News & Events
Staten Island Performing Provider System and Partners Announce $4 Million Investment From The Secure Future Project and Northwell Health to Combat The Opioid Crisis
Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone Announce Plans to Explore the Adoption of this Innovative Program in Their Jurisdictions Staten Island, NY, NOVEMBER [10], 2021 - In the face of an unprecedented 50% increase in overdose...
2022 Behavioral Health Planning Symposium
On Wednesday, November 3rd from 12:00-4:00pm in the Persimmon Room at the Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island PPS hosted the 2022 Behavioral Health Planning Symposium. It was an in-person, behavioral health planning session in which current trends and challenges were...
The Staten Island Regional Substance Use Network (SI Network) Receives State Opioid Response (SOR) Funding to Implement a Multi-organizational Substance Use Disorder Services Initiative in Staten Island
The Staten Island Regional Substance Use Network (SI Network) is aiming to use State opioid response (SOR) funding to support and implement a multi-organizational substance use disorder services initiative in the borough of Staten Island. The vision is for agencies...
FREE Training Opportunity: Become a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)
The current Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) class has started, but if you are interested in future CRPA trainings, please email lisa.spagnola@csi.cuny.edu.
DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth
DEA Warns that International and Domestic Criminal Drug Networks are Flooding the United States with Lethal Counterfeit Pills WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the...
In the News: “Fentanyl Test Strips as a Form of Harm Reduction: Study Outcomes”
Congratulations to our Director of Clinical Engagement, Nadeen Makhlouf and Chief Medical Officer, Salvatore Volpe, for their feature in Behavioral Health News! “Fentanyl Test Strips in the Form of Harm Reduction: Study Outcomes” focuses on the harm reduction program,...