The Bar for Behavioral Health Care Just Got Higher: The Workforce to Meet It Is Shrinking

• By: Eman Gibson, MBA, LCSW, LCADC Integrity House
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, clinical licensure, integrated behavioral health, New Jersey regulations, social work education, student loan policy, substance use disorders, Summer 2026 Issue, workforce shortage
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On April 6, 2026, New Jersey adopted NJAC 10:36, new integrated behavioral health program service standards that replaced three separate regulatory frameworks with a single unified standard. Every ambulatory licensed behavioral health program in the state must now coordinate physical and behavioral...

Maternal Mental Health in CUNY/SUNY Public Universities as a Workforce Development Strategy

• By: Paige Bellenbaum, LCSW, PMH-C Perinatal Mental Health Consultant, Educator, Advocate, Clinician, and Public Speaker, Adjunct Professor, Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College
• January 19th, 2026
• culturally responsive care, health equity, maternal mental health, maternal mortality, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), postpartum depression, social work education, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce shortages
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Maternal mental health conditions are the most common complication associated with childbirth1 and the leading cause of maternal mortality in New York.2 Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) include depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and psychosis during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum....