Advocacy Resources
NJAMHAA Advocacy Piece 2021: Building a Bridge to a Better Future
NJAMHAA's current advocacy piece, Building a Bridge to a Better Future, reinforces the need for the community behavioral system to be sufficiently funded in order to continue to serve as the safety net for New Jersey’s most vulnerable residents of all ages throughout the many systemic changes taking place and beyond. It highlights the messages we have been communicating about the transition to fee-for-service, as well as advocacy points that specif-ically relate to adult mental health, substance use and children’s service providers.
One Page "Leave Behind": NJAMHAA FY2021/FY2022 Budget and Policy Priorities
New Jersey Legislators
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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)
- New Jersey’s CCBHCs – Impact and Need for Extension
- CCBHC Letter to Congressional Delegation Feb 2019
- August 2019: A Looming Crisis Threatens Access to Opioid Addiction Care (Extend CCBHC Demonstration)
- Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (S.1905/H.R. 3931) - fact sheet
- Bridging the Addiction Treatment Gap: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (May 2018 report)
- New Jersey CCBHC Summary (November 2017 survey results)
- CCBHC Demonstration Results (November 2017 survey results)
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
Innovating for Progress, Partnering for Solutions, NJAMHAA's current identity piece, illustrates the tremendous benefits that NJAMHAA members provide through the quality and effectiveness of services that save lives and greatly enhance quality of life. The publication also highlights the fiscal value of these services by being cost-effective; preventing the need for much higher-cost healthcare services and other consequences of lack of or delayed treatment; and contributing directly to the state’s economy through employment, purchases, taxes and fees.
