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HHS Announces Increase in Funding to Expand the Availability of CCBHCs Across the Country

Published: Mar 28, 2022
March 28, 2022 On March 24, as reported in a press announcement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through SAMHSA, announced two Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) funding ...

State Legislation Introduced to Ensure Ongoing Progress of Reformed Child Welfare System

Published: Mar 24, 2022
March 24, 2022 Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) and state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) introduced legislation (A3703) that would grant "independent authority to a newly configured Staffing and Oversight Review Committee, which is now overseen by the existin...

NJAMHAA Honors State, Federal Leaders, Statehouse Reporter for Supporting Behavioral Health Care

Updated: Mar 23, 2022
March 23, 2022 Awards to Be Presented during the Spring Conference, Nurturing Diverse Communities, April 5th at Noon The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc. (NJAMHAA) will honor Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, who also serves as Commissioner ...

HHS Will Continue to Fight for Telehealth after Public Health Emergency Ends

Published: Mar 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 Many telehealth flexibilities are tied to the national public health emergency designation, which the U.S. is currently under and which is set to expire on April 16, unless renewed by President Joe Biden. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Be...

NJAMHAA Testifies before New Jersey General Assembly Budget Committee

Published: Mar 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 On March 21, 2022, Debra Wentz, Ph.D., President and CEO of the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies (NJAMHAA), testified before the New Jersey General Assembly Budget Committee. Dr. Wentz's oral testimony focused on the critical status of the ...

Stealth Omicron Subvariant to Become Dominant Strain; Experts Are Not Overly Concerned

Published: Mar 21, 2022
March 21, 2022 The COVID-19 Omicron strain subvariant, BA.2, known as stealth Omicron, is on track to overtake the original Omicron variant as the dominant strain in the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), BA.2 currently accounts for 39% of all...

SAMHSA Announces Funding for Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Programs

Updated: Mar 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced new funding for substance use treatment and prevention programs. The funding will come through two grant programs, totaling $...

Assemblyman Greenwald and Others Introduce Legislative Package Investing in Behavioral Health

Published: Mar 15, 2022
March 15, 2022 A Legislative Package of six bills was introduced on Thursday, March 10, 2022 by Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-Camden, Burlington), along with a number of his fellow Assembly members, that aims to more comprehensively meet the mental healthcare needs of New Jersey resi...

$641M of Opioid Settlement Funds to Be Allocated for Treatment, Harm Reduction, Prevention Services

Published: Mar 14, 2022
March 14, 2022 Governor Phil Murphy announced today that New Jersey will receive $641 million in the massive $26 billion opioid manufacturer and distributer settlement that was recently finalized. He also announced that the funds will be allocated over the next 16 years to confront...

Diverse Individuals Share Positive Impact of Behavioral Healthcare Services

Published: Mar 14, 2022
March 14, 2022 NJAMHAA Calls for More Funding to Create New Opportunities for All New Jersey Residents "I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia…everything shut down for me. With [everyone at] Oaks Integrated Care, I was able to get back to living a normal life…[Now] I feel I...

HHS Announces Nearly $35 M in Funding Opportunities to Strengthen Youth Mental Health Supports

Published: Mar 10, 2022
March 10, 2022 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the ...

NJAMHAA Receives NAADAC Approval as an Education Provider

Updated: Mar 9, 2022
March 9, 2022 NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, has approved NJAMHAA as an education provider. This status identifies NJAMHAA's "program as meeting nationally approved standards of education developed for the ...

Several NJAMHAA Priorities Addressed in Governor Murphy’s Budget Address

Published: Mar 8, 2022
March 8, 2022 Statement from Debra L. Wentz, PhD, President and CEO While Governor Murphy only briefly touched on mental health and substance use treatment investments in statements during his budget address today, digging deeper into the State of New Jersey Budget in Brief Summar...

White House Seeks Congressional Approval for Further COVID-19 Funds

Published: Mar 8, 2022
March 8, 2022 Funding for federal COVID-19 programs has almost run out nearly a year after the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Programs that bolster COVID-19 testing supplies, guarantee uninsured Americans COVID-19 treatment, purchase antibody treatments and prevent...

DMAHS Posts 1115 Waiver Renewal Application

Published: Mar 7, 2022
March 7, 2022 The New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) has posted the 1115 Waiver Demonstration renewal application that they recently submitted to the Centers for Medicare ...
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