Advocacy Resources
NJAMHAA's current advocacy piece, Invest in a Healthy New Jersey, 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.
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.
Legislative Handbook
Legislator Locator
- List of legislative districts by county, with links to legislators for each.
- This link will take you to the New Jersey Legislature's main members page where you can choose to search for legislators by name, municipaltiy or legislative district.
Advocacy Materials
NJAMHAA Advocacy Piece 2020: Invest in a Healthy New Jersey
- NJAMHAA Membership Survey Results: Deficits in Fee-for-Service Programs
- One-pager: Budget, Legislative, and Administrative Recommendations (December 2019)
- Increase to New Jersey's Minimum Wage Requires Investment in Contracts and Medicaid Rates
- Children's System of Care White Paper on Critical Workforce Issues
- Gubernatorial Briefing Paper
- Reinvestment Paper
- Transition to a Fee-for-Service System
- Transition to a Fee-for-Service System – Executive Summary
- 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)
Other Policy Documents
- Business Case for Investment in Behavioral Health
- COLA Chart 12 Years
- Flyer - Achieving the Greatest Benefits
- Workforce Issues
- 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
