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May 28, 2024 On Monday, May 20th, the New Jersey Senate passed the Crisis Professionals Day Resolution. The Resolution, originally drafted and requested by NJAMHAA, was passed by the Assembly in April. The Resolution recognizes the fourth Wednesday in May of each year as Crisis Pr...

May 21, 2024 On May 9, 2024, United States Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced S.4312, "a bill to establish a United States Senate Commission on Mental Health for the purpose of providing to Congress and the President independent, expert policy recommendations to improve acces...

May 14, 2024 A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that there were 115,562,603 pills containing fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023, which is 2,30...

May 9, 2024 This week, May 5 - 11, 2024 is Children's Mental Health Awareness Week within Mental Health Awareness Month, and tomorrow, May 9, 2024, is Children's Mental Health Day. Children and young people in this country are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis: Ther...

May 7, 2024 A new report from FAIR Health, Trends in Mental Health Conditions: An Analysis of Private Healthcare Claims, which analyzed more than 46 billion healthcare claim records from 2019 to 2023, found that over that time, the percentage of patients who received medical services ...

May 6, 2024 Over the past two weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued multiple final rules regarding nondiscrimination. The first final rule, titled "Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities", was filed on April 26, 2024, and prohibits d...

May 2, 2024 Reinforce the Fact that New Jerseyans Cannot Wait any Longer for Life Saving Care! Share the Inspiring Success Stories Below and other Examples in your Advocacy for Significantly More Funding in the FY2025 State Budget! "I just wanted to stop using drugs and alco...

April 29, 2024 Governor Phil Murphy has signed a proclamation, as he has repeatedly done in previous years, declaring May of this year as Mental Health Awareness Month. As stated in Governor Murphy's proclamation, "Mental health is an essential part of overall health and well-being,...

April 26, 2024 All Healthcare Staff Need Information Technology Knowledge, Skills and Tools to Ensure Safety and Quality of Care May 1, 2024 Conference Features Experts with Critical Advice and Resources As information technology (IT) continues to evolve and risks to data secu...

April 23, 2024 Saturday, April 20, 2024, marked the 25th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, which claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher. The day before, on Friday, April 19, 2024, a vigil was held in the victim's honor, during which legislators, family members of...

April 22, 2024 Reinforce the Fact that New Jerseyans Cannot Wait any Longer for Life Saving Care! Advocate for Significantly More Investment in the FY2025 State Budget! Debra L. Wentz, PhD, President and CEO of NJAMHAA, and leaders of partner advocacy organizations recently held...

April 19, 2024 On April 18, 2024, leaders from several statewide advocacy organizations held a press conference, New Jerseyans Cannot Wait Any Longer for Life Saving Care, and highlighted compelling examples of the negative impact of long waits for services - many of which are due to ...

April 11, 2024 "We are so fortunate here in New Jersey to have a behavioral health workforce of amazing heroes, a statewide heroic staff whose personal mission is to give so strongly to others …. to ensure that all our Diverse Faces have access to the behavioral health services we d...

April 8, 2024 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General has published a new report, Nursing Home Residents with Endangering Behaviors and Mental Health Disorders May be Vulnerable to Facility-Initiated Discharges, suggesting that more resea...

April 4, 2024 On April 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced policies for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces that make it easier for individuals with low income levels to enroll in coverage; provi...