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This program has been designed to meet the interest of physicians, clinicians, therapists, nurses, and administrators that provide services to people with I/DD or are interested in doing so. Sessions will feature a focus on a collaborative approach to mental and behavioral health for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

Today's Albany Times Union includes an article (linked below) describing the emergency actions being taken by the Hochul Administration to attract new state workers to fill job vacancies in the public sector. This is an important effort. But with job vacancy rates hovering in the 20% range across the (mostly not for profit) community-based mental health and substance use disorder systems of care where agencies have been struggling for years to ensure continued access to care for New Yorkers seeking services through New York's mental hygiene system, why are we not included in this effort? Community-based organizations are the safety net for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and yet we are too often left to fend for ourselves as we struggle to recruit and attract the staff we need. How is it different from the struggle the state faces? Waiving the state exam that is required before new workers can join the state workforce is a smart strategy but with starting salaries already significantly higher than those we can pay for comparable work, this effort will inevitably drain our workforce as staff seek better pay and benefits. And who can blame them? This should not be a competition but it will be. We need workforce solutions that go beyond a COLA and loan forgiveness. We need laser-focused leadership from the Administration that addresses the core barriers we face. And we need a commitment from all state leaders to prioritize our needs, to acknowledge and reward our outcomes and the efficient and effective manner in which we perform our work each day. Let's make the work less stressful and care for the mental health of those who work for us. Let's engage in a time-limited exercise to deliver meaningful regulatory relief so our staff can focus on the person in front of them rather than the paper or a computer. Let's address rigid scope of practice limits that do not consider the devastating workforce shortages we continue to face. And finally let's make a commitment to deliver more for our valued workers who are currently faced with impossible choices between doing the work they love and putting food on the table or having to work 3 jobs to make ends meet. We need to do better for ALL of our workforce - not just those employed directly by New York State. -- https://lnkd.in/emp_gQuY

Our announcement today about the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation’s support for programs this year to benefit underserved communities across New York State: