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SUMMARY:H.R.1: Protecting Health and Nutrition Support for Reentry Community
DESCRIPTION:H.R.1: Protecting Health and Nutrition Support for Reentry Community \nSAVE THE DATE \nTuesday\, June 9\, 2026 | 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM \nUniversity Hospital\, 150 Bergen Street\, Newark\, NJ 07103 \nHosted in collaboration with the New Jersey Reentry Corporation \nMedicaid and SNAP are essential components of successful reentry. Changes that reduce access increase barriers and weaken community stability. \n• Medicaid supports health care\, mental health and addiction treatment.\n• SNAP supports food stability and economic security.\n• Assists Court-Involved\, Veterans\, and Recovery persons to stabilize.\n• Reduced access to benefits increases\, hunger\, illness\, relapse\, recidivism. \nFeatured Speakers:  \n\nTeresa Ruiz – Senate Majority Leader; Legislative Oversight\, Budget and Appropriations\nCraig Coughlin – Speaker\, Assembly District 19; Legislative Services Commission\nJoseph Vitale – Chair\, Senate Health\, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee\nStephen Cha – Acting Commissioner\, NJDHS\nAnthony Abrantes – Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer\, EASRCC\nPatricia Perkins-Auguste – Councilwoman\, City of Elizabeth\nIje Akunyili – Chief Medical Officer\, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School\nPhil Alagia – Chief of Staff\, Essex County Correctional Facility\nLiz Buck – Senior Program Officer\, Center for Health Care Strategies\nAmaya Diana – Policy Analyst\, Program on Medicaid & Uninsured\, RFF\nElissa Gelber – Senior Program Officer\, Center for Health Care Strategies\nLois Greene – Senior Vice President of Human Experience & Population Health\, University Hospital\nAllison Hamblin – President and Chief Executive Officer\, Center for Health Care Strategies\nJeanne Hengemuhle – Acting Superintendent\, New Jersey State Police\nCara Henley – Regional Director\, Health Management Associates\nCarole Johnson – President & CEO\, University Hospital\nPetros Levounis – Professor of Psychiatry\, Rutgers Medical School; American Psychiatric Association\nFrank Mazza – Director\, Hudson Department of Family Services and Reintegration\nValerie Miekle – Deputy Commissioner for Health Services\, NJDHS\nWardell Sanders – President\, New Jersey Association of Health Plans\nKinda Serafi – Managing Director\, Manatt Health\nGreg Woods – Assistant Commissioner\, NJDHS\n\nContact:For more information\, please reach out directly:LaceyAnn Francis — lfrancis@njreentry.org \nRegistration:Scan the QR code or register online via Eventbrite
URL:https://njreentry.org/event/hr-1-protecting-health-and-nutrition-support-for-reentry-participants/
LOCATION:University Hospital\, 150 Bergen Street\, Newark\, NJ 07103\, 150 Bergen Street\, Newark\, 07103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Veterans Outreach Calendar
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