July 27, 2022

Rutgers Selected as Backup Center for New National 9-8-8 Mental Health Crisis Line

Rutgers operates the New Jersey Hopeline, the state’s first suicide prevention hotline. It’s one of 12 national backup centers that will triage overflow calls made to 9-8-8, a new national hotline for mental health crisis and suicide prevention.

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Community Engagement Virtual Salons (CEVS)

CEVS bring researchers together with patients, community members, and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk. It provides a forum for generating research questions, identifying evidence gaps, and defining outcomes meaningful to patients. To see a CEVS in action, take a look at the summary video featured below.

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Upcoming Events

Coping with Change

July 28, 10am ET

This virtual event is brought to you by RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery’s Hope and Healing Program, which offers emotional support services, education and community based resources for individuals and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding Opportunities

Birth Justice Rapid Response Fund

The Birth Justice Rapid Response Fund is intended to provide quick, nimble, and flexible funding to advance the cause for the birth and reproductive rights of BIPOC communities and to set agendas and influence policies, practices, and narratives to advance birth equity. Our goal is to reduce barriers and increase accessibility to funds for the birth justice movement. The Fund is led by an Advisory Committee that consists of five organizations: National Birth Equity Collaborative, The Praxis Project Inc., SisterSong, Groundswell Fund, and Ms. Foundation.

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Community Resources

New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services.

You can find community-based and local COVID-19 testing site locations and hours here.

Middlesex County residents can register for a free COVID-19 test at sites throughout the county. Appointments required. The sites provide saliva-based test kits developed at Rutgers University.

Visit New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Registration site to pre-register for the vaccine. New Jersey's Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment Call Center can be reached at 855-568-0545.

New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science

https://njacts.rbhs.rutgers.edu/community/

This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number, UL1TR003017 to Rutgers University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the NIH.

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