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Future of New Jersey's Behavioral Health Industry Discussed at Virtual Town Hall

Unorganized workers joined AFSCME members, leaders and legislative allies during a recent virtual town hall to celebrate a 

Future of New Jersey's Behavioral Health Industry Discussed at Virtual Town Hall

New Report: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting People’s Mental Health and Substance Use

A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted people’s mental health and raised new barriers for those suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders.

Among the key conclusions:

New Report: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting People’s Mental Health and Substance Use

Governor signs labor peace bill for New Jersey behavioral health workers

Behavioral health workers across New Jersey are starting off the new year with a huge legislative victory that was years in the making.

Governor signs labor peace bill for New Jersey behavioral health workers

CCBHC Funding and Other Wins in Recent COVID-19 Relief Bill from Congress

AFSCME members and United We Heal activists have been working hard for far too many months to help pass necessary additional COVID-19 economic relief legislation.

CCBHC Funding and Other Wins in Recent COVID-19 Relief Bill from Congress

Lucy Eddy shows compassion, love to those with developmental disabilities

The people who live at the Abbott Road house in Ithaca, New York, vary in age, in race and in their backgrounds. However, what they all have in common are intellectual, emotional or developmental disabilities serious enough that they require full-time care to fulfill their most basic needs.

Lucy Eddy shows compassion, love to those with developmental disabilities