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Just a few more days left in October.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor family caregivers and recognize the essential support they provide their loved ones. It's also time to raise awareness about caregiving issues, and to increase the resources available to family caregivers. Our partners at JFNA consolidated all their resources on family caregiving and you can find it all here. 

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Your Input Needed! NJHSA 2023 Public Policy Priority Survey

NJHSA’s U.S. Public Policy Agenda represents the collective priorities of our member agencies as we advocate to policymakers on critical issues to our Network and our clients. Last year’s priorities focused on a Community Pandemic Response and Recovery Policy Agenda, which highlighted food insecurity, mental health, health care, long-term care, and workforce and employment as our top issues. As COVID continues and even though the federal declaration of a Public Health Emergency is predicted to end in 2023, many of these priorities will still be relevant.

Click here to fill out the survey.

Please complete this brief survey by Wednesday, November 16th. Your input is critical. Review NJHSA’s 2022 Public Policy Agenda. Contact NJHSA Washington Representative Elizabeth Cullen with any questions.

Refugee Resettlement Toolkit

Over the past year, JFNA joined by Jewish human service agencies and other community organizations helped resettle almost 2,000 Afghans and hundreds of Ukrainians across the country. Service providers working with the refugees encountered many challenges — particularly around funding — at a time when the number of newcomers is at its highest in years. Jewish Federations’ new Refugee Resettlement Advocacy Toolkit is a series of resources created to help communities and service providers address these challenges by engaging in advocacy at the state level. For more information please contact Max Harris, Manager, State Advocacy, Department of Public Affairs with Jewish Federations.

The Biden Administration recently announced that significant new federal funding is available to states to expand the bipartisan-supported Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Program and increase Americans’ timely access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services regardless of their ability to pay. Two Jewish family agencies in New York -- including NJHSA member agency the Westchester JCC -- already participate in this vital program. Questions about the CCBHC program can be directed to Elizabeth Cullen, NJHSA Washington Representative.

RI International recently released its report, Sustainable Funding for Mental Health Crisis Services, a guide to billing and coding for crisis response services, including information on what is and is not typically covered by insurance. Access the full report here.

Time is running out to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness – individuals have until October 3st^t to apply for this time limited waiver. Have questions? Here are a few key resources:

1. Watch the National Council of Nonprofits webinar, Everything You Need to Know About Public Service Loan Forgiveness or view their webinar slides.
2. Check out the toolkit from the U.S. Department of Education and another toolkit for external partners that includes a template email for employers to send their employees.
3. A Public Service Loan Forgiveness Help Tool is also available from Federal Student Aid with the U.S. Department of Education.

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