PROGRAMS

Community Mental Health Promotion Project (CMHP) is a grassroots advocacy incubator program that creates teams of diverse constituencies to help identify and promote mental health priorities in their communities. Each year three new teams are created to formulate a unified agenda for increasing local awareness and responsiveness to mental health issues.

Consumer and Business Outreach Program (CBOP) The CBOP seeks to establish links among consumers of mental health services, business representatives and key stakeholders in an effort to promote the employment and retention of individuals with mental illnesses.

Mental Health Information Center (MHIC) The Information Center provides information about mental health, mental illnesses and related issues, and referrals to resources serving New York State to all interested individuals and organizations. People with questions can contact MHIC by phone, mail, e-mail, or our toll-free number, 1-800-766-6177. MHIC has also prepared a series of Fact Sheets to address a variety of commonly asked questions.

Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Project The mission of this project is to provide a forum for parents with psychiatric disabilities for support and advocacy; self help and advocacy; identify and develop resources for parents and their children; raise awareness of the strengths and needs of parents among professionals and policy makers; advocate for parents with psychiatric disabilities within service systems and government entities; convene a statewide advisory committee representing parents, providers, policy makers and advocates; and distribute Helping Yourself Through Family Court, a guide to help parents with psychiatric disabilities navigate the family court system.

Public Policy/Advocacy efforts center on: providing its members and other mental health organizations current and accurate information about mental health issues; conducting advocacy education and training; advocating for public policies and laws that recognize and respect the unique needs of persons living with mental illnesses.

MHANYS Archives MHANYS has made its archival records available for public and scholarly use. Our records have been placed with the University at Albany's M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. For more information about accessing the collection, contact UAlbany.