FW: IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED: ASAP Seeks Data to Support Our Request for Funding in the 2015-16 NYS Budget
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Subject: IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED: ASAP Seeks Data to Support Our Request for Funding in the 2015-16 NYS Budget
Dear ASAP Coalition Members, Reps. & Presidents: We are urgently seeing data to support out request for funding in the 2015-2016 NYS budget. Please forward the survey below to your coalition members and urge them to complete as soon as possible and return to me at kcam...@asapnys.org
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Kathleen
Kathleen Campbell
Public Policy Director
ASAPNYS
11 North Pearl Street – Suite 801
Albany, NY 12207
Cell: (518) 250-8581
Office: (518) 426-3122 ext 102
Fax: (518) 426-1046
Email: kcam...@asapnys.org
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED: ASAP Seeks Data to Support Our Request for Funding in the 2015-16 NYS Budget
ASAP has been meeting with the NYS Division of Budget and legislative staff to press for more funding for prevention, treatment, and recovery support services providers. One of the questions we have been asked is about the existence of waiting lists, the existence of space in existing facilities that might be used to expand treatment, and the availability of treatment capacity in all levels of care that would lend itself to expanded services, particularly to address the prescription opiate/heroin epidemic.
Please help us by responding to the following questions. (Please feel free to circulate this to other programs)
Name of your agency and OASAS program: ______________________________
Do you provide ___ prevention, ___ treatment, ___ recovery support services? (Place an “X” next to each that pertains)
1. Waiting Lists
Does your treatment program have a waiting list? ___ Yes ___ No
If Yes, how many people are on your waiting list?
If Yes, can you reduce the waiting list without funding from NYS? ___ Yes ___ No
If you need funding to reduce your waiting list, how much? _______
How much of your funding is for one-time capital or start-up costs? ______
2. Existing Space
Do you have space in your facilities for additional treatment capacity? ___ Yes ___ No
If you are a residential program, how many beds would your available space accommodate? ____
If you are an outpatient program, how many additional people would you be able to serve in the available space? ___
Would you need funding for one-time capital or start-up costs? ___ Yes ___ No
If Yes, how much? ____
3. Existing Treatment Capacity
Are you licensed to treat more people than are included in your “funded capacity”? ___ Yes ___ No
How many more people could you treat without exceeding your licensed capacity? ____
Would you need funding for one-time capital or start-up costs to expand the number of clients you are serving? ___ Yes ___ No
If Yes, how much? ____
4. Additional Issue
Another issue that ASAP is addressing is that some treatment providers that are currently using the APG billing system are not being reimbursed at the APG rates. This issue has been identified as one that is primarily or exclusively affecting hospital-based programs.
Are you billing using the APG system but not being paid an APG rate? ___ Yes ___ No
If Yes, how much is your program in arrears as a result? ______
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE. Please contact Kathleen Campbell, ASAP Director of Public Policy, if you have any questions.
Kathleen Campbell
Public Policy Director
ASAPNYS
11 North Pearl Street – Suite 801
Albany, NY 12207
Cell: (518) 250-8581
Office: (518) 426-3122 ext 102
Fax: (518) 426-1046
Email: kcam...@asapnys.org