FY 2020 annual report

A Y E A R L I K E N O O T H E R 19 As soon as I came to live and work in New Jersey, I learned about NJAMHAA and became involved. NJAMHAA provides so many services: advocacy, information, training, education, supports. It’s a true benefit to nonprofit mental health agencies. – Cynthia Heller, LCSW Chief Executive Officer, Circle of Care for Families & Children of Passaic County, Inc. • Partnering to Improve Population Health, planned and presented with the Hospital Com- munity Integration Council (HCIC) on November 18, 2019, which highlighted successful partner- ships between hospital-based and freestanding providers and encouraged other organizations to establish similar alliances. The program in- cluded a presentation on interoperability, data collection and real-time access to data and a panel discussion by hospital-based and free- standing behavioral healthcare providers on the successes of their partnerships, as well as challenges they have overcome. Workshops • Opportunities with Private Equity Firms, present- ed on January 23, 2020 by Ann Clemency Kohler, MCRP, who previously served as Executive Direc- tor of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors; Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services; and Director, New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services In addition, the IT Project hosted a series of webi- nars and workshops, which are detailed in the IT Project section of this report, beginning on page 24. The following workshops were presented virtually as they took place during the coronavirus crisis: • Improve Your Resilience by Upgrading Your Personal Operating System, presented by Anne Collier, MPP, JD, PCC, Chief Executive Officer of Arudia, on May 14, 2020 • Clinical Expertise Series, launched May 21, 2020 with topics including mindfulness-based stress reduction, ethics and professional boundaries, gender/transgender issues in clinical work set- tings and motivational interviewing. • Coping with Provider-Related Grief and Loss , presented by Barry Jacobs, PsyD, a clinical psy- chologist and Principal of Health Management Associates, on May 28, 2020 NJAMHAA’s and its IT Project’s annual conferences were postponed to October and will be held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. NJAMHAA will be using a sophisticated virtual platform in order to not miss a beat in helping providers to succeed in the “new normal”.