Division of Aging Services
The FY’13 budget transferred senior supports and services from the Department of Health to the Department of Human Services. This restructuring:
• creates a single point of access for seniors and people with disabilities and their caregivers regardless of Medicaid eligibility
• improves the coordination of Federal and State funded programs for seniors and people with disabilities, including people who require specialized services for their physical or late-onset disabilities
• allows for a continuum of coordinated and integrated disability and long-term care resources
• creates the opportunity and the ability for aging adults to remain at home with proper supports
Senior Benefits
This unit administers two prescription drug assistance programs – Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled and the Senior Gold Prescription Discount program – the Lifeline utility assistance program, and the Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled program.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/seniorbenefits/services.shtml
Aging and Community Services
Aging and Community Services administers programs designed to make it easier for seniors to get the help they need to support their well-being and maintain themselves in the community for as long as possible with independence, dignity and choice.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/senior/index.shtml
DIVISION BUDGET: $2.2 billion (federal/state)
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER: Lowell Arye
DIRECTOR: Kathleen Mason
DIVISION STAFF: 355
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Division of Aging Services
New Jersey Department of Human Services
12b Quakerbridge Plaza
P.O. Box 715
Mercerville, NJ 08625-0715
1-800-792-9745
