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May 2004
(See all NYWe-works Issues)
This issue:
Publications
* Bazelon Center
* Center for Law and Social Policy
* Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal of Boston University
* Public/Private Ventures
* Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma
* University of Illinois
Funding/Grant Information
* Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
* SAMHSA
News Briefs
* CPRP Exam Applications
* HHS Awards
* Samaritan Initiative
* Social Security Protection Act
Education
* Web cast from Boston University
Events
* NYS Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
* Young People with Disabilities
Publications:
- Bazelon Center: the Bazelon Center has written a guide called "Arrested? What Happens to Your Benefits if You Go to Jail or Prison?" This guide provides information for individuals with disabilities on the status of their benefits when they are in jail, prison, and arrested and how to get their benefits back when released. http://www.bazelon.org/arrested/
- Center for Law and Social Policy along with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Hudson Institute conducted a study called "Integrating TANF and WIA Into a Single Workforce System: An Analysis of Legal Issues". Click on the title to view in pdf.
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal has an article available for free entitled, "Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for Insomnia in Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: A Preliminary Evaluation". This can be downloaded at: http://www.bu.edu/prj/winter2004/dopke.html
- Public/Private Ventures, an action-based, research, public policy and program development organization is offering (for a fee) "Employment Retention Essentials", December 2003, a practical, user-friendly resource for workforce development professionals. Go to this link and scroll down to this title: <a h
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