NJAMHAA's FY2025 Campaign, Diverse Faces: All Are Worthy of Full Investment
In January 2024, NJAMHAA launched a new campaign, Diverse Faces: All Are Worthy of Full Investment. It features several compelling examples of how behavioral healthcare and support services — and the workforce who provide them — enable New Jersey's diverse residents to lead the most fulfilling lives possible. It also illustrates the need for substantially increased funding and legislation to ensure that everyone receives the treatment and support they need to recover from mental illnesses and substance use disorders and achieve wellness and other goals.
NJAMHAA strongly encourages everyone to use the campaign brochure and video on their websites and social media pages, and in advocacy to their local legislators.
This campaign builds on previous, successful campaigns, Diverse Faces, Partners in Care and Diverse Faces, Many Lives: New Jerseyans Rely on Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Services to Thrive.
One Page "Leave Behind": FY2025 Budget and Legislative Priorities
New Jersey Legislators
List of State Legislators – This list is alphabetical by Senate then Assembly, but you may sort by Party or District number.
– You can also search for your legislators by municipality at the top of this list.
New Jersey Senate and General Assembly Leadership
New Jersey Senate Committees New Jersey General Assembly Committees
New Jersey Congressional Delegation – House of Representatives
New Jersey Legislation
You may search for legislation by bill number, title, sponsor, key words and more on the New Jersey Legislature’s homepage or here.
Advocacy Materials
Workforce
- Increase to New Jersey's Minimum Wage Requires Investment in Contracts and Medicaid Rates
- COLA Chart 12 Years
- Workforce Issues
Fee-for-Service
- Independent Fee for Service Transition Oversight Board initial report (October, 2019)
- NJAMHAA Membership Survey Results: Deficits in Fee-for-Service Programs
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs)
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National Council for Mental Wellbeing Reports:
AUG. 2021 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and the Justice Systems
MAY 2021 Leading a Bold Shift in Mental Health & Substance Use Care, CCBHC Impact Report (highlights)
MAY 2021 Leading a Bold Shift in Mental Health & Substance Use Care, CCBHC Impact Report (full report)
MAR. 2021 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and County Governments, A National Model Tailored for Local Mental Health and Substance Use Care, (with the National Association of Counties)
MAR. 2020 Hope for the Future, CCBHCs Expanding Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, An Impact Report
Federal Reports
SEPT. 2021 Medicaid Behavioral Health: CMS Guidance Needed to Better Align Demonstration Payment Rates with Costs and Prevent Duplication, U.S. Government Accountability Office
SEPT. 2020 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Demonstration Program: Report to Congress, 2019, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
General
- Business Case for Investment in Behavioral Health
- Flyer - Achieving the Greatest Benefits
- 2016 Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy study: The Economic Contribution of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Industry to the New Jersey Economy
For additional resources on specific bills and policy issues, see: Current Advocacy Issues
