JBFCS > Testimonies

Public Hearings are an important element of the political process. New York City Council and the New York State Legislature regularly schedule opportunities for individuals or representatives of organizations to present their perspective to decisionmakers on legislation, budgets or emerging public policy issues. The JBFCS Public Policy & Government Relations Department insures that our agency takes advantage of these opportunities by facilitating testimony by relevant JBFCS staff. These are some recent examples of testimony we delivered.

Topic	Presented To	Presented By	Date
Mental Hygiene	Joint Legislative Public Hearings	Jason Lippman	2/14/2012
Oversight: Exploring the Availability of Suicide Prevention Services for Adolescent Latinas in New York City	Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services Jointly with the Committees on Women's Issues and Civil Rights	Carmen Collado	4/4/2011
Oversight: Exploring the Availability of Suicide Prevention Services for Adolescent Latinas in New York City	Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services Jointly with the Committees on Women's Issues and Civil Rights	Maria C. Barreto	4/4/2011
Oversight: The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Current and Future Role in Providing Direct Mental Health Services	The Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services	Carmen Collado	1/26/2011
Senate Finance Testimony	New York Senate Standing Committee on Finance Public Hearing on Putting a Face on Budget Cuts	Carmen Collado	12/13/2010
Leaders Call Upon the New Administration to Partner with the Charitable Sector	Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health Hearing on Funding for Family Support Programs In OMH and OPWDD	Carmen Collado	11/9/2010
FY11 Preliminary Budget Hearing	The Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services	Carmen Collado	3/11/2010
Services for New York State veterans with a co-occurring disorder, a mental illness and substance abuse disorder that present themselves simultaneously	Joint Legislative Public Hearings	Carmen Collado	2/22/2010
2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal	Joint Legislative Public Hearings	Carmen Collado	2/3/2010