📢ADVOCAY OPPORTUNITY📢 Please take just 2 minutes to take action with us to send a message to the Mayor and city leaders that mental health funding MUST be a priority for the FY25 budget: https://bit.ly/BHCB25 On Tuesday, Alice Bufkin, CCC’s associate executive director of policy and advocacy and Tara Klein, United Neighborhood Houses deputy director of policy and advocacy co-emceed a rally (put together by CCC, UNH, UJA-Federation of New York, and InUnity Alliance) on the steps of City Hall on behavioral health supports that need funding restored and/or baselined in the city’s FY25 budget. Joining them were advocates, CBOs, providers, and allies, all with a powerful message to send to our city leaders: mental👏health👏matters👏. On behalf of CCC, Alice spoke about service investments for school-based mental health clinics and funding for the mental health continuum which is a successful collaborative model for tackling youth mental health that is at risk of disappearing altogether. Other priorities include funding autism wraparound services, children under five initiatives, addiction services and much more. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #behavioralhealth #addiction #addictionrecovery #autismawareness #youthmentalhealth #childadvocacy
Today, we joined forces at City Hall with UJA-Federation of New York, United Neighborhood Houses, InUnity Alliance, and Citizens' Committee for Children of New York to call on New York City Council to fully restore their Autism Awareness Initiative and all related critical mental health funding for the City's 2025 budget.
