Ķvlog Note:There’s only 2 weeks left to submit a proposal to present at this fall’s Ķvlog Annual Conference! This year’s […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
NYT: Trump’s Pick for Mental Health ‘Czar’ Highlights Rift
Ķvlog Note: Please note today’s article in the Ķvlog Times about the rift that has existed for decades between […]
Exciting New Tool for Recovery Practice from Boston University
Ķvlog Note: The following comes to us from our own Edye Schwartz, who writes “See below for an exciting new […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (7)
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, […]
Ķvlog Releases Scholarship Applications for 2017 Annual Conference: Please Reply by July 31 (4)
May, 2017 Dear Friend of Recovery, Rights & Rehabilitation: Attached is the scholarship application for Ķvlog’ 35th Annual Conference. The […]
Ķvlog Releases Scholarship Applications for 2017 Annual Conference: Please Reply by July 31 (3)
May, 2017 Dear Friend of Recovery, Rights & Rehabilitation: Attached is the scholarship application for Ķvlog’ 35th Annual Conference. The […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (6)
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, […]
Axios: Trump Budget To Slash Entitlements By $1.7 Trillion
Trump To Propose Big Cuts To Safety Net In New Budget, Slashing Medicaid And Opening Door To Other LimitsBy Damian […]
Ķvlog Releases Scholarship Applications for 2017 Annual Conference: Please Reply by July 31 (2)
May, 2017 Dear Friend of Recovery, Rights & Rehabilitation: Attached is the scholarship application for Ķvlog’ 35th Annual Conference. The […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (5)
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, […]
NYS Assembly Passes Single-Payer Health Care Plan
Ķvlog Note: The Democratic-dominated Assembly passed a single-payer health care bill for the third consecutive year, cheering an increasing number […]
PT: Bipartisan Health Care Talks Pick Up Steam in Senate
Bipartisan Health Care Talks Pick Up Steam in SenateBy Jennifer Haberkorn and Elana Schor POLITICO May 16, 2017 Bipartisan talks […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (4)
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, […]
Group Launches Insitute to Promote Transformative Learning of Non-Traditional Mental Health Approaches
Transformative Learning of Non-Traditional Mental Health Approaches IDHA: A new training institute in Ķvlog City When people are looking […]
Ķvlog Releases Scholarship Applications for 2017 Annual Conference: Please Reply by July 31
May, 2017 Dear Friend of Recovery, Rights & Rehabilitation: Attached is the scholarship application for Ķvlog’ 35th Annual Conference. The […]
Register Today to Learn about WRAP, WHAM, and CDSM—Whole Health Spotlight Series Webinar 2
PAW ONLINE CONTACT US SAMHSA’S WELLNESS INITIATIVE May 15, 2017 Message from the Field Evidence-based Practices in Recovery and Wellness […]
PT: NYC to Spend $90M on Two Diversion Centers for People in MH Crisis
Ķvlog Note: Building on a robust program to train NYC police officers in crisis intervention team approaches, the City is […]
Rosenthal: Re-Balancing Federal Policy Need Not Have To Choose Between Extremes
Harvey Rosenthal: The “Worried Well” – A False Narrative Meant To Divide BY PETE EARLEY (5-15-17) I bumped into Harvey […]
Manderscheid: The US Senate Can Improve Health Reform
Ķvlog Note: Here’re some terrific excerpts from a recent piece in Behavioral Health by Ron Manderscheid. You can go to […]
SAMHSA Recovery Housing 101 May 25th Webinar
Recovery LIVE! – Be a Part of the Conversation! Recovery Housing 101 Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:00 – 3:00 […]
Today’s 1pm MISCC Meeting to Focus on Transportation, Employment
The live streaming capacity has been restored Tune in to today’s meeting of Ķvlog’s Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council, […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (3)
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, […]
Today’1pm MISCC Meeting to Focus on Transportation, Employment
Tune in to today’s meeting of Ķvlog’s Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council, which promotes and evaluates strategies to promote […]
NEC: New Guide to Maintaining a Sustainable Warmline, May 16 Webinar on NTACs
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MHW: NYS Direct Care Workforce to Receive Long-Overdue Wage Hike
Ķvlog Note: Mental Health Weekly provides a wonderful plug for Governor Cuomo’s and the Legislature’s recent action to recognize the […]
Helgerson: NYS Moving Ahead w Greater Urgency to Hike Medicaid Reforms, Savings
Ķvlog Note: NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson told a Buffalo audience that the move towards improved outcomes and cost of […]
ALERT: Urge NYS Senate Now to Prohibit Dangerous Conversion Therapy!
Call Your Senator and Senate Leadership This Week in Support of Legislation to Prohibit So-Called “Conversion Therapy” for Minors: Urge […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations (2)
Ķvlog Note:Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, “Stand […]
Study: Fountain House Dramatically Reduces Medicaid Costs of People With Serious Mental Illnesses
Ķvlog Note: Fountain House, the creator of the Clubhouse model back in the late 1940’s, has released a very impressive […]
Apply to Present at Ķvlog Annual Conference Call 2017!
Ķvlog Note:Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, “Stand […]
PT: Senate GOP rejects House Obamacare bill
Ķvlog Note: The GOP healthcare bill that passed the House yesterday will next be considered by the Senate which, per […]
AHCA Requires NYS to Fully Assume Local Share of Medicaid by 2020
AHCA Requires NYS to Fully Assume Local Share of Medicaid by 2020 The GOP healthcare legislation that passed the House […]
WP: Led by NYC’s first lady, U.S. Mayors Unite Around Mental-Health Care
Led by NYC’s first lady, U.S. Mayors Unite Around Mental-Health Care In Absence Of Washington ActionBy Colby Itkowitz Washington Post […]
Trump Pick For Mental Health Agency Doesn’t Fit His Pattern
Trump Pick For Mental Health Agency Doesn’t Fit His Pattern By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press May 4, 2017 WASHINGTON — […]
House Passes GOP Healthcare Plan by 4 Votes; Senators Alexander, Hatch Key Players Going Forward
House Narrowly Passes GOP Plan To Replace ACA By Jeff Byers and Shannon Muchmore May 4, 2017 Dive Brief: The […]
Keep Up the Pressure! GOP Rushing To Vote on Healthcare Without Analysis of Changes
The House GOP is rushing through a newly amended healthcare bill that will still threatens access for those with pre-existing […]
Bazelon Center Condemns Passage of House Healthcare Bill
Bazelon Center Condemns Passage of House Healthcare Bill The House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) today […]
Ķvlog Releases 2017 Annual Conference Call for Presentations
Ķvlog Note:Ķvlog is very pleased to release the attached and linked call for presentations for our 2017 Annual Conference, “Stand […]
Call Congress Today! Vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) this week.
A vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could be as early as tomorrow! No Images? Click here ACTION […]
PP: Independent Monitor Faults NYS for Delays in Adult Home Resident Transitions to the Community
Ķvlog Note: Under Clarence Sundram, Ķvlog State’s Commission on Quality of Care for people with disabilities took a strong […]
CNN: GOP May Not Get the Votes to Pass Healthcare Bill
GOP on Verge of Losing Health Care Vote By Lauren Fox, CNN 3:49 AM May 2, 2017 The White […]
McCance-Katz: What is SAMHSA’s Role in Today’s Healthcare System?
Ķvlog Note: When she served as Chief Medical Officer for SAMHSA, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz wrote the following piece that emphasized […]
URGENT: Urge Your Representative to Oppose the AHCA!
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from Ron Manderscheid, who writes “If your House Member is on the list below, please […]
PT: GOP Faces Make-Or-Break Moment on Obamacare Repeal
GOP Faces Make-Or-Break Moment on Obamacare Repeal By Rachael Bade, John Bresnahan and Kyle Cheney Politico April 30, 2017 House […]
McCance-Katz to Reduce Recovery, Wellness, Peer Focus at SAMHSA; More Hospital Beds, AOT
Ķvlog Note: For quite some time, the E. Fuller Torrey-DJ Jaffe wing has promoted the false narrative that recovery, rehab […]
Keep the Pressure On! House Delays Obamacare Repeal Vote
Ķvlog Note: Today’s stirring calls to action by Families USA’s founding director Ron Pollack, the National Council’s Chuck Ingoglia and […]
PT: GOP Senators Not Sold on House’s ACA Repeal
GOP Senators Not so Keen on House’s Obamacare repeal By Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett Politico April 27, 2017 […]
Jones: Social is the Key to Reducing Healthcare Costs
Social is the Key to Reducing Healthcare CostsBy Mary-Sara Jones Associate Partner, Government Strategy and Transformation April 24, 2017 […]
CMS’ Ongoing Commitment to Minority Health
CMS BLOG http://blog.cms.gov/2017/01/17/cms-announces-extension-of-2016-reporting-deadline April 26, 2017 By: Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS’ Ongoing Commitment […]
It’s Time To Kick Our Addiction to the War on Drugs: The Case for Harm Reduction
It’s Time To Kick Our Addiction to the War on DrugsBy Marc Krupanski STAT | April 25, 2017 As New […]
URGENT Advocacy Needed to Oppose the American Health Care Act!
——– Original message ——– From: Michael Petruzzelli <MichaelP@thenationalcouncil.org> Date: 4/27/17 3:02 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Michael Petruzzelli <MichaelP@thenationalcouncil.org> Cc: Rebecca Farley […]
Take Action: Urge Your Legislators to Oppose the Revised American Health Care Act!
Take Action: Urge Your Legislators to Oppose the Revised American Health Care Act Last night, an amendment to the American […]
Nomination Deadline Extended to May 12 for SAMHSA’s 2017 Voice Awards
Nominate Now! CONSUMER/PEER/FAMILY LEADERS|TV & FILM PRODUCTIONS The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Voice Awards program honors […]
TODAY: ‘Peer-run Respites: Effective Alternatives to Hospitals’
Forward this email to a friend Reminder of Free Webinar – Peer-run Respites: Effective Alternatives to Hospitals Wednesday, April 26, […]
PT: What’s in the GOP’s Latest Deal to Repeal Obamacare
What’s in the GOP’s Latest Deal to Repeal Obamacare By Dan Diamond Politico April 26, 2017 It’s here: Republicans’ latest […]
PT: Freedom Caucus Backs House Repeal Bill, Heritage Offers Tepid Support
Freedom Caucus Backs House Repeal Bill, Heritage Offers Tepid SupportBy Jennifer Haberkorn Politico April 26, 2017 The House Freedom Caucus […]
Please Take Two Minutes to Help Ķvlog City Nonprofits
Ķvlog Note: This comes from former Ķvlog Board Co-Chair and Community Access’ Advocacy Coordinator Carla Rabinowitz. Please act today. Take […]
Ķvlog Welcomes Eileen Crosby and Francesca Padilla
Ķvlog is very pleased to welcome and introduce Eileen Crosby, our new Office Manager, and Francesca Padilla, our new Training […]
Only 2 Days Till Ķvlog Seminar; Final Program Details Available
Ķvlog Note: With only 2 days till Ķvlog’ Annual Executive Seminar, we’ll be closing down our online registration portal today […]
FW: DC Update on Budget, Health Care Law, Ass’t Secretary for MH/SA
Ķvlog Washington UpdatesApril 25, 2017 Budget Impasse, Government Shutdown? President Trump indicated last night that he’s willing to back away […]
Last Call: Ķvlog Exec Seminar Online Registration Closes Tomorrow at 3pm!
Ķvlog Note: As registrations continue to come in today for this Thursday and Friday’s Ķvlog Executive Seminar, we’re going to […]
Trump Names Mental Health Czar Dr. Ellie McCance-Katz
http://www.peteearley.com/2017/04/21/trump-names-former-samhsa-critic-as-mental-health-czar-dr-ellie-mccance-katz/
May 9 NYC Networking Event for HCBS Providers, Health Homes, CMAs, and MCOs
Ķvlog City and State partners in collaboration with the Coalition for Behavioral Health are holding a series of networking […]
Peer-run Respites: Effective Alternatives to Hospitalization April 26 Webinar
Forward this email to a friend Free Webinar – Peer-run Respites: Effective Alternatives to Hospitals April 26, 2017, 2 pm […]
OM: HIPAA Fines and HIPAA Audits on the Rise
HIPAA Fines and HIPAA Audits on the RiseBy Monica E. Oss Open Minds April 20, 2017 Developed by Open Minds, […]
NYT, PT: New GOP Healthcare Proposal Unlikely to Pass, Congress to Focus on Budget Deal
Ķvlog Note: Just in: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said the White House is ready to negotiate with Democrats on adding […]
Last Call: Only 1 Week to Go for Ķvlog Annual Exexecutive Seminar!
Ķvlog Note: Only 1 Week to Go! Join 230 other behavioral health agency CEOs, middle managers and direct care staff; […]
GOP Racing to Resuscitate ACA Repeal Bill, Approve Budget
GOP Racing to Resuscitate ACA Repeal Bill, Approve BudgetĶvlog E-News April 20, 2017 Ķvlog Note: Politico and CNN report today […]
WSJ: Trump’s Latest Pick for Mental-Health Post Has Helped Prosecutors Secure Convictions
Ķvlog Note: A lead candidate for the new post of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health position in the Department of […]
SAMHSA eBooks on Recovery Available
Knowledge Application Program (KAP) Blending Science and Service to Support Workforce Development and Expand Treatment Capacity Visit SAMHSA on the […]
Cuomo Announces $6.5 Million to Integrate Mental Hygiene/Pediatric Services
‘HealthySteps’ Program to Serve Nearly 6,000 Children and Families Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $6.5 million awarded to pediatric […]
SDDV: Dutchess Co Launches Innovative 24/7 MH/SU Walk-In Center
Ķvlog Note: The following details the opening of a very innovative alternative to emergency rooms and incarceration and a door […]