The following press release was issued by the Department of Human Services earlier this morning. It includes a quote from The Arc of New Jersey's Executive Director Tom Baffuto.
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SAMHSA announces the release of the Spanish translation of the fact sheet, Finding Quality Treatment for Substance Use Disorders.
The SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit offers information and facts from literature and links to resources to prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths.
Free full day training opportunity for municipal officials, staff, and the public focused on building capacity to embark on a connected and coordinated effort to advance implementation of complete streets at the municipal level.
Must have an initiative/program/project/campaign/product that is demonstrated to effectively impact social determinants of health (where people live, work, learn, play and pray) by addressing health inequities and disparities in vulnerable communities.
There is an important opportunity for your organization to ensure that every American is trained in Mental Health First Aid. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released two funding announcements totaling almost $59 million to fund Mental Health First Aid projects.
Please read the May edition of the Stigma Free Zone New of New Jersey, a grassroots mental health newsletter.
The Community Grants Program (CGP) of the New Jersey Healthy Communities Network is looking to add three part-time consultants to its team of six coaches to assist in the implementation of its small grants program.
Over 20.2 million adults had a substance use disorder in 2017. Mental Health America (MHA)’s groundbreaking report on mental health in the workplace, Mind the Workplace, found that an estimated 1 in 3 adults use drugs or alcohol to deal with workplace stress.
Dating Matters®: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) free 60-minute, interactive training designed to help educators, youth-serving organizations, and others working with teens understand the risk factors and warning signs associated with teen dating violence.
In honor of Maternal Health Awareness Day, we are pleased to announce that The Partnership, in collaboration with Hackensack University Medical Center, will be providing a full day conference for health professionals.
Researchers in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)’s Division of Intramural Research Programs (IRP) developed and recently shared a free resource—the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) toolkit.
Please click to view all of the resources related to talking to children and assisting your communities' response to mass shootings and other violent events.
