The Supportive Housing Network of New York, and The Coalition for Behavioral Health.
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