An Interview with the New York State OASAS, OMH, and OPWDD Commissioners to Address Critical Healthcare Issues

• By: David Minot Executive Director Ira H. Minot, LMSW Founder
• September 27th, 2021
• collaboration, COVID-19, direct care, direct support professionals, diversity, equity, federal funding, frontline workers, inclusion, mask mandate, New York State, racism, vaccinations, workforce crisis
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In a rare opportunity, Mental Health News Education, publisher of Behavioral Health News and Autism Spectrum News, has brought together the Commissioners of the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH), The NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), and The NYS Office for People with...

Addressing the Human Services Workforce Crisis Through Training and Professional Development

• By: Shawn P. Quigley, PhD, BCBA-D Jennifer Ruane, MS, BCBA, LPC Lindsey Dunn, MA, SPHR, CPHRM Melmark PA
• July 1st, 2019
• autism, competency-based instruction, direct support professionals, intellectual disabilities, professional development, staff retention, training programs, workforce crisis
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In 2017, the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities provided a report (retrieved from https://www.nadsp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PCPID-2017_-Americas-Direct-Support-Workforce-Crisis-low-res.pdf) to the President of the United States regarding the workforce crisis...