Tag: New Jersey Department of Human Services
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New Jersey to invest $634 million to enhance Medicaid services
Acting New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman has announced that the federal government has approved department plans to invest $634 million over the next three years to bolster efforts to strengthen and expand home and community-based Medicaid services for older adults and individuals with disabilities. The plan will bring in $329 million…
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East Brunswick parents highlight struggles with adult day care programs remaining closed
EAST BRUNSWICK–For numerous parents who have children who have reached adulthood with developmental and/or physical disabilities, adult daycare programs are an essential part of their daily lives. When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, all adult day care programs were ordered by the state to close until further notice. Department of Human Services Communications…
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Burlington County receives large supply of naloxone overdose antidote for Hope One Program
Burlington County plans to distribute more than 600 kits of naloxone overdose antidote to individuals and families as part of continuing efforts to combat the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic. A total of 624 kits of naloxone were delivered to the county on March 18 by the New Jersey Department of Human Services and…
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Opinion: ‘Superhero’ commissioner will join Biden-Harris administration
When Clark Kent puts on his glasses to hide his identity as a superhero his peers see him sit behind a desk oblivious to his agenda. After Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Carole Johnson as the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, the disabled community figured there was another government official to manage…
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Healthcare workers, caregivers invited to attend virtual support group meetings
New Jersey Hope and Healing, through The Mental Health Association in New Jersey in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Human Services’ Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Disaster and Terrorism Branch, is offering a Crisis Counseling Program through a FEMA grant. The Caregivers and Healthcare Workers Support Group will be held at…
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Linwood student wins New Jersey Teen Media Contest
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Isha Shrivastava, a student at Linwood Middle School, won first place in the middle school written category of the 2018 New Jersey Teen Media Contest. The New Jersey Department of Human Services honored 12 New Jersey high school and middle school students for their winning entries in the contest on May 23, which…
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Teen Media Contest focuses on family trees
The New Jersey Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Division of Family Development will accept entries for the 23rd Annual New Jersey Teen Media Contest through April 2. This year’s challenge to New Jersey middle and high school-aged students is to illustrate – through art or the written word – What Does Your Family Tree Look…
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Community education event on Narcan in Metuchen Jan. 11
The Metuchen Municipal Alliance will sponsor a community education event that will explain about how to care for someone at risk for a heroin or opioid overdose. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Metuchen Senior Center, 15 Center St., and is limited to the first 30 people who…