What 18 Months of Research Revealed About Children’s Mental Health Care
Last week, at the New Jersey State House, we released the Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report, the product of 18 months of research, interviews, and monthly meetings with our external advisory group of experts. Joining us were the legislative sponsors of the bill to commission the work, many of our partners in producing the report,…Read More…
New Jersey’s Children’s Mental Health System Is Failing Families, Study Finds
Written by: Jessica Pilla June 8, 2026 A comprehensive state-commissioned study released Thursday found that New Jersey’s mental health infrastructure is failing children and the families trying to reach it — and state lawmakers are already drafting legislation in response. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, hired by the state Department of Children and Families to…Read More…
Youth mental health system in NJ hurts kids, frustrates parents, study says
By:Lilo H. Stainton–June 5, 2026 Democratic lawmakers are pledging to introduce a package of bills to address New Jersey’s youth mental health system, which parents say is hard to navigate and can leave kids waiting months if not years for proper treatment. Sponsored by Sen. President Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) and Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Middlesex), the…Read More…
New Jersey Takes a Critical Step to Improve Children’s Mental Health Access
New Report Maps the System, Identifies Barriers, and Charts a Path Forward TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (Quality Institute) today released the Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report, a report commissioned by the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) in response to a legislative directive that recognized the growing…Read More…
New Jersey Health Matters Poll Release – Children’s Mental Health
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Take Five with Amy Fisher
Amy Fisher, Program Director at Rutgers Project ECHO, a member of the Quality Institute’s Education Council, Institutes of Higher Learning. Project ECHO expands access to specialty knowledge to frontline health care providers in New Jersey. How has the program evolved to address New Jersey’s most pressing health needs? Since our inception, Rutgers Project ECHO has…Read More…
Tracking the Human Toll of Federal Health Policy Changes in New Jersey
Leading the Quality Institute means working on improving health care safety, quality, and affordability for everyone. Our work includes tracking policies that either help or harm that mission and working with you, our members, to make things better. With federal assaults on public health, including attacks on evidence-based science and medicine, cuts to insurance subsidies…Read More…
Celebrating 20 Years of the Mayors Wellness Campaign and the Value of Local Leadership
On Tuesday we brought together mayors, health care leaders, funders, government officials, and community advocates to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) — a milestone that recognized two decades of local leadership advancing health and wellness in communities throughout New Jersey. The underlying theme of our gathering was the extraordinary importance of local leadership in building healthier communities…Read More…
Take Five with Dovid Friedman, MD
Dovid Friedman, M.D., CEO of CHEMED Health Center, an FQHC and member of the Quality Institute’s Provider Council. How do you describe CHEMED’s role in its community and the breadth of its services? First, we have an incredibly cosmopolitan community: a large Jewish Orthodox community, a large Hispanic community, and Italian, Korean and Vietnamese communities…Read More…