Jan 28 Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids Recap

January 29, 2020

Report back from The Campaign for Health Minds, Healthy Kids first Advocacy Day on 2/28 in ALbany where NYS Council staff were on hand to represent the concerns of children and youth served by our amazing member organizations that perform herculean feats each day and no matter what!

THANK YOU to all NYS Council members serving children, youth and families.  We stand behind you and will fight like never before to secure resources for you and your kids/families.

Summary: 

In the lead up to the rally, the Campaign secured coverage in Crain’s Health Pulse in addition to a number of morning newsletters including City & State First Read and First Read Tonight.

On the day of the rally, CBS6 ran an excellent segment previewing the rally and the Campaign for Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids, and another segment on the rally and behavioral health crisis in the evening featuring Dr. Jennifer Havens and Ronald Richter. Capital Tonight also attended and produced a segment on the rally and Campaign, with interviews from Christina Hauptman and Amanda Davidson.

In addition, Politico’s Shannon Young attended and covered the launch (attached as a PDF). Her story was included in the New York Politico Pro Health Care newsletter this morning.We expect to see additional coverage from the Legislative Gazette coming out today.  Please let us know if you have any questions.