No silver bullet for addressing our multi-layered #mentalhealth crisis, but this approach via @repdangoldman.bsky.social for funding expanded services + more psychiatric beds is a huge piece of the puzzle. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

Setting aside the 2x price tag and years late - If NYC DOC isn't able to put these beds to use NYC DOHMH or NYS OASAS should take it over and put to immediate help with chronic street SUD/SMI pop! $241 Million Later, Brand-New Bellevue Hospital Jail Unit Sits Empty www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/21/2...

Our neighbors need us, lets #InvestInSettlementHouses! @govkathyhochul.bsky.social + @briankavanagh.bsky.social @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social @deborahjglick.bsky.social pls include $5m for Settlement House Program in the final budget! w/ @unhny.bsky.social #SettlementHouseStrong

Nonprofits are being squeezed from all sides. The City continues to delay payments on contracts for critical services, while potential federal funding cuts loom. Read more in @crainsnewyork.bsky.social, with input from HSC’s Executive Director Michelle Jackson: www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...

@govkathyhochul.bsky.social's budget proposal broke our hearts. 💔 Instead of a full 7.8% investment in human services, she proposed a 2.1% “inflation adjustment,” falling short of the wages and funding we deserve. Email your State legislators before 2/14: bit.ly/JustPay-Valentine

No other biz sector wld put up with this. Late payments to #nonprofits went from 88.5% in FY23 to 90.7% in FY24. Almost 40% of contracts are over a year late. Time for @hsany.bsky.social City Hall Contracts Lag Got Worse, Audit Finds www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/06/n... Via @katiehonan.bsky.social

Rpt on Critical Role of #Nonprofits via @nyscomptroller.bsky.social @tomdinapoli.bsky.social “Policymakers need to ensure state agencies process contracts and payments for nonprofits on time, so they can carry out the work on which so many New Yorkers rely." bit.ly/3WdAbj4 @hscny.bsky.social

Yes, please! @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social on dream idea to get us past community/political siloing and polarization = #nationalservice requirement. Shared service to country. Meeting/seeing new and different people/places. Being part of something bigger than oneself. @meetthepress.bsky.social

“It’s one thing to go into debt for college, it’s another to go into it for child care.” Rebecca Bailin, of New Yorkers United for Child Care. We gotta fix this = econ dev + econ mobility. It Was a Haven for New York Families. Now They Can’t Afford to Stay. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/n...

HAPPENING NOW: We’re kicking off our Human Services Mayoral Candidate Forum at Civic Hall! 👉 Submit a question: app.sli.do/event/5rv7Wu... 👉 Tune into the livestream to hear from mayoral candidates about their views on issues facing the human services sector: www.youtube.com/live/RFmINOK...