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Advance your
Careers and Strengthen
Staff Retention with the
New Jersey Mental Health
Institute (NJMHI)
Leadership Academy for
Behavioral Healthcare
Professionals!
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Future
Leaders: Gain the
Knowledge, Skills and
Guidance you Need to
Succeed in your Career
Advancement!
- Each of you will be
matched with a mentor
from the behavioral
healthcare field and a
coach from another
industry to benefit from
their diverse expertise,
perspectives and
experiences!
- You will have monthly
sessions, either in
person or virtual, with
your coaches and mentors!
- Plus, the New Jersey
Mental Health Institute
will host additional
presentations to further
enhance the value of your
Academy experience and
expand your future career
potential!
Executives:
Your Staff, Organizations
and the Entire Behavioral
Healthcare System Will
Gain Tremendous
Benefit!
- Reinforce staff
retention and your
organization's long-term
sustainability!
- Apply to serve as
mentors and encourage
your staff to participate
as mentees! (Details for
mentees are farther
below.)
Also
encourage colleagues in
other industries to apply
to serve as
coaches!
Hear what
previous Mentors and
Mentees have said about
the program:
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"Being a leader or
manager requires a lot
of a person. We need to
make sure that people
have the right tools,
support and mindset to
take on the
responsibility
successfully. And
that's what this
program is designed to
do . . . As a coach for
the NJMHI Leadership
Academy, I see how this
investment in managers
- our future leaders -
is already resulting in
more leadership
confidence and skill.
The program is
well-rounded and
structured for maximum
impact." - Anne E.
Collier, MPP, JD, PCC,
Leadership Academy
Coach, CEO,
Arudia.Click
here to
watch a video in which
Anne shares additional
details about the value
of this program and her
mentees' successes, as
well as the value of
serving as a coach.
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"When I started
this program, I was
struggling as a leader,
especially being a
supervisor of people
who were my peers. My
mentor and coach were
very supportive and
provided me with
guidance and lots of
encouragement to be a
better leader and
improve my staff."
- Marinell
Brzostowski, 2022-2023
Leadership Academy
Mentee.
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"The Leadership
Academy is providing
experiences and
insights to build
leaders of the future
for New Jersey's
behavioral health
system. Participants in
the program are leaders
or aspiring leaders
with great skills,
character and
commitment; leaders who
can turn challenges
into opportunities;
leaders who are
confident in their
ability to do the right
thing at the right time
for the greater good .
. . The Leadership
Academy is a valuable
tool in our toolbox for
improving behavioral
health care for New
Jersey residents."
- Kendria
McWilliams, MBA,
Leadership Academy
Mentor, Chair, NJMHI
Board of Trustees, CEO,
Maryville Addiction
Treatment Center. Click
here to
watch a video in which
Kendria shares
additional details
about the value of this
program
This is a highly
impactful, cost-effective
investment to make not
only in staff members'
professional development,
but also in your
organizations and the
individuals you
serve!
Apply to
participate in the third
cohort that will begin in
September.
Click
here
for all
program details and
applications.
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988 Calls, Texts,
and Chats Continue to
Increase Two Years after
Launch
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A new analysis from KFF
has examined the latest
data on the usage of the
988 National Suicide and
Crisis Hotline since its
launch in July 2022. As
shared by KFF, since the
launch, 988 has received
10.8 million combined
calls, texts, and chats.
The KFF analysis of
federal data shows that
in May 2024, monthly 988
contacts exceeded
500,000, an increase of
about 33% from a year
ago, and an 80% increase
since May 2022.
Key takeaways from this
KFF analysis include
- Since the launch in
July 2022, 988 has
received 10.8 million
calls, texts, and chats.
In May 2024, monthly
contacts exceeded half a
million, up about
one-third from a year ago
and 80% since May 2022.
Despite increased demand
for 988 services,
national answer rates
improved and wait times
decreased, though some
gains slipped in the
second year.
- State-level call
volume and in-state
answer rates vary widely
across states. Monthly
call volume increased in
all states-ranging from
25% to 185% since launch
- and the most recent
in-state answer rates
ranged from 64% to 97% in
May 2024.
- Ten states have added
telecom fees to provide
more sustainable funding
for local 988 crisis call
centers, which may help
centers keep up with the
rising call volumes.
- Developments in 988
policy and crisis service
policy include potential
changes in 988 routing
(georouting), continued
expansion of mobile
crisis and short-term
crisis stabilization
facilities, enhanced
technology and
infrastructure to connect
988 with other crisis and
emergency services, and
growth of specialized
services for certain
populations.
- 988 metrics are
available online through
Lifeline, though these
data tend to be somewhat
limited. Some states are
using dashboards to
provide additional data
that may help to inform
efforts to address
suicide rates in their
states.
Additionally, Carelon,
which manages crisis call
centers in nine states,
including New Jersey,
published a
blog
detailing the work their
crisis counselors do.
Click
here to
access the KFF analysis
and for more information.
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