New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

06/10/2026

New Jersey voters agree that mental health and health care affordability remain top priorities. In our latest NJ Health Matters Poll, conducted with Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, 86% of registered voters said elected officials should prioritize mental health, 80% supported expanding mental health services in K-12 schools, and 93% said health care affordability should be a priority.

These findings reinforce what we heard throughout our Children’s Mental Health Mapping Project: families need a system that is easier to navigate and offers timely access to care.

🔗Learn more about the poll: https://njhcqi.info/njhealthmatterspoll26
📖Read the Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmreport

06/08/2026

New Jersey has made significant investments in children's mental health services, creating programs and pathways designed to support children and families across the state.

The Children's Mental Health Mapping Report found that access to those services can still be challenging for many families. The report identifies opportunities to strengthen coordination, improve access to care, and better support children and families as they navigate the system.

📖Read the report: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmreport

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

A Woodbridge mother's struggle to help her 8-year-old son reveals how broken New Jersey's children's mental health system has become, with some families waiting years for relief.

06/05/2026

A recent New Jersey Monitor article highlights the continuing challenges facing New Jersey’s youth mental health system, including the gaps and barriers families encounter when seeking care.

The Quality Institute’s new Children’s Mental Health Mapping report is designed to bring greater clarity to this complex landscape. Through this work, we examined how children and families access mental health care in New Jersey, including available services, entry points, eligibility requirements, and areas where the system can be better coordinated.

The report identifies where the system is functioning well, as well as where gaps, duplication, and disconnects create unnecessary challenges for families, providers, educators, and decision-makers.

Improving children’s mental health care requires a clear understanding of the system as it exists today. This mapping report provides a foundation for strengthening access, coordination, and quality across New Jersey.

Read the New Jersey Monitor article: https://njhcqi.info/lilocmhm
Read the Quality Institute report: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmreport

06/04/2026

The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Children’s Mental Health Mapping resource hub is now available.

Whether you are a family member, provider, policymaker, advocate, or community partner, the hub offers tools and resources to better understand New Jersey’s children’s mental health system.

The hub includes:
• The full Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report
• Care paths illustrating families’ experiences navigating services
• Additional resources related to children’s mental health care in New Jersey

🔗Explore the resources: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmresources
📖Read the report: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmreport

06/04/2026

Today, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute released the Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report, a comprehensive examination of how children and families access mental health services across New Jersey.

Developed through extensive engagement with families, providers, schools, advocates, policymakers, and community organizations, the report identifies opportunities to strengthen access, coordination, and support across the state’s system of care.

📖Read the report: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmreport

🗞️Read our press release: https://njhcqi.info/cmhmpress

06/01/2026

🏥 New Jersey continues to lead in transparency and participation. To date, New Jersey has the highest rate of Leapfrog Hospital Survey participation in the country at 100%. The Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade uses Survey responses and other data to assess , including errors, injuries, and infections. Learn how your hospital ranks: https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/

🗞️Read our press release: https://njhcqi.info/lfgsgspring26

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