URGENT: Use NJAMHAA's Campaign to Advocate for Increased Funding in the FY2025 State Budget to Support the Behavioral Health Workforce and Services New Jerseyans Need!

To: Members and other Stakeholders

URGENT

Use NJAMHAA's Campaign to Advocate

for Increased Funding in the

FY2025 State Budget to Support the Behavioral Health Workforce

and Services New Jerseyans Need!

Share Shauna's and others' Stories to Illustrate the Life-Saving Value of Behavioral Health Care!

“After a suicide attempt, I went to Carrier Clinic, where I underwent a major transformation and I observed others transform — from withdrawn, angry and unwilling to participate in therapeutic activities to opening up and embracing all that the Carrier Clinic team offered."

Shauna Moses

Vice President, Public Affairs

and Member Services

New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies (NJAMHAA)

Click here to hear Shauna share her story.

Share JP and Adiba's, as Well as Your Own Perspectives as Providers to Reinforce the Invaluable Impact you and the Services you Provide Have on the Individuals and Families You Serve!

"I just want to be the person that I wish I had when I was their age. I struggled through so much...Even if I can just be there and let them know that they are here and they are heard and they are loved, that they belong, that, to me, is all that matters because I promised myself that if I ever got through those moments in my life, I would be that for somebody else."

JP Pedoto, LSW

Pride+, Program Coordinator and Clinician

Family Connections

Click here to hear more about JP and his dedication to helping others in the LGBTQIA+ community.

“To help someone get stable and to empower someone to regain control of their lives, it’s very, very rewarding. If we didn’t do it, who would?

"Everyone can experience mental illness and people need help now more than ever.

“I am proud of the work we do.”

Adiba Saleem, LSW

Manager, Acute Partial Hospitalization

AtlantiCare Behavioral Health

Click here to watch

a video in which Adiba shares more about the value of services that she and her

team provide.

Everyone's Advocacy Is Needed Now

and Every Day until the FY2025 State Budget is Passed!

Please share Shauna, JP and Angelica's and others' inspiring stories in advocacy to your local legislators!

Click here to read more success stories in NJAMHAA's campaign brochure and here to watch additional videos that feature more inspiring examples of the value of behavioral healthcare services and the workforce who provides them.

Click here to view a full list of NJAMHAA’s FY2025 Budget priorities and reach out to your legislators today!

Please share these links on your websites and social media pages!

Also, please encourage your staff, Board members, other colleagues, friends and family members to advocate!

Thank you for joining NJAMHAA in this critical advocacy effort!