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The Work Study Program for students in mental health was co-sponsored by MHANYS and the State University of New York (SUNY) under which students from the State University of New York at Albany carried out paid or volunteer work in mental health institutions or community centers while taking related courses and seminars at the university.

The Transitions Training subseries includes documents related to this training program prepared by MHANYS for the New York State Office of Mental Health serving persons with mental illness returning to their communities from state prisons.

Advocacy Training Records from training programs to assist persons carrying out advocacy on behalf of mental health issues with New York State Government, including evaluation by participants of a training program on political advocacy carried out by MHANYS, and kits and documents to assist persons carrying out advocacy on mental health issues.

The Supported Education subseries includes documents related to the reintegration into post-secondary education of young adults with serious mental problems, prepared by Four Winds Center, Saratoga Springs, New York.

This subseries includes a database listing of self help organizations, dual diagnosis documents regarding a training course for dealing with people who have co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and housing and independent living material. This includes an agreement between MHANYS and a participant in the SHC, Housing Opportunities Made Easier (H.O.M.E.) regarding local provision of service and proposal by Associated Independent living centers of NY (AILCNY) to New York OMH to establish a self help clearinghouse. In addition, there is correspondence about an education conference regarding Lifelong Learning for Adults with Disabilities, correspondence related to the Growing Wiser Program of mental health for elder citizens, evaluation sheets for monitoring the effectiveness of the SHC program, local SHC records, correspondence related to legal services in connection with SHC, correspondence regarding grants from MHANYS to local SHC groups for purchase of library materials, information regarding use of the Internet by SHC program, correspondence and other documents regarding Schizophrenics Anonymous training program for SHC participants, information regarding teleconference on self help issues, guide to selection of self help methods developed by MHANYS and MHA- Ulster County library lists, studies, surveys and evaluations, documents related to work of student interns for SHC, external studies on the self help process, and use of internet for self help.