Mental Health Access Improvement Act and the Improving Access to Mental Health Act Under current Medicare law, unnecessary barriers to care are impeding older adults' access to needed mental health and substance use treatment services provided by … [Read more...] about Advice on the Mental Health Access Improvement Act
Workforce Development
Advocacy Updates: Discrimination in Healthcare and Protecting Child Migrants & Jobs for the Disabled
Responding to New Administration Proposal on Discrimination in Health Care The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently proposed extensive changes to the regulation implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act which would … [Read more...] about Advocacy Updates: Discrimination in Healthcare and Protecting Child Migrants & Jobs for the Disabled
SPOTLIGHT: Workforce Development Professionals Affinity Group
Since its inception in February, the Workforce Development Professionals Affinity Group has convened 3 times. The group also had the opportunity to meet face-to-face at the Network’s 2019 Annual Conference in Atlanta. During the first call members … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT: Workforce Development Professionals Affinity Group
Network Signs onto Three Coalition Letters
The Network recently signed onto three coalition letters on issues related to our public policy priorities. On April 25th, the Network and JFNA joined over 35 other national organizations in signing a letter to Tennessee State Senators opposing … [Read more...] about Network Signs onto Three Coalition Letters
Weinberg Foundation Supports Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies is most pleased to announce that it has recently received a generous two-year grant in the amount of $100,000 from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland. The grant has been … [Read more...] about Weinberg Foundation Supports Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Trump Proposal Would Undermine Workforce System
The Trump Administration proposed a rule recently that would place time limits on nutrition assistance for unemployed and underemployed people who can't document a set number of work hours per week. Read CLASP's latest blog about how the proposal … [Read more...] about Trump Proposal Would Undermine Workforce System
