URGENT: Call Your Assemblymember and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie TODAY and urge Behavioral Health Insurance Parity Reforms Be Adopted as Part of 2019-2020 Budget! With only a little over a week … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Call the NYS Assembly and urge behavioral health insurance parity reforms be included in the budget! →

Dear NASW-NYS Members, We need your help! As you may know, NASW-NYS has been a part of the Veterans Mental Health Training Initiative (VMHTI) for nearly a decade but, this year, … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Help save the Veterans Mental Health Training Initiative from being cut from the state budget! →

Media Contact: Kania Ponto, MSW 518-463-4741 ext 22 kponto.naswnys@socialworkers.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OVER 750 SOCIAL WORKERS UNITE AT THE CAPITOL TO DEMAND RACIAL EQUITY IN NEW YORK STATE LAWS New … Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OVER 750 SOCIAL WORKERS UNITE AT THE CAPITOL TO CALL FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN NEW YORK STATE LAWS →

  NASW-NYS Executive Director Samantha Howell will be a guest on The Social Workers radio talk on Thursday, February 28, at 10AM. Tune into WCDB 90.9FM to hear Samantha speak … Continue reading NASW-NYS Executive Director on The Social Workers Radio Talk Show →

**Important update regarding the NYS DREAM Act/New LEAD Topic**  Racial Equity Assessment in Legislation (REAL)  As you may have heard, the NYS Legislature recently passed the José Peralta DREAM Act. … Continue reading 2019 LEAD Update: Racial Equity Assessment in Legislation →

  PASSED! Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the parity reporting bill as Chapter 455 of the laws of 2018. We thank the Governor for holding insurers, health plans, and behavioral health … Continue reading PASSED: Governor Cuomo signs parity reporting bill →