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General Links| Assistance
with Your Prescriptions | Government
The Regional Food Bank offers a food buying cooperative open to all in the community - Extra Helpings. Each month a menu of food packages is available for ordering and purchase. There is no age or income requirement and more information can be found at the Regional Food Bank's website.
Association for Community Living
www.aclnys.org
National
Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org
Mental Health Association in NYS
www.mhanys.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness in New York State
www.naminys.org
Step out of the silence
www.stepoutofthesilence.org
Mental Health Empowerment Project
www.mhepinc.org
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.afsp.org
www.suicidolgy.org
Dr. Grohol’s Mental Health Page
www.psychcentral.com/grohol.htm
The
Carter Center
www.cartercenter.org/healthprograms/program6.htm
Hannah's Hope Fund
www.hannahshopefund.org
National Mental Health Consumers Self
Help Clearinghouse
www.mhselfhelp.org
National Association of Rights, Protection
& Advocacy
www.connix.com
Guide to Mental Health, Psychology &
Psychiatry
www.mentalhelp.net
Information on community support groups
www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp
Listing of disabilities, resources, chats,
bulletin boards and professional links - www.supportpath.com
Databases, consumer-survivor information,
publications, programs
www.mentalhealth.org
Families Together in NYS
– parent run, unified voce for
children with disorders - www.ftnys.org
Commission on Quality Care
www.cqc.state.ny.us
Assistance with Your Prescriptions
Pfizer Launches Free Medicines Program For Newly Unemployed Americans:
Press Release | Fact Sheet
Pfizer Helpful Answers® ( This is one example of an industry program. All the existing industry programs are accessible through the umbrella program PPA)
For over 20 years, Pfizer has been helping patients in need get access to Pfizer medicines. Today, this help is provided through Pfizer Helpful Answers – a family of programs to help people without prescription coverage save on many Pfizer medicines, no matter their age or income. details
Together Rx Access® (Expanded income levels announced March 19, 2009)
The Together Rx Access Card was created by many of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies, to help hardworking Americans and their families gain access to immediate and meaningful savings on prescription products right at their neighborhood pharmacy. details | E-Newsletter
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is a service sponsored by America's pharmaceutical research companies to help patients in need get access to prescription medicines. The PPA provides a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs that could provide help with more than 2,500 brand-name medicines, including a wide range of generics. For more information about the Partnership for Prescriptions visit www.pparx.org or call 1-888-4PPA-Now. (Patients have access to live operators and potential translations of 150 languages to help navigate them to the programs most appropriate for them.)
New York State Health Products Council Chart (Updated 2007):
See attached chart updated in 2007 by the New York State Health Products Council entitled, Prescription Coverage Options for New Yorkers: http://www.nyhpc.org/pdf/Coverage.pdf.
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO MAKE DRUGS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOWER-INCOME NEW YORKERS WITH FREE PRESCRIPTION DRUG CARD
State Now Accepting Applications for New York Prescription Saver Card
More Than 2,500 Pharmacies Statewide to Provide Discounts Beginning April 1
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STATE ANNOUNCES NEW CONSUMER WEBSITE TO HELP NEW YORKERS FIND LEAST EXPENSIVE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Website Enables Consumers to Search Neighborhood Pharmacies for Best Price
details
Government
National
Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
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