NJAMHAA-FY21-annual-report

15 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Practice Group Chair: Jacques Hryshko, MS, LPC, NJAMHAA Board Vice Chair and Executive Director, Family Connections Vice Chair: Steve Marchiano, MBA, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties This group held many discussions on the impact of the pandemic on revenues, including resources made available from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, Provider Relief Fund, Paycheck Protection Program, Federal Communications Commission and other grants, and had Kyle Neeld, CPA, PSA, CGMA, Managing Director, Nonprofit Services Team, Mercadien Group, present on Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness, Reporting Requirements. The group also heard from Linda Schwimmer, JD, President and CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, on New Jersey Small Employer Market and Health Care Affordability. In addition, the CFO Practice Group conducted a new salary benchmarking survey as it had been three years since the last one. Participation in this useful resource grew to 38 organizations, up from 21 in the 2017 survey. Another survey was conducted on potential takebacks by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to determine how many member organizations would be impacted if the takebacks occurred. Subsequent advocacy on this issue has been successful with DMHAS, whose leadership is working to find a creative solution to prevent losses. Children’s Practice Group Co-Chairs: NJAMHAA Board Members Mary Jo Buchanan, MPA, LCSW, Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Partnership for Children, and Alan DeStefano, MSW, Executive Director, Cape Atlantic Integrated Network for Kids The Children’s Practice Group hosted many guests, including Dave Ellis, Office of Resilience, Department of Children and Families (DCF); Meredith Blount, Executive Director of NAMI-NJ, who presented on programs, some of which are geared toward the parents of children either diagnosed with behavioral or mental disorders or exhibiting challenging behaviors; DCF Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer, MSW, and Assistant Commissioner Mollie Greene, MA, CADC, to discuss several topics, including the FY2022 State Budget, the School- Based Youth Services Program, staff safety and the transfer of Applied Behavior Analyst services to Managed Care; and Sean M. Benoit, Esq., Community Health Law Project, who presented on special education law and the impact of a recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling (Opinion 57). Evidence Based Practices (EBP) Practice Group Co-Chairs: Elizabeth O’Callaghan, BA, CADC, Training and Consultation Specialist, and Anna Marie Toto, EdM, Program Analyst, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, both at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care This is the newest practice group, established last year in response to a proposal by Anna Marie Toto. The mission is to fill in the GAPS: Goals to be accomplished; Agency EBP Implementation Issues; Practice opportunities between meetings; and Shared experiences and reference materials. The group is conducting a survey on the use of specific EBPs in clinical settings to better understand the most utilized practices and assist with addressing gaps in clinical services, as well as to identify how the use of EBPs is sustained and providers’ training needs. Discussions focus on planning for EBP outcomes, organizational readiness, variables that enhance and hinder EBP implementation at agencies, how providers know that EBPs are functioning well in their organizations, the research-to-practice gap and implementation science. Guests recently presented on a Camden-based EBP implementation initiative focused on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.