by Diana Procopis | Jul 7, 2022 | News
Telehealth can help providers expand access to much-needed pediatric mental health resources, but expansion must avoid common pitfalls that could inadvertently widen care gaps. The burgeoning mental health epidemic in America is widespread across age groups, but the...
by Diana Procopis | Jul 7, 2022 | News
In order to obtain a gun or ammunition in Illinois, people must first get a firearm owner’s identification card, issued by the state police. It can be denied for many reasons, including if the applicant “poses a clear and present danger to the community.” State police...
by Diana Procopis | Jul 6, 2022 | News
After recent massacres at an upstate New York supermarket and a Texas elementary school, advocates worried that people diagnosed with mental illnesses could become scapegoats in the divisive debate over gun control. Now that Congress has passed the Bipartisan Safer...
by Diana Procopis | Jul 6, 2022 | News
Original article written by Yvette Bairan for the Gotham Gazette. Capacity and workforce retention have always been a challenge in the human services field, with providers expected to do more with less and families facing increasingly longer backlogs and wait times...
by Diana Procopis | Jul 6, 2022 | News
Original scientific article was written by Simon F. Haeder, Emily Maxfield, Kara Ulmen, and Sara Anderson and published in the World Medical & Health Policy Journal. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the blatant and growing inequities that many...
by Diana Procopis | Jul 6, 2022 | News
Child and Adult Care Food Program helps thousands of families across the state obtain healthy, nutritious meals each day ALBANY, N.Y. (July 1, 2022) – The New York State Department of Health today announced it received more than $158 million in federal...
