NY Project Hope (NYPH) is a NYS Office of Mental Health program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

NYPH helps New Yorkers manage and cope with changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers an emotional support helpline, access to crisis counselors, educational materials, and trusted referrals. 

CPI worked closely with OMH to develop a variety of resources and training materials for the public and NYPH crisis counselors. Working with subject matter experts, course developers, animators and videographers, CPI coordinated the development of over two dozen videos and modules.

We’re pleased to announce that one of these training modules - “Your Role as a Crisis Counselor” - has won a Silver Davey 

Award in the category "Features-Best Use of Video/Moving Images for Websites". This module uses interactivity, text, animations and videos to teach crisis counselors to use core skills - listen, validate, share and plan. Click here to visit the Davey Awards website.

Previous awards include a Gold Summit Creative Award in the Education Website category for “Your Role as a Crisis Counselor” and a Bronze Telly Award in Craft-Videography/Cinematography for “PTSD and Trauma”.

Training materials developed for NYPH crisis counselors are also useful to other practitioners. These materials include recorded webinars and interactive online modules.

To access these materials:

• Log into the Learning Community using your username and password at: https://rfmh.csod.com/client/rfmh/default.aspx
• Click on "Browse for Training"
• Click on "New York Project Hope Training"

Videos and resources developed for the public can be found here on the NYPH website https://nyprojecthope.org/understand/

You can learn more about NYPH at https://nyprojecthope.org