FY2025-Annual-Report

NJAMHAA Annual Report FY 2025 33 Conferences andWebinars Aim to Strengthen the Behavioral Health System andWorkforce In FY2025, NJAMHAA hosted four in-person conferences, two of which offered virtual participation as an option. The in-person Fall Conference, Innovate, Integrate & Illuminate , featured Kenneth S. Thompson, MD, Medical Director, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Leadership Council, as the keynote. In his presentation, Innovative Approaches for Expanding Access to Mental Health Services and Supports, he described examples of effective innovations in a range of service and policy areas. For the plenary session, leaders from the New Jersey Department of Human Services highlighted many examples of the effectiveness of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) and plans to expand this model statewide. On November 8, 2024, NJAMHAA and its Integrated Case Management Services (ICMS) Practice Group hosted a hybrid conference, Navigating Change . Highlights were a keynote presentation in which Stephanie Marcello, PhD, Assistant Vice President of Academics, Integration and Innovation, Behavioral Research and Training Institute and Chief Psychologist, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, shared strategies for creating safe and healing environments, and reinforced the importance of self-care and self- compassion. This event also featured presentation of Case Manager of the Year Awards, which adds to the morale-boosting value of the conference. Fall Conference 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton Princeton 4355 US Route 1, Ridge Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540 Dr. Kenneth S. Thompson, Keynote Presenter Stephanie Marcello, PhD Department of Human Services (DHS) leaders discussed the effectiveness of CCBHCs. Pictured left to right: Valerie Mielke, MSW, Deputy Commissioner for Health Services, DHS; Vicki Fresolone, LCSW, LCADC, Chief of Integrated Care, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Robert Durborow, BS, Chief Financial Officer, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services ICMS CONFERENCE 2024 FEA Conference Center 12 Centre Dr., Monroe Township, NJ 08831 Navigating Change