Rutgers CSS Clinician Documentation Training

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Resumes can be sent to diane.riley@shanj.org.

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DCM Associates is helping United Way of Hunterdon County recruit its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

United Way of Hunterdon County believes every individual deserves the opportunity to thrive. Specifically, the organization champions for ALICE (those who are Asset Limited, Income Constrained and Employed) and all those facing barriers to income stability, healthy living, and education access and success. The organization’s mission drives it to bring people and resources together to combat income, health, and education disparities through innovative programming, community partnerships, and advocacy that create change in the community.

Click here to view the full list of responsibilities and ideal candidate profile.

If you would like to express your interest in this position, please send a cover letter and resume to Dennis C. Miller, Founder & Chairman at dennis@dcm-associates.com. Please contact Dennis also if you would like to discuss this opportunity further or would like to nominate a qualified candidate.

A shout out to the North Bergen Housing Authority which is sending donated household goods to support Ukrainian refugees. Through donation drives in North Bergen and Secaucus, the collected goods include toiletries, office supplies, and all kinds of items that may help families in crisis.

Congratulations to DCM Associates on being accepted into the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC). This acceptance recognizes the high caliber of work by DCM Associates in their field and how their efforts have helped find talent to support many in the non-profit community.

On February 23rd, Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services welcomed community stakeholders to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated multi-use headquarters. Guests toured the building which will house direct care integrated behavioral health services as well as administration.

Become a SHA Member and get access to great meetings and many other great member benefits. Need more information? Email Joseph Christensen with your questions.

The March Developers Meeting will feature News and Updates from the NJ Housing Mortgage Finance Agency. In January over $40 million dollars was made available through the Affordable Housing Gap Subsidy (AHGS) Program to fill the gaps created by increased project costs. In February other changes were approved that will allocate additional ARP spending to facilitate development and increase the number of supportive housing projects. Recent updates to existing programs will also make it easier to get more projects off the ground and into production. 

Joseph Christensen at j.christensen@shanj.org.

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy delivered his fifth annual budget address on Tuesday, outlining a spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) that builds on the historic progress made over the last four years with new investments that will make New Jersey stronger, fairer, and more affordable by delivering substantially more property tax relief to many more families, providing the highest level of school funding in history, making a second consecutive full pension payment for the first time in more than a quarter century, and supporting significant investments in the economy.

Most interesting to the SHA community is the Governor's plans to propose the use of over $300 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to create the Affordable Housing Production Fund, which will help complete all viable 100 percent affordable housing projects identified in Mount Laurel settlements and create an estimated 3,300 new units. The Governor is also proposing a $5 million increase for the successful Down Payment Assistance Program to help more first-time homebuyers purchase houses in New Jersey. These programs build on the over $1 billion in short-term relief that the Administration will start distributing this year through the Eviction Prevention Program and Homeowner Assistance Fund.  

For more information on the Governor’s proposed FY2023 budget and policies, check out the Budget in Brief online.  

An additional one-page policy paper on the central commitments underpinning Governor Murphy’s budget proposal can be found online here.

Aside from housing investments advocates are highlighting some of the key investments that will go to fund vital needs including increased wages for mental health professionals and Direct Support Professionals and a new, virtual Disability Information Hub to help individuals with disabilities better plan for their future by providing up-to-date, consumer-friendly, accessible information about disability services in a central location.

"SHA strongly supports Governor Murphy's initiative to fund affordable housing development and help address our state's urgent housing needs. Additionally, the proposed increases for providers of supportive services will help empower the people who enable many to live fulfilled lives here in New Jersey. We appreciate these commitments and look forward to seeing these funding goals realized," said Diane Riley, SHA Executive Director.

FAIR LAWN – Building on his commitment to making New Jersey stronger, fairer, and more affordable, Governor Phil Murphy last week unveiled the ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program, a new initiative that will distribute $900 million in property tax relief to nearly 1.8 million homeowners and renters across the state during Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023). The ANCHOR (Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters) Property Tax Relief Program is part of the Governor’s FY2023 Budget Proposal, which will be unveiled next week. Under the Murphy Administration, New Jersey has seen the lowest cumulative average property tax increase on record for a governor at this point in his or her term.

The following has been shared by the New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services:

We are happy to share the NJ FamilyCare Comprehensive Demonstration Renewal proposal as submitted to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on February 28, 2022. This demonstration, authorized under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, governs the operations of significant components of New Jersey’s Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This demonstration is currently in its second five-year performance period, which is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2022.

You can also find all of the renewal proposal documents on the DMAHS web site.

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has developed an interactive website that quickly connects renters who need support to pay their rent or utilities to programs that can provide assistance, addressing a problem that has become more acute because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic dislocation that followed it. Frontdoor, as the web service is called, is designed to counteract housing instability, which was exacerbated by the pandemic by streamlining the process of distributing emergency assistance. It links renters to programs for which they are qualified, regardless of where they live in the U.S. An in-depth guide can be emailed or downloaded so that renters can be prepared to complete the processes needed to secure assistance. The guide is available in Spanish as well as English and is mobile-friendly.

Rather than relying on entrenched and generally unimaginative strategies to address the problem, foundations should consider a solution that is staring them in the face: the deployment of their endowment assets to fight homelessness. Grant makers could have far more impact if they viewed every unhoused person as an investment opportunity for those assets, which now total an estimated $1 trillion nationwide. While it may sound callous, making homelessness profitable could be our best chance of ending it.

Click here to read more about this story.

Triple C Housing, Rutgers University, and the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network for the Northeast and Caribbean Region are partnering to facilitate a Supportive Housing Virtual Learning Community over the next several months. The Supportive Housing Virtual Learning Community (VLC) will facilitate learning about long-standing and emerging challenges in Supportive Housing using both interactive learning sessions and an online forum for interaction and engagement among trainers and Learning Community participants.

If you would like to be considered for participation, please complete the questions using the link to our online application and submit by Thursday, March 24, 2022.

In the following two-part series, participants will learn and address the complex needs of treating non-suicidal self-directed violence. Continuing Medical Education credits will be offered.

Date: March 24, 2022 | Time: 1:00-3:00 PM/ET

Designer for: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychiatric APNs,

and other Clinical and Administrative Staff in Hospital and Community Settings

To Register: https://dmhas.dhs.state.nj.us/CME/Register

Date: March 31, 2022 | Time: 1:00-3:00 PM/ET

Designer for: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychiatric APNs,

and other Clinical and Administrative Staff in Hospital and Community Settings

To Register: https://dmhas.dhs.state.nj.us/CME/Register

Visit the Disease Risks and Homelessness page on the HUD Exchange for a full list of resources related to COVID-19 infectious disease prevention and response for homeless providers.

They are inviting case managers, social workers, peer specialists, coordinators, and other professionals who work with older adults in a housing setting to participate. Below you will find a link to the listings for the Healthy Aging Academy series and brief description of each session. All sessions will be held on Thursdays from 9:30am – 11:00am. Please note that before each session, CSH will hold 30 minutes for virtual coffee and networking from 9:00am -9:30am.

The moratorium on utility shutoffs ends on March 15, 2022. If you need help paying your home heating and electric bills or water bills, go to the NJ DCA Utility Assistance page you can find on bit.ly/DCAIDportal. You may also call 1-800-510-3102.

Click here to register for the event.

Get to know the latest information on how to effectively plan financial goals relating to everything from higher education to ABLE Accounts, Special Needs Trusts and Guardianships. The team at Special Needs Funding Coach has new offerings detailed in the link below including:

To register, contact Elizabeth at eneumann@nlgroupmail.com for the links to any of these sessions.

For a listing of the available trainings from the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights in the next months, please click here for a list and descriptions.

for all of the trainings, please click here.

High-quality Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) allow people with disabilities and older adults to direct their services in a person-centered manner, live independently, and participate in the community. However, many individuals who receive HCBS still have unmet needs for services and supports. While studies have found a connection between

unmet HCBS needs and adverse outcomes, including hospitalization, institutionalization, and death; few have examined user-reported perspectives about the quality and sufficiency of HCBS and their relationship to key health and community living outcomes. Therefore, researchers at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy conducted a study to learn how many people who use HCBS need more services than they receive and understand the connection between unmet HCBS needs and health and community living outcomes.

Panelists will discuss what implications the results of the study have in regard to person-centered planning in HCBS, highlight opportunities for improvement, and discuss how to overcome challenges to advancing person-centered practices.

Rutgers CSS Clinician Documentation Training

The Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is offering a two-session training that will provide licensed Community Support Services (CSS) providers (e.g., LCSW, LPC, LSW, LAC, RN) a clear understanding of CSS and documentation standards.  This training is intended for licensed staff (pursuant to supervision guidelines) and Registered Nurses who are responsible for completing the CRNAs and IRPs for their agencies who have NEVER attended a CSS training OR who feel they need further training to complete these documents. CSS programs should limit registration to 1 to 2 staff.  

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