(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Cutting funding would cause struggling youth to 'lose the very services that keep them safe, stable and ready to learn,' a principal writes
Debra L. Wentz
Debra L. Wentz, PhD is president and CEO of the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, a statewide trade association representing 164 organizational providers of services for more than 500,000 children and adults with mental illnesses, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring disorders.
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Providers ‘are being reimbursed at levels that do not cover the actual costs of care’