Bobby Brier

1 week ago | newjerseyhills.com | Bobby Brier

Spurred by a stark shortage of providers and a growing need for behavioral health care and substance use treatment services, New Jersey lawmakers and the state’s governor took action. New Jersey has a new law that will allow social workers in the state to expand care to clients across the country without having to get new licenses from individual states. The goal, supporters say, is to increase the number of people able to offer treatment.

2 weeks ago | njspotlightnews.org | Bobby Brier

Althea Gifth of Newark said she relies on the NJ Transit train service to get to and from her job everyday as a home health aide on Long Island, where she is a caretaker for a 90-year-old woman. But the strike by union rail engineers forced her to stay at her client’s house in New York on Friday night, she said. Gifth then took a 9:47 a.m. train from Long Island on Saturday, but around 2 p.m. she was still in Newark Penn Station trying to get home.

3 weeks ago | njspotlightnews.org | Bobby Brier

On April 28, air traffic controllers temporarily lost radar and radio communication with planes flying into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. The equipment failure happened to controllers working at Area C of the Philadelphia TRACON, who are responsible for guiding flights entering and leaving Newark Airport.

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Bobby Brier

Students across the state who struggle with anxiety, depression or suicidal ideation could have more difficulty accessing services after the Trump administration canceled nearly $1 billion in nationwide school-based mental health funding last week. The New Jersey Department of Education was in its third year of implementing a five-year, $15 million effort to expand access to mental health professionals in schools throughout the state.

1 month ago | nj.com | Bobby Brier

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by NJ Spotlight News and shared as part of a content-sharing agreement between Mosaic.NJ.com and NJ Spotlight News. You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter (or X). LGBTQ+ young people in need of mental health support would face dire, potentially life-threatening circumstances if President Trump’s plan to cut funding for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is approved by Congress, advocates say.