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February 2005
(See all NYWe-works Issues)
This issue:
Education
* CMHS
* NYCETC
* CCRR
* Olmstead Project
* University of Illinois
Funding and Grant Opportunities
* SAMHSA
News Briefs/Events
* Bazelon
* CCBMDR
* USDOL
Publications
* Community Service Society
* Disability Research Institute
* National Council on Disability
* Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
* Self-Help Source
* SAMHSA
* USDOL
Education:
- CMHS of SAMHSA will be providing the first of three interactive satellite videoconferences/web casts on self-direction and its relationship to mental health on March 16, 2005 - 1:00 P.M. (EST). Included will be the principles and tools of self- direction and what strategies have been learned that support self-direction in mental health. Models of self-direction are being used extensively in other disability groups showing marked success in maximizing consumer choice and control. To obtain more information please contact Jackie Golden, DB Consulting Group, Inc., 301-589-4020 ext 211 or e-mail: [email protected]
- NYCETC is sponsoring a free training called "Using Federal and New York State Tax Credits as Hiring Tools for Public Assistance Recipients and Special Populations". It will be held on Friday, February 18th, 10:00 am to 11:30 am at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Material will be presented by the NYS Department of Labor, Economic Development Services. For more information, contact Ann Marie Dusek, [email protected]
- CCRR will be offering a professional seminar on March 17th called "An Inclusive Workforce: Working with Consumers as Colleagues". This half day session will have a panel of mental health and private sector employers, and consumer staff discussing how to promote and maintain a workforce committed to hiring and integrating consumers of mental health services. To register, please call 212-742-1600, ext. 235. Please visit our web site at: www.coalitionny.org
- Olmstead Project at SAMHSA's CMHS supports State coalitions in the New Freedom Initiative providing useful information to individuals and organizations committed to community based care for mental health recipients and children with serious emotional disturbances. Olmstead is distr
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