by Sheila Caldwell, BSN, RN, CSN, FNASN | |
On December 2, 2022, Amerigroup Insurance held a networking event for organizations, individuals, and county agencies.
Amerigroup has been serving New Jersey's most vulnerable populations for over 25 years by providing New Jersey families with access to quality health care with a focus on whole person health. Amerigroup serves all counties statewide and we are excited to meet with our Monmouth County Community Partners.
This event will provide an opportunity for Monmouth community organizations to network, meet the Amerigroup team, and hear about exciting work occurring at the state level. Together, we can work to strengthen the health of Monmouth families.
Amerigroup shared some of the NJ initiatives that they support. They include: Read Across New Jersey, Maternal/Infant Care, Doula Services, “Health Connections Trainings”, and Food Insecurity.
This day focused on “Food Insecurity” and their mission is to have available food, access to food, stability of food, and utilization of food by families in addition to providing families with “agency” to address their food insecurity needs.
The Keynote Speaker was the newly hired “New Jersey Director, Office of Food Security Advocate”, Mark Dinglasan. You can read a recent interview with Mr. Dinglasan (click here). He spoke about the importance of going beyond just providing families with food, but looking at the social determinants and also systems that hinder the ability of families to provide for their families members. He has a big job here in NJ and did also speak about the important role of schools and school nurses to being a part of the solutions.
He welcomes the opportunity to speak with school nurses throughout the state,
I had the pleasure of sitting next to Monmouth County’s County Commissioner Deputy Director, Susan M. Kiley, who happens to also be a nurse. We spoke about the challenges in nursing today, school health, and also food insecurity in our county. She also spoke about county food insecurity efforts.
Senator Vin Gopal provided a few words of being available to those in attendance to help support addressing food and nutritional needs for the residents of Monmouth County.
You can view the list of those in attendance along with their contact information - click here. I was happy to see a school nurse colleague, Debra Rochford from Red Bank School District present. We snapped a photo.
Monmouth County is truly moving “Together Towards Tomorrow”.
Amerigroup Community Care website - click here
Amerigroup has been serving New Jersey's most vulnerable populations for over 25 years by providing New Jersey families with access to quality health care with a focus on whole person health. Amerigroup serves all counties statewide and we are excited to meet with our Monmouth County Community Partners.
This event will provide an opportunity for Monmouth community organizations to network, meet the Amerigroup team, and hear about exciting work occurring at the state level. Together, we can work to strengthen the health of Monmouth families.
Amerigroup shared some of the NJ initiatives that they support. They include: Read Across New Jersey, Maternal/Infant Care, Doula Services, “Health Connections Trainings”, and Food Insecurity.
This day focused on “Food Insecurity” and their mission is to have available food, access to food, stability of food, and utilization of food by families in addition to providing families with “agency” to address their food insecurity needs.
The Keynote Speaker was the newly hired “New Jersey Director, Office of Food Security Advocate”, Mark Dinglasan. You can read a recent interview with Mr. Dinglasan (click here). He spoke about the importance of going beyond just providing families with food, but looking at the social determinants and also systems that hinder the ability of families to provide for their families members. He has a big job here in NJ and did also speak about the important role of schools and school nurses to being a part of the solutions.
He welcomes the opportunity to speak with school nurses throughout the state,
I had the pleasure of sitting next to Monmouth County’s County Commissioner Deputy Director, Susan M. Kiley, who happens to also be a nurse. We spoke about the challenges in nursing today, school health, and also food insecurity in our county. She also spoke about county food insecurity efforts.
Senator Vin Gopal provided a few words of being available to those in attendance to help support addressing food and nutritional needs for the residents of Monmouth County.
You can view the list of those in attendance along with their contact information - click here. I was happy to see a school nurse colleague, Debra Rochford from Red Bank School District present. We snapped a photo.
Monmouth County is truly moving “Together Towards Tomorrow”.
Amerigroup Community Care website - click here