Showing Up Matters: The Power of Relationship-Based Advocacy in Behavioral Health

• By: Laura Isabelle, LCSW (on behalf of Behavioral Health Advocates) Association for Community Living (ACL)
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health policy, coalition building, community-based services, lived experience, new york, relationship-based advocacy, Summer 2026 Issue, targeted inflationary increase, workforce crisis
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Behavioral Health Advocates: Association for Community Living, Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates of New York State (COMPA), Families Together in New York State, InUnity Alliance, Mental Health Association in New York State, National Alliance on Mental Illness New...

Addressing the Aging Crisis in New York’s Mental Health Housing

• By: Sebrina Barrett Association for Community Living (ACL)
• July 29th, 2024
• aging adults, mental health, staff training, Summer 2024 Issue, supportive housing
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New York’s mental health and supportive housing system is currently facing a significant challenge: an aging population among its residents. Forty years ago, when the original funding and housing models were developed by state leadership, the longevity of residents was not a primary concern....

The Current State of OMH Housing

• By: Toni Lasicki, JD Association for Community Living (ACL)
• October 1st, 2017
• administrative burden, affordable housing crisis, Medicaid reform, mental health housing, nonprofit funding challenges, reimbursement rates, supportive housing programs, workforce shortages
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New York is one of the most expensive states in the country to live in, while the consumers that our nonprofit OMH housing providers serve are among the poorest. This combination requires New York State to step in to help make available enough safe and affordable housing for the most vulnerable...