Legislation seeks to expand pool of mental health providers

State officials are allocating $100 million to improve home- and community-based services

Since January 2018, 100 New Jersey preteens have attempted suicide by drug overdose.

According to a leader in addiction treatment, families should be able to compare addiction recovery providers the same way shoppers compare cars.

New Jersey’s Governor’s Council on Mental Health Stigma gathered to recognize school-based professionals who’ve excelled at trying to promote a proactive approach to helping students ...

Christie's efforts include increasing funding to expand drug courts, investing $200 million for prevention and recovery efforts with opioid abuse and signing a number of ...

Mental Health organizations argue that the timing is not right for this kind of drastic shift.

Amtrak says they're on track to get the tracks repaired. We get a tour of Penn Station's secure command and control center. Gubernatorial candidates Phil ...

The goal of combining the two departments is to better treat both the behavioral and physical health of patients, but critics argue the timing is ...

The heats on in Trenton to get back pay for furloughed workers. Christie says he'll sign off, but where's the bill? Christie's restructuring plan would ...

Mental health providers say under new state payment system -- fee for service -- a no-show means no pay, layoffs and a looming crisis in ...

The president's Voter Fraud Commission wants your detailed personal and public data. Most states won't turn over everything. Will New Jersey? Can a stand alone ...

Gov. Christie signed a bill that limits initial opioid prescriptions, requires insurance companies provide health coverage for up to six months for medically ordered substance ...

Power hitters on the annual Walk to Washington. Usually dominated by state issues. Not this time. Immigrant workers take a day off to protest the ...

Gov. Christie’s proposal nearly doubles the number of beds available to adults recovering from addiction and other issues.

New Jersey and New York have set aside inter-Port Authority competition and are instead uniting against an executive order from Trump. Christie suffers a legal ...

During his State of the State address, Gov. Christie outlined a plan to treat addiction. Some say the ideas are good while others worry it's ...

Before the governor's powerful State of the State speech, those who'd replace him claimed they could do better. What about after? The reason: Christie's broad-based ...

New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies President and CEO Debra Wentz discusses the consequences of the state's decision to move to a ...

Post-tropical storm Hermine came at us full of sound and fury and blew itself away just in time to salvage some of the Labor Day ...