FY2024 Annual Report

7 NJAMHAA Annual Report FY 2024 State Budget Wins and Advocacy NJAMHAA wins in the FY2024 budget were very significant. All of the workforce priorities enumerated in NJAMHAA’s FY2024 campaign, Diverse Faces: Partners in Care , were included in Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed budget. NJAMHAA then realized additional success with legislative add-ons included in the final budget bill. A n increase of $27 million in state funds for rate and contract increases that will be matched by $10.5 million in federal funding A one-year, $86.75 million investment for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to distribute as follows: $20 million for loan redemption programs for mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) professionals, as well as applied behavioral analysts and private duty nurses, and $1 million for the Bilingual Clinician Stipend Program Up to $60 million for recruitment, retention and training for MH, SUD and intellectual/ developmental disabilities (I/DD) professionals Funding for free certification for peers, community health workers and others $40 million to increase social service provider payments within the Department of Children and Families (DCF), including rates for Child Protection Clinical Services and the Children’s System of Care “ As an executive and a leader in the Legislature, I see that NJAMHAA synthesizes the work we do for policy change and system building. NJAMHAA is a resource for me to understand the impact on services and the nonprofit industry, the systems we need to build out. ” Shavonda Sumter, MBA Member, New Jersey General Assembly; New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Chair; and President and CEO, Children’s Aid and Family Services Of note, the Governor’s proposal also included $36 million to increase the rates paid to providers of services for residents with I/DD, $31.3 million for wage increases for direct support professionals and $10.4 million to address wage compression among supervisors. Legislative add-ons included in the final budget increased funding for the Office of School Linked Services and 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and provided a higher reimbursement rate for supported employment. NJAMHAA’s FY2024 campaign, Diverse Faces: Partners in Care njamha.org/FB/2023-advocacy- piece/index.html