Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Jihoon Kim, CEO of InUnity Alliance

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• July 24th, 2024
• addiction recovery, advocacy, behavioral health, community-based care, health disparities, interview, mental health, new york health initiatives, overcoming stigma, overdose crisis, policy, reimbursement rates, substance abuse prevention, Summer 2024 Issue, workforce crisis
• 3111    0

Overview In this interview, Jorge R. Petit, Founder/CEO of Quality Healthcare Solutions, LLC, speaks with Jihoon Kim, CEO of InUnity Alliance (asapnys.org / coalitionny.org). Jihoon discusses his strategic vision and priorities for addressing the growing mental health and addiction crisis in New...

A Cruel Irony: Less Mental Health Stigma but Fewer Behavioral Health Clinicians

• By: Seth Diamond Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• July 14th, 2022
• demand for services, mental health, mental health treatment, reimbursement rates, societal stigma, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, telehealth, workforce crisis
• 3261    0

Mental health outreach is more prevalent than it has ever been before. Efforts to encourage people to ask for help are seen online, on television, on college campuses, and in corporate headquarters. Many are sponsored by governments, but businesses, educational institutions, and foundations have...

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
• 2943    0

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...