The Importance of Equity for All: Accessing Preventative Affordable Behavioral Health Care

• By: Allashia Smith-Harris, LMHC, CASAC-T The Mental Health Association of Westchester
• April 18th, 2023
• affordable care, behavioral health mobile units, community-based services, equity, health equity, in-home services, Spring 2023 Issue
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The Office of Behavioral Health Equity (OBHE) coordinates with SAMHSA’s efforts to reduce disparities in mental and/or substance use disorders across populations. These efforts are focused on the promotion of behavioral health equity for underserved racial and ethnic minority, as well as lesbian,...

50-Year-Old Organization Reflects on Its Achievements and Hopes for the Future

• By: Barbara Faron Federation of Organizations
• October 7th, 2022
• advocacy, community integration, community-based services, deinstitutionalization, Fall 2022 Issue, institutionalization, mental illness, nonprofit organization, psychiatric hospitalization, recovery
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Federation of Organizations is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its incorporation as a not-for-profit by the parents of people with serious mental illness and/or developmental disabilities. Fifty years ago, these parents dreamed of changing the system. That has certainly come true! We can see...

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence – An Interview with Carol Cassell and Nadeem Ramjan from Advanced Health Network & Recovery Health Solutions

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• April 6th, 2022
• community-based services, data, data-informed culture, health and wellness, healthcare, New York State, social determinants of health, Spring 2022 Issue
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Behavioral Health News, interviews Carol Cassell, Executive Director, and Nadeem Ramjan, Director of Data Strategy & Analytics at Advanced Health Network & Recovery Health...