Structural Reform and Advocacy

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
$100,000
Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
$50,000
A two-year grant of $200,000, approved in 2011, for general operating support of the Center, which uses litigation, public policy analysis, education, technical assistance and coalition building to advance and protect the rights of the mentally ill.

Robert Bernstein, PhD, Executive Director
1101 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005-5002

 A one-year grant, approved in 2011, for advocacy and training for adult home residents, and for relocating them to supportive housing.

Geoff Lieberman, Executive Director
c/o Brookdale Center on Aging
425 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Disability Advocates, Inc.
$100,000
 Mental Health Association in New Jersey
$60,000
A two-year grant of $200,000, approved in 2011, for ongoing advocacy and litigation on behalf of the mentally ill in adult homes in the appeal process instigated by New York State because of the favorable judgment for the residents in the trial, Disability Advocates v. Paterson; and for advocacy and litigation for the mentally ill illegally warehoused in nursing homes.

Cliff Zucker, Esq., Executive Director
5 Clinton Square, 3rd Floor
Albany, NY 12207-2201

 A two-year grant of $90,000, approved in 2011, for support, training, and advocacy so that both consumers and providers will use Psychiatric Advance Directives.

Carolyn Beauchamp, President and CEO
88 Pompton Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
MFY Legal Services
$100,000
 National Alliance on Mental Illness/NYC Metro
$50,000
A two-year grant of $200,000, approved in 2011, for continued support of the Adult Home Advocacy Project, which attempts to reform the adult home industry through litigation, outreach, and advocacy for the mentally ill residents in these homes  and in illegal boarding houses.

Jeanette Zelhof, Executive Director
299 Broadway
New York, NY 10007

 A two-year grant of $100,000, approved in 2010, for continued support of the implementation of Timothy’s Law (which mandates parity in mental and physical health coverage for insured employees in small offices) to ensure that consumers and their parents understand their mental-health benefits.

Wendy Brennan, Executive Director
505 8th Avenue, Suite 1103
New York, NY 10018
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
$75,000
 Supportive Housing Network of New York
$65,000
A two-year grant of $150,000, approved in 2010, for continued support of the Legal Education and Advocacy Project for New Yorkers with Mental Disabilities, focusing on the Americans with Disabilities Act as related to welfare.

Henry Freedman, Executive Director
275 7th Avenue, Suite 1506
New York, NY 10001-6708

 A two-year grant of $130,000, approved in 2011, for continued support of the Network’s advocacy, public education, technical assistance, research, policy analysis, and training.

Ted Houghton, Executive Director
247 West 37th Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Urban Justice Center
$150,000
  
 
A two-year grant of $300,000, approved in 2011, for continued support of the Social Security Benefits Restoration Project and for its expansion to disabled veterans, who have been denied benefits because of an outstanding warrant.

Eve Stotland, Project Director
123 William Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10038

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