Message from the Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services
Dear NJ FamilyCare community,
I hope you have enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday season. As many of you know, we had been anticipating an announcement from the federal government about the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Late in 2022, we began to hear that Congress might separate the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement from the ongoing PHE – and they in fact did so in late December, in the omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. As a result, while the PHE continues, states are now required to resume Medicaid eligibility processes beginning April 1, 2023.
We are anticipating guidance from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in early January, and we will be prepared to share an update with you at our February 1 meeting of the Medical Assistance Advisory Council. We will also be updating our StayCoveredNJ website, removing references to the end of the PHE and clearly stating the April 1 date for when eligibility processes will resume. Please visit our Community Toolkit page for posters in English, Spanish, and 19 other languages.
In the meantime, here are the two most important things for our NJ FamilyCare members to know:
- Make sure NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid has your correct mailing address
- Members can confirm or update their contact information by calling NJ FamilyCare at 1-800-701-0710 (TTY: 711). NJ FamilyCare will use this information to communicate with members about their healthcare coverage.
- Respond to mail from NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid
- Members need to look for and respond to mail from the State of New Jersey or their local County Board of Social Services. If NJ FamilyCare requests information, they need to respond right away to avoid a gap in their NJ FamilyCare coverage.
On behalf of the whole DMAHS team, I wish you happiness and health in 2023. We look forward to working together with you to serve people the best way possible in the months ahead!
Jennifer Langer Jacobs (she/her)
Assistant Commissioner, Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services
NJ Department of Human Services
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Statewide Open Enrollment Site for:
THE SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Enrollment Period is Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 9:00 AM EST., until Friday, February 3, 2023, at 5:00 PM EST.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Division of Housing and Community Resources (DHCR) will be accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program pre applications online at: www.WaitlistCheck.com/NJ559 for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program waiting list state-wide. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is a federally funded program that provides housing subsidies to New Jersey residents, so that they can obtain decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Persons applying to the waiting list must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to apply or be an emancipated minor and meet all applicable federal income and eligibility requirements. A total of 20,000 households will be selected through a random lottery system and be placed on the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list.
DCA has adopted the following preferences for admission to the waiting list: Veterans, Homeless, Disabled, Domestic Violence, and Local Residents (below are the detailed definitions). Applicants who qualify for one or more preferences will have priority for selection for placement on the waiting list. United States Armed Forces Veterans, and their surviving spouses in accordance with New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C.) 5:40-2.5., have the highest priority. Individuals who claim to have a preference, must meet all eligibility criteria for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program at the time of selection from the waiting list.
Only one (1) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-application per household will be accepted.
Applicants should select all preferences that apply to them.
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The Passaic County Sheriff's Office unveiled Angel Sense in the Spring of 2019.
Angel Sense is the only GPS and Monitoring solution designated specifically for individuals with special needs. With all-day, proactive monitoring, you know your loved one is safe. You see where they are at all times, and receive instant life-saving alerts if they wander away from safety.
You can also check in to hear how they're doing and talk to them with a single click. It features All Day Monitoring; see all locations, arrivals, and departure times and transit speed, Real Time Mapping; know when your loved one is on the move and see their exact route in real time, Unknown Place Alert; get an immediate alert if your child is in an unfamiliar and potentially dangerous place, First Responder Emergency Alert; send a link to the real time location of the child, to a predefined group or any search and rescue team member, Alarm; activates an alarm on the device to locate your loved one when nearby in a crowd or when hiding, and more!
With Angel Sense, caregivers gain immeasurable peace of mind, and device wearers gain the independence and confidence to move about more freely.
Angel Sense is available to individuals residing at home or in a healthcare facility. For more information or register someone you love, call the Community Policing Division at 973-389-5920 or complete the application in the document section below.
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Contact Spectrum CMC
65 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430
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