Emily Childress

New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

Founded in 1981, NYAPRS' goal has been to help connect and unite the people associated with these diverse groups, building on their shared dedication to public policy reforms that advance recovery, rehabilitation, rights, peer support, community integration and cultural competence, and the development of innovative, high quality recovery services and supports. NYAPRS Board of Directors and staff are comprised of a peer-led mix of people who use and/or provide a broad array of recovery-centered services who are dedicated to the people, principles and programs that make up New York's mental health recovery and rehabilitation community. NYAPRS members include a broad diversity of community mental health service agencies, practitioners, peers and advocates who share a common fundamental belief in the expectation of recovery, healing and independence for every individual with a psychiatric disability or diagnosis. Through our individual and organizational memberships, we reach over 20,000 individuals who currently receive recovery, rehabilitation and peer supported services.