Issues Development Subcommittee
Please Note: This subcommittee is only meeting via Zoom online
This committee is responsible for creating issue statements and will include: conducting any necessary research on any given issue, follow up on each issue statement and managing timelines for responses to each statement. This group also reviews and finalizes issue statements from local councils and presents them to the Statewide Consumer Council for approval.
Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Anyone is welcome to attend!
To join by video, click link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8938611710
To join by phone only (no computer needed), dial: 1-929-205-6099
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Action Alerts
- Legislative Action AlertPublic Hearing: March 25 @ 1:15 PM in Room 206 of the Burton Cross Building.
An Act to Increase Bridging Rental Assistance Program Housing Voucher Funding to Reduce the Current Partial Waiting List and Increase Housing Vouchers for Persons Living with Mental Health Challenges - Concept Draft: Psychiatric Advance DirectiveIssue: Peers in the mental health sphere deserve to have autonomy over their medical decisions. To facilitate better mental health care, a process needs to be utilized prior to a crisis. The absence of a standardized, person-centered psychiatric/mental health advanced directive (PAD) process leaves individuals experiencing mental health crises without a clear way of expressing
- Second Draft: Bad Credit Affecting Utilities AccessibilityDEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday, Marth 10th Second Draft: Bad Credit Affecting Utilities Accessibility. If a person has bad credit, it can mean a deposit is required for utilities to be connected. This can create problems for employment, security clearances, housing, mental health, and other issues.
- Second Draft: Lack of Flexible Hours in Mental Health Peer Support and Recovery ProgramsDEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday, January 6th Second Draft: Lack of flexible hours in Mental Health Peer Support and Recovery Programs
We have heard from our fellow mental health peers they would like to see more diversity of when peer support and recovery programs are open with evening or weekend hours.
