To engage the current administration and legislature, as well as the leaders in the 2006 gubernatorial race, in public and candid discussion of critical behavioral healthcare issues. To secure a platform from future leaders that underscores the risks of inaction and promises our constituents that transformation of the publicly-financed mental health and substance abuse systems will be a priority for the next administration. To secure a promise from gubernatorial candidates that each would create a Commission on Behavioral Health Transformation to guide qualitative change for New York's mental health, substance abuse, and related systems. The transformation would be outcome-focused and consumer and family driven with the overarching goal to afford all New Yorkers the services and support they need to maximize their potential. If you share our goals, please join us. |