ASAPNYS

ASAP Covid 19

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, please be advised that the ASAP offices are closed and our staff is working remotely from home.

ASAP, representing substance use disorders prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery programs across New York State, issued the following statement in response to the murder of George Floyd and the harm being caused by racism in communities across the USA.

ASAP’s Corona Virus Helpline – Updated Daily. To help address concerns and questions arising in the field about the Corona virus, ASAP has created an e-mail resource to serve as a central communication vehicle. CoronaHelpLine@asapnys.org will be monitored by ASAP, used to identify questions and concerns, and will be a vehicle to directly respond to all e-mail questions. We have been encouraged to emphasize the importance of having a key contact person at your LOCAL county/city Department of Health to get current information or to respond to your questions and concerns. The ASAP e-mail is not a substitute for the immediate actions and communications that should take place locally. We are here to provide additional information and support. ASAP hosts daily Corona Virus Zoom Meetings at 10:30 am. Click here to obtain the Zoom meeting information. ASAP will no longer be hosting a provider Zoom meeting on Wednesdays, effective June 10, 2020. In place of our Wednesday meetings, all ASAP members are invited to participate in an ongoing webinar series hosted by OPEN MINDS. The webinar series is a part the Coalition for Behavioral Health’s Business Recovery Initiative, and is funded by the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust. Each Wednesday’s webinar requires pre-registration.

A gift to the ASAP SUPPORTS FUND will provide immediate support for ASAP as it deals with unexpected costs and unforeseen circumstances in supporting the education and support of our providers across New York State. We stand together as we face this pandemic. ASAP’s mission is to provide the leadership and voice to the perils of Substance abuse and behavioral health issues. Here we are now faced with a double pandemic—–addiction and COVID 19. The opioid epidemic has taken thousands of lives, and now our vulnerable population is also faced with COVID-19. We believe that generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad. We must press forward TOGETHER. We must press forward as ONE. We ask you to support the work of ASAP, especially now, starting today! Click here to make a donation.

For questions, please contact:
John Coppola, Executive Director, jcoppola@asapnys.org
Sherry LaFountain, Director of Events Management, Marketing & Development, slafountain@asapnys.org
Kyle Plaske, Public Policy Coordinator. kplaske@asapnys.org
Elisabeth Kranson, NYCB Director of Certification, ekranson@asapnys.org
Cathie Gifford, NYCB Program Associate, cgifford@asapnys.org
Ruth Riddick, NYCB Community Outreach & Communications, rriddick@asapnys.org
Lou Desso, Special Assistant to Executive Director, ldesso@asapnys.org
Marvin Helf, Accountant, mhelf@asapnys.org