Corrections Health Initiative Provides Meet in Albany Conference

Alliance recently attended the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute’s Office Criminal Justice Services' annual Corrections Health Initiative (CHI) Provider Conference in Albany, NY.  Alliance's CHI program staff joined representatives from the NYSDOH AIDS Institute, NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and dozens of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) providing CHI services.

It was a great opportunity to share success stories, interventions, and brainstorm ways to provide even better pre and post release services in NYS. We spoke at length with fellow CBOs Alliance for Positive Health, ACR Health, Community Access services of Western New York, Hudson valley Community services/cornerstone, PathStone,Corp, Southern Tier Aids Program, Suny Downstate Medical Center, The Osborne Association Inc., Women's Prison Association and Home Inc., and more.

Alliance Alumni Fall into Certification event

Alliance held a festive and educational Peer alumni event on Thursday, November 14. The gathering featured panel discussion about New York State Peer Certification and CRPA! The discussion provided information on how to start the process, and some of our near 1,000 CRPA alums gave their first-hand perspective on going through the process!

All Photos: David Nager/Alliance

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Peer Training Cycle 63 Graduation

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On Wednesday, November 13, Alliance was proud to celebrate the graduates of our Peer training Cycle 63: Ahrmond Stallworth, Andréa Bijou, Annette Tomlin, Cameron F. Wallace, Charlie Lora, Donna Davenport, Eldra Rodriguez, Gabriel Donovan Hurley, Gary Gray, Jason L. Johnson, Jose Daniel Arocho, Kayshaun Adkins, Kendra Walston, Margarita Fajardo, Miguel Angel Cardona, Queen Mahagony, and Rebecca Zena Slack. Congrats, graduates!

All photos: David Nager/Alliance

Alliance Celebrates Halloween

Alliance held a staff party on Halloween Eve (October 30), as well as festivities on the day of Halloween.

At CASA Washington Heights, we hosted a movie day for participants, and across Manhattan, our Outreach teams dressed festively.

ARK Immigration Clinic at CBST Visits Alliance

On October 31, our friends from the ARK Immigration Clinic at CBST visited our Midtown Central office to learn about several of our core programs. They spoke with members of our Food and Nutrition Services; Care Management; Counseling, Testing, and Referrals (CTR); Basic Needs, Peer training, and Prevention teams. ARK does great work assisting low-income New Yorkers, and we provide services to many of the same individuals, so getting to meet our respective teams is a wonderful way to empower the people we serve.

Photos by David Nager/Alliance