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16Th Annual Legislative Breakfast Sponsored by the Mental Health Association The of Essex County The Essex County Mental Health Essex County Coalition is a collaboration of mental Co-Sponsored by: health providers in Essex County dedi- cated to ensuring quality treatment, Airmid Counseling Services Mental Health programs and services to individuals The Bridge, Inc. and families in our community whose Bridgeway Coalition lives are affected by mental illness. CarePlus NJ/Mental Health Resource Center As an alliance of advocates, we strive Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark to raise the level of awareness con- Invites You cerning mental health issues in both Community Health Law Project the public and private sectors, and to Community Psychiatric Institute To Join Us remove the pervasive stigma which COPE Center, Inc. frequently stands as a barrier to proper Covenant House, Inc. diagnosis and treatment. Easter Seals For The EsseCare Behavioral Health The Annual Legislative Breakfast Family Connections, Inc. represents an opportunity to initiate th Family Service Bureau dialog with state, county and local 16 Annual representatives regarding issues of Family Support Organization concern to the mental health com- Integrity House Jewish Family Services Legislative munity. It also serves as a vehicle for of MetroWest elected officials to share their positions with us on legislative matters that have Jewish Vocational Services the potential to impact individuals Main St. Counseling Center Breakfast and families whose lives are affected Mountainside Hospital by mental illnesses and/or behavioral NAMI-Essex/Passaic Chapter disorders. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Friday, October 7, 2016 Northwest Essex By using the Annual Legislative Community Healthcare Network, Inc. 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Breakfast as a forum for speaking Nutley Family Service Bureau out on behalf of our society’s most Partners for Health vulnerable citizens, the Essex County Partnership for Children Mental Health Coalition is commit- of Essex County, Inc. ted to bringing about meaningful and Project Live Mayfair Farms lasting change within the mental health Saint Michael’s Medical Center 481 Eagle Rock Avenue system. Turning Point Youth Consutlation West Orange, New Jersey Please join us so that your voice, Services (YCS) too, can be heard... your priorities can be addressed... and your opinions can The Annual Legislative Breakfast is made be made to count! possible, in part, through the support of the Edward ‘Bud’ Blau Advocacy Initiative Directory of Essex County Elected Officials Agenda \ DISTRICT 26 DISTRICT 40 Senator Joseph Pennacchio 8:30 Registration and Breakfast Senator Kevin O’ Toole 170 Changebridge Road, Unit A1 Wayne Plaza II, 1st Fl. Montville, NJ 07045 155 Rt. 46 West P: 973-227-4012 Wayne, NJ 07470 Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce Assemblyman Jay Webber 9:00 Opening Remarks P: 973-237-1360 1055 Parsippany Road, Suite 104 1055 Parsippany Road, Suite 104 Assemblyman Scott Rumana Assemblyman David Russo Robert N. Davison, M.A., L.P.C. Whippany, New Jersey 07054 Whippany, New Jersey 07054 155 Rt. 46 West 22 Paterson Avenue Executive Director P: 973-884-6190 P: 973-884-6190 Wayne, NJ 07470 Midland Park, NJ 07432 Mental Health Association of Essex County P: 973-237-1360 P: 201-444-9719 DISTRICT 27 Senator Richard J. Codey Welcome 66 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue ESSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT Livingston, NJ 07039 The Honorable John F. McKeon Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. P: 973-535-5017 th Essex County Executive NJ State Assemblyman, 27 District Assemblywoman Mila Jasey Assemblyman John F. McKeon Hall of Records – Room 558 511 Valley Street 250 Main Street 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Maplewood, NJ 07040 Madison, NJ 07940 The Honorable Shavonda Sumter Newark, NJ 07102 th P: 973-762-1886 P: 973-377-1606 NJ State Assemblywoman, 35 District DISTRICT 28 ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Senator Ronald L. Rice 1044 South Orange Avenue The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr. Britnee N. Timberlake, President Brendan W. Gill, Vice President Newark, NJ 07106 Freeholder–at-Large Freeholder-at-Large Congressman – 9th Congressional District P: 973-371-5665 Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo Rolando Bobadilla Wayne L. Richardson 400 Lyons Avenue 148-152 Franklin Street District One Freeholder District Two Freeholder Newark, NJ 07112 Belleville, NJ 07109 ADVOCACY PROGRAM P: 973-926-4320 P: 973-450-0484 Leonard M. Luciano Cynthia D. Toro District Four Freeholder District Five Freeholder DISTRICT 29 Mental Health and Addiction Rufus I. Johnson Lebby C. Jones Senator M. Theresa Ruiz Freeholder-at-Large Freeholder-at-Large Federal Implications 166 Bloomfield Avenue Linda Rosenberg, MSW Newark, NJ 07104 Patricia Sebold P: 973-484-1000 Freeholder-at-Large President/CEO Assemblywoman Eliana Pinter Marin Assemblywoman Blonnie Watson National Council for Behavioral Health 265 Lafayette Street 223 Hawthorne Avenue Newark, NJ 07105 Newark, NJ 07112 ESSEX COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR P: 973-589-0713 P: 973-624-1730 Joseph P. Scarpelli Surviving and Thriving in a (973) 571-2821 Fee-for-Service World DISTRICT 34 Robert N. Davison Senator Nia Gill ESSEX COUNTY CLERK 39 South Fullerton Avenue Christopher J. Durkin Montclair, NJ 07042 (973) 621-4921 Importance of Integration P: 973-509-0388 Behavioral Health & Primary Care Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin 15-33 Halsted St, Suite 202 1333 Broad Street, LL Denise V. Rodgers, MD, FAAFP East Orange, NJ 07018 Clifton, NJ 07013 Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs P: 973-395-1166 P: 973-779-3125 Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services Please encourage your State Representatives, County Freeholders and local elected officials to attend this important event and share with us their positions on these critical issues!.
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