NYWe-works: Issue No. 7

November 2004

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This issue:
Education
*    Boston University
*    USPRA
Funding and Grant Opportunities
*    NYC Administration for Children's Services
News Briefs/Events
*    Hamilton-Madison House
*    Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act
*    NYAPRS
*    NYC DOHMH
*    CCRR
*    Supportive Housing Network of NY
Publications
*    CDC
*    GAO
*    Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
*    Mental Health Weekly
*    NCWD
*    CCRR
*    Public Health Institute
*    Urban Institute

Education:

  • Boston University announces a new set of Practitioner Tools -- Achieving Valued Roles (AVR). The AVR (skills version) helps individuals assess and develop skills they need and want for functioning in their chosen environments with sample questions and worksheets. Go to: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/catalog/training/practitioner/achievingskills.html
  • USPRA will be launching their first audio conference on November 17th from 3-4:30 PM on the Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. This will be a live, interactive audio conference focusing on the 15 principles of psychiatric rehabilitation. Patricia N. Nemec, Director of Graduate Education, BU will be the presenter. Register at: https://www.krm.com/regonline/iapvcregs.nsf/iap8954-0

Funding and Grant Opportunities:

  • (12/13) NYC Administration for Children's Services has issued an RFP: Intensive Preventive Services and Aftercare Service for Adolescents. http://www.