07/29/2009- TRENTON – DHS and Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ) have reached an agreement to expand community housing opportunities, enabling many people with mental illness to live in settings that are less restrictive than state psychiatric hospitals, Commissioner Jennifer Velez announced today.
07/27/2009- TRENTON – Department of Human Services(DHS) Commissioner Jennifer Velez today announced that the DHS’ Divisions of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) and Disability Services’ (DDS) are collaborating to better serve individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
07/21/2009- TRENTON - Approximately 40,000 households in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties will be receiving NJ FamilyCare Express Lane applications, Governor Jon S. Corzine announced today. The enrollment forms were mailed to families who indicated on their state tax forms that at least one child in the home was uninsured.