Serving more than one million of New Jersey's most vulnerable citizens, DHS serves individuals and families with low incomes; people with mental illnesses, disabilities or special needs; and parents needing children’s healthcare, child care or facing catastrophic medical expenses for their children.
05/25/2012- TRENTON – New Jersey’s efforts to ensure seniors and adults with disabilities in need of long-term services and supports have information and easy access to community-based alternatives reached a milestone today when an enhanced service delivery system known as the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) became operational in all 21 counties.
05/24/2012- ELIZABETH – Building upon the Christie Administration’s commitment to expand community-based services for individuals with mental illness, the Department of Human Services (DHS) recently awarded contracts totaling about $3 million to five behavioral health providers for implementation of involuntary outpatient psychiatric care (IOC) services and S-COPE, a mental health services program directed towards seniors. Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth received nearly $1.9 million for its proposals to advance both programs.
05/18/2012- NEW BRUNSWICK – Department of Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez today participated in a conference during which more than 250 New Jersey residents were trained in disaster response crisis counseling (DRCC). The specialty certification designates them as information referral and emotional support first-responders. The conference provided education credits for current counselors and counselors-in-training.
