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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 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...

April 2, 2024 New Jersey's Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center (MIHIC), to be located in Trenton, NJ, is part of First Lady Tammy Murphy's Nurture NJ Initiative. It is intended to serve as an anchor for equitable provision of maternal and infant healthcare services, social se...

March 26, 2024 On Saturday, March 23, 2024, President Biden signed HR2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, into law, providing funding for the remaining six regular Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) appropriations bills through the end of the fiscal year, until September 30,...

March 19, 2024 The United States Congress and The White House have until midnight this Friday, March 22, 2024, to pass a spending bill for approximately 70% of the federal government, or a partial government shutdown will be set to...

March 14, 2024 On Monday, March 11, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy released a more than 900-page independent report on the state's COVID-19 response, the first such report of its kind released by any state in the nation. As reported on governing.com, the report found that N...

On March 11, 2024, Mary Abrams, MPP, NJAMHAA's Sr. Health Policy Analyst, testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on the FY2025 Budget. Abrams spoke of the severe strain on the behavioral healthcare workforce as demand, acuity and waiting lists continue to grow. She spoke of the li...

March 11, 2024 President Joe Biden's recent State of the Union address lasted just over an hour and packed in highlights of both his Administration's achievements over the past three years and many proposals and requests to Congress to pass legislation. Importantly, after noting a han...

The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN) has published its 2024 New Jersey Nursing Data & Analysis report, which utilizes data from 2021 through 2023. The report highlights that multiple reports have been released nationally over the past two or three years, which sen...

February 29, 2024 Following the release of Governor Murphy's proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 State Budget, the New JerseySenate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee have announced they will be conducting their respective public hearings on the FY2025 St...

February 28, 2024 The Administration's "single-highest priority" continues to be "investing in the long-term success of our families, our children, our seniors, and every community in New Jersey," stated Governor Phil Murphy in his FY2025 State Budget address earlier today. He detaile...

February 27, 2024 After serving at NJAMHAA for 22 years, initially as Information Technology (IT) Project Director and then Vice President of IT, Human Resources and Administrative Services, June Noto has announced plans to retire ...

February 22, 2024 The National Council for Mental Wellbeing has shared a new report, Health Related Social Needs: An Emerging Opportunity for Behavioral Health, outlining ways to secure and improve funding to expand services addres...

February 20, 2024 On February 15, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy announced the allocation of more than $95 million from New Jersey's Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund, providing funding to support critical programs tackling the opioid crisis; connecting New Jerseyans with tools to redu...

February 15, 2024 A study published this week in JAMA Network Open suggests that familiar scents could help individuals with depression recall specific memories, something that has been identified as a difficulty for those dealing with depression. Kymberly Young, Associate ...

February 13, 2024 A new study, led by scientists at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has identified an area within the brain's frontal cortex that may coordinate animals' responses to potentially traumat...

February 12, 2024 On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), finalized modifications to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder...

February 8, 2024 On Friday, February 2, 2024 New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey will receive nearly $9.5 million from a national settlement with Publicis Health, LLC (Publicis) to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications...