Nassau/Suffolk

Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project

The Mental Health Project is proud to announce that our Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project (PPDLAP) will start on July 1, 2008. Funded by the Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, the PPDLAP will provide representation, information, and advice to parents with psychiatric disabilities in abuse and neglect and termination proceedings in Family Court in New York City and Rockland, Westchester, and Nassau Counties.

The PPDLAP will be guided by an Advisory Council that will include mental health and Family Court experts and three Peer Advisors. The Peer Advisors > will be parents with psychiatric disabilities who have experience in > Family Court, and they will be paid as consultants.

If you are interested in joining the Advisory Council or you would like to nominate someone, please send a statement of interest and resume or statement of qualifications by May 30, 2008, to:

Bill Lienhard
Project Director, Mental Health Project,
Urban Justice Center,
123 William Street, 16th Floor,
New York, NY 10038.

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Access to Mental Hygiene Records in New York State

A new brochure is available through the Commission on Quality of Care: “Access to Mental Hygiene Records in New York State: A Guide for Individuals Receiving Services and Other “Qualified Persons.” This pamphlet, prepared in response to the requirements of “Jonathan’s Law,” offers guidance for individuals receiving services, their families and other persons legally authorized to obtain records, in a question and answer format, together with references to applicable provisions of the Mental Hygiene Law. An electronic version of this pamphlet is available on the CQC website.

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Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project

April Newsletter Posted

Job Postings Updated!

Searching for a Good Cause

Access to Mental Hygiene Records in New York State