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An electronic circular of the Coalition's Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
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No. 44, March 2008
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The Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery provides assistance
to the New York City mental health provider community through
expert trainings, focused technical assistance, evaluation,
information dissemination and special projects.
The Center Facilitates Working Group on New York City Medicaid Buy-in Enrollment The Medicaid Buy-in for Working People with Disabilities provides Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who are working, and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid. Underutilized by working mental health consumers in New York City, the Center, in partnership with the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is now working to promote and increase enrollment in this vital program. Through a series of in-depth discussions with senior representatives from the New York City Human Resource Administration (HRA), New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), New York State Department of Health (DOH), the consumer, and provider communities, we have begun to both identify the barriers to enrollment and develop collaborative ways to overcome them. Stay tuned for updates on this initiative. Center Trainings We are now accepting online registrations for the following trainings. As space is limited and registration is ongoing, we urge you to enroll online at your earliest convenience. Please note, agencies will be assessed a $50 cancellation fee if a training registration is not cancelled one business day prior to the training date. This policy does not apply to free trainings. For the latest training updates and to learn more about the Center, please visit our website, www.coalitionny.org/ccrr. All Center trainings qualify for credit hours toward the Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP), an increasingly important credential in our field. The Coalition is located in downtown Manhattan at 90 Broad Street, 8th Floor. Recommended transportation: 1 to Rector St., 2/3 to Wall St., 4/5 to Bowling Green, J/M/Z to Broad St., R/W to Whitehall St. All Center trainings are conducted at the Coalition unless otherwise noted.
Introduction to Benefits Management A half-day training offered in various locations across the city designed for clinicians and other staff new to benefits. This training will help staff understand the fundamentals of the Social Security System, comprehend the difference between SSI, SSDI, Medicaid and Medicare, and gain knowledge of resources that support consumers in their living and working goals. Fee: None REGISTER NOW
Ask The Expert & Dealing with the Overpayment Blues This full day training facilitated by Edwin Lopez-Soto, Esq., nationally recognized benefits expert, will include updates on legislative and policy changes relevant to benefits management. Participants will have the opportunity to pose related questions drawn from their work, allowing for both expert guidance and input from colleagues. The training will focus on the most effective ways to respond to overpayments and advocate on behalf of your clients. Participants will walk through the process of completing a “waiver of overpayment” questionnaire and will be given valuable tips about how to navigate the Social Security bureaucracy. Friday, March 14th, 2008 9:30am-4:30pm Fee: $25 per person REGISTER NOW Center’s Youth Initiative Monthly Youth Initiative Seminar Series SAVE THE DATES for upcoming seminars on March 28th, and May 30th, 9:30am-11:30am, details TBA. WAVE Training and Technical Assistance: Part II Maintaining and Enhancing the Leadership Association This advanced second session on Leadership Association implementation will provide the participants who attended the December session with innovative strategies to enhance youth participation, community involvement, and trouble-shoot unique programmatic challenges. Attendance at the first session is required to register for Part II. If you attended Part I, please contact Deborah Short via email, [email protected], to confirm your registration for Part II. March 6th, 2008, 9:00am-3:30pm Education and Training The Coalition’s Professional Learning Center: State Options / Federal Initiatives Case Management Proposed Regulations Recently promulgated Federal regulations promise to make changes in how mental health providers have to implement intensive and supportive case management. This free presentation, led by Bill Martin, will explore the consequences of these regulations for providers and give some guidance on how to prepare for them in terms of documentation and billing. March 13th, 2008 2:00pm-5:00pm, The Coalition, 90 Broad Street, 8th Floor Conference Room. To register, follow this link.
Please note: agencies will be assessed a $50 administrative fee for registered individuals who are unable to attend and do not provide at least 24 hour cancellation notice to the Coalition.
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), Martha K. Selig Institute: Upcoming Trainings All four trainings listed below qualify for six hours of NASW accreditation (CEU credits) and will be held at JBFCS, 120 West 57 Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. For more information and to register, Click here. Fee: $110 per workshop Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults with Dysfunctional Anxiety, Anger or Depression: An Effective Approach for Reducing Symptoms, Improving Behavior and Changing Core Irrational Beliefs Safety in the Agency and When Visiting the Community Transforming Mainstream Residential Treatment Programs into Safe Environments for LGBT Youths Understanding Whiteness: Applications of White Racial Identity Theory in Clinical Social Work United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) Training Series: Forwarding the Recovery Paradigm: People in Recovery Leading the Way This web training series is designed for program administrators, people in recovery and service providers who want to transform their agency’s work environment and create a culture of people in recovery as leaders and colleagues. Learn how to utilize experiential knowledge and provide a supportive culture that clarifies performance expectations, provides positive feedback, encourages career growth, provides accommodations and continues to honor the peer culture by adapting policies regarding boundaries. Creating a Supportive Culture: People in Recovery as Colleagues Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 3:00pm- 4:30pm EST Presenters: Dori S. Hutchinson, Sc.D., Director of Services Division Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University; Ann Rider, MSW, Chief Executive Officer of Recovery Employment Network; and Thomas Lane, National Director of Consumer and Recovery Services for Magellan Behavioral Health Services Complete Details People in Recovery as Organizational Leaders: Opening the Leadership Door March 19, 2008 3:00pm- 4:30pm EST Presenters: Kevin Ann Huckshorn, RN, MSN, CAP, ICDC, Director of the Office of Technical Assistance at the National Association for State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and the National Coordinating Center for Seclusion and Restraint Reduction; and Mathew Mathai, Deputy Director of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Complete Details People in Recovery Shaping Mental Health Services April 2, 2008 3:00pm- 4:30 pm EST Presenters: Joseph Rogers, founder and executive director of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse and president for policy and advocacy of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania; and Kathy Muscari, Director of the Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center (Contac) Complete Details Funding and Grant Opportunities Do Something: Youth Grants Grants to $500 each to young people,age 25 & younger who have a great idea for a community-action project & need support to turn their idea into reality. For more information and a list of available grant opportunities, go to: http://www.dosomething.org/grant_list
New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS): Child Welfare Services with Community Coalitions Concept Paper. In advance of the release of a RFP for child welfare services, ACS has developed a Concept Paper that lays out a new vision for the agency's approach to child welfare in the coming years and outlines a new focus for the upcoming child welfare RFP. Toward informing the forthcoming RFP, ACS is accepting comments on this Concept Paper. Please send all comments to Rafael Asusta, Deputy ACCO, at [email protected] . All comments must be received by March 24, 2008. To view the concept paper, and for additional details go to: https://a068-aprodapp15.nyc.gov/rfponline/RFPCurrent.jsp
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH): Chronic Illness Demonstration Projects (No. 0801031003) NYSDOH is issuing this RFP to providers to demonstrate innovative and replicable approaches to address the complex health needs and social barriers to care for this chronically ill Medicaid population. It is anticipated that these innovative demonstrations will result in improved health outcomes, appropriate utilization of health care services and a more cost-effective use of Medicaid funds. Providers licensed or funded by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers, nursing homes, certified home health agencies, licensed homecare service agencies, long term home health care programs, and managed care plans. All bidders must have New York State licensure and/or certification. Deadline: April 14th, 2008. To read the full announcement, please go to: http://www.nyhealth.gov/funding/rfp/0801031003/0801031003.pdf. New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH): Supported Housing for Adults with Serious Mental Illness The New York State Office of Mental Health invites bidders to submit proposals to provide Supported Housing in New York City for persons who meet the following eligibility criteria: Individuals currently residing in OMH PC’s or OMH residential programs and have been there for one year or longer (169 beds). Individuals currently residing in care settings that include OMH PC’s, OMH residential programs. Article 28 inpatient units, residential treatment facilities and adult homes (98 beds). Individuals discharged directly from the State’s prison system (12 beds).
Deadline: April 1st, 2008 For more information and to read the full RFP, go to: http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/rfp/2008/supported_housing/nyc/rfp.html
Pay it Forward Foundation: Youth Service Mini-Grants, Grants to $500 for one-time-only service oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school neighborhood, or greater community. For more information, go to: http://payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Science and Service Awards To be eligible for a Science and Service Award, an organization must have successfully implemented a recognized evidence-based intervention. Recognized interventions include those that are published in the scientific literature and/or appear on a Federal and/or state registry of evidence-based interventions. The organization implementing the evidence-based intervention should be able to demonstrate positive outcomes from the intervention in at least one of the following categories: 1) Substance abuse prevention; 2) Treatment of substance abuse and recovery support services; 3) Mental health promotion; 4) Treatment of mental illness and recovery support services; or 5) Co-occurring disorders (i.e., mental illness and substance abuse).Community-based organizations and/or coalitions wishing to voluntarily submit information regarding their implementation of one or more evidence-based interventions are eligible for award selection.
Deadline: March 31, 2008 For complete details, go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/scienceandservice/2008_Science_Service.pdf
Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Conference on Innovative and Effective Ways to Recovery Orientation Join an outstanding collection of leaders from the US and around the globe who will be presenting at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation's Conference, "From Innovations to Practice: The Promise and Challenge of Recovery for All.” Come together with experts in transformation for the field of mental health, with over 90 presenters covering what you need to know to shift your agency, program and workforce to a recovery orientation. Staff from the Coalition’s Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery will be presenting at poster at this conference. April 14th & 15th, 2008, Cambridge, MA See the complete list of presentations at http://www.bu.edu/cpr/conference/boston/. For additional details and the complete conference agenda, go to: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/conference/agenda/ Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS): Second Annual Brain Injury in the Community Conference: Giving Voice to the Silent Epidemic The conference will include a major focus on treating coexisting psychiatric, medical and substance abuse disorders of individuals with brain injury, as well as challenges faced by substance abuse, mental health and homeless service professionals in serving clients with unidentified brain injury. Speakers will include Jean Langlois, ScD, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, and Wayne Gordon, PhD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. A consumer will discuss his experiences attempting to access care across our fragmented service system. Panel discussants from diverse service systems and agencies will present data about efforts to adapt and integrate services to produce better outcomes. Approval for CASAC and CRC continuing education credits is expected. Thursday,April 17th, 8:30am-4:00pm, at the OMRDD auditorium, 75 Morton Street. For more information, go to: http://www.bianys.org/
Empire State APSE 2008 Supported Employment Training Institute This year’s training institute will focus on the wide-range of topics relevant to providing Supported Employment services. Invited guests include the OMH, OMRDD, VESID, and CBVH Commissioners who will discuss Supported Employment within the context of their respective agencies. April 27th -29th, 2008, Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club, Lake Placid, New York. For more information and to register, follow this link. New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Office of Consumer Affairs Health, Wellness and Recovery Workshop: Double Whammy! (It’s Not Just About Mental Health Anymore) This workshop geared toward consumers will emphasize the critical importance of addressing both physical and mental health status as part of the recovery process. Presenters include Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Robert Murayama, M.D., Medical Director, William F. Ryan Community Health Center and a mental health consumer (TBA). Thursday, March 20th, 2:00pm-4:00pm 125 Worth Street, (side entrance) 2nd floor, Auditorium (between Lafayette & Centre Streets), I.D. Required, light refreshments will be served. Attendance is free; no pre-registration required. For further information please call (212) 219-5393. New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) Awarded $1.9 Million Grant To Research And Pilot Act Step-Down Approaches The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene of OMH has been awarded a $1.9 million grant to develop, implement, and evaluate step-down approaches for the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model. Often described as "a hospital without walls," ACT programs are mobile teams of mental health professionals who provide intensive but flexible services and treatments, often where people live and work. The new project will promote recovery and positive outcomes for ACT recipients and will also increase capacity of ACT teams to serve high-need individuals. To read the full press release, follow this link . Supportive Housing Network of NY: 8th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference Save the date! This year’s conference will take place on Thursday, June 8th, 2008 at the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York City. Please visit www.shnny.org for the latest details as they become available. American Psychiatric Association (APA): Select Abstracts and Articles from the March 2008 Psychiatric Services Journal:
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