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PO BOX 004
TRENTON, NJ 08625
Contact:
RELEASE: April 27, 2007
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DHSS Grants to Help New Jersey Healthcare 1/15/2008
Facilities Build Capacity for Emergency Response
TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has awarded just over $5 million in grants to healthcare facilities statewide to strengthen their ability to respond to public health emergencies.
“These grants demonstrate and extend the Department’s commitment to emergency preparedness throughout New Jersey,” said DHSS Commissioner Fred M. Jacobs, M.D., J.D. “Now is the time to invest in our healthcare facilities so they can be ready to meet natural or manmade disasters.”
A total of $5,020,377 was awarded to 80 acute care hospitals, 18 long-term care centers, and 16 FQHCs (federally qualified health centers).
The grants were made available through funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Qualifying acute care hospitals were awarded up to $55,000 each, while qualifying long-term care institutions and FQHCs received up to $25,000 each.
All grant applicants are required to document how the investments in infrastructure and training will strengthen their ability to respond to emergencies and contribute to a regionalized public health response.
Acute care hospitals and FQHCs will use the grants to purchase necessary patient-care equipment; to expand isolation, decontamination and communication capabilities; and to build caches of pharmaceutical supplies and personal protection equipment. The funds can also be used for staff education and training, and to conduct preparedness drills and exercises.
New Jersey is one of the first states in the nation to award emergency preparedness grant funds to long-term care facilities. The funds will be used to improve a facility’s ability to communicate and share information with public health, healthcare and emergency response partners during an event such as a hurricane. Building communication infrastructure will help ensure the safety of the vulnerable, frail and elderly populations residing at these facilities.
Since 2001, DHSS has awarded $36,450,000 in preparedness grants to New Jersey healthcare facilities. The funds have been used for a range of initiatives, including the development of regional Medical Coordination Centers. The facilities have also used the funding to build reserves of equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals, enhance communications, train healthcare workers and exercise emergency response plans.
For more information on New Jersey’s preparedness efforts, visit the Department web site at www.state.nj.us/health.
GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FACILITY TYPE
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Long-Term Care |
Awards |
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Saddle Brook Convalescent Home |
$22,398 |
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Brook Wood Convalescent Home |
$16,117 |
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Broadway House for Continuing Care |
$13,349 |
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Daughters of Israel |
$1,546 |
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Bergen Reg. Med. Center - LTC Division |
$17,981 |
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Passaic CO., Preakness Healthcare Center |
$8,352 |
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Morristown Mem. Hosp. Rehab Institute |
$21,600 |
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Bayshore Healthcare Center |
$10,781 |
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JFK Hartwyck at Oak Tree |
$5,936 |
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JFK Hartwyck at the Edison Estates |
$7,372 |
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Brother Bonaventure Ext. Care and Rehab. |
$17,995 |
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JFK Hartwyck at Cedar Brook |
$6,295 |
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VANJ Healthcare System - Lyons Campus |
$24,700 |
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NJ Eastern Star Home |
$9,800 |
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McCarrick Care Center |
$11,555 |
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Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County |
$2,700 |
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Renaissance Pavilion at Bacharach Inst. |
$19,428 |
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Camden County Health Services Center |
$25,000 |
GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FACILITY TYPE
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FQHC |
Awards |
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AtlantiCare Health Services |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Atlanticare Mission Healthcare |
$ 25,000.00 |
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CamCare Health Corporation |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Community Health Care Inc |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Community Health Center Asbury Park (VNA of Cent. Jersey) |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Horizon Health Center |
$ 18,526.00 |
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Jewish Renaissance Medical Center |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Monmouth Family Health Centers |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Newark Community Health Centers, Inc |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Newark Homeless Health Care Project |
$ 25,000.00 |
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North Hudson Community Action Corp. |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Ocean Health Initiatives |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Paterson Community Health Center |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services Corp. |
$ 25,000.00 |
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Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc. |
$ 25,000.00 |
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UMDNJ -Eric B. Chandler Health Center |
$ 25,000.00 |
GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FACILITY TYPE
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Acute Care |
Awards |
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AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Campus |
$ 55,000.00 |
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AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-Mainland |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Barnert Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Bayonne Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Bayshore Community Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Bergen Regional Medical Center |
$ 53,400.00 |
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Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hosital |
$ 54,841.00 |
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Capital Health System - Fuld |
$ 54,972.00 |
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Capital Health System - Mercer |
$ 54,990.00 |
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CentraState Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Chilton Memorial Hospital |
$ 54,784.00 |
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Christ Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Clara Maass Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Columbus Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Community Hospital - JFK |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Community Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Cooper Health System |
$ 55,000.00 |
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East Orange General Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Englewood Hospital & Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Greenville Hospital |
$ 48,000.00 |
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Hackensack University Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Hackettstown Regional Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Holy Name Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Hunterdon Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Jersey City Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation |
$ 54,948.00 |
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Kimball Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Memorial Hospital of Salem County |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Monmouth Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Morristown Memorial |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Mountainside Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center |
$ 54,998.00 |
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Newark Beth Israel |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Newton Memorial Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Ocean Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Our Lady of Lourdes - Burlington County |
$ 54,441.00 |
GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FACILITY TYPE
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Acute Care |
Awards |
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Our Lady of Lourdes - Camden |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Overlook Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Palisades Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Pascack Valley |
$ 55,000.00 |
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PBI Regional Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Princeton Healthcare System |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Riverview Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Hamilton |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Rahway |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Shore Memorial |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Somerset Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Southern Jersey Hospital, Inc., - Elmer |
$ 54,997.00 |
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South Jersey Hospital, Inc., - Vineland |
$ 54,997.00 |
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Southern Ocean County Hospital |
$ 54,994.00 |
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St. Barnabas Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Clare's Hospital Dover |
$ 54,813.00 |
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St. Clare's Hospital Denville |
$ 54,548.00 |
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St. Clare's Health Sussex |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Francis Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. James Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Joseph's Wayne |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Mary Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FACILITY TYPE
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Acute Care Name |
Awards |
St. Michael's Medical Center |
$ 55,000.00 |
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St. Peter's University Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Trinitas Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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UMDNJ - University |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Underwood Memorial |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Union Hospital |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Univ. Medical Center/Kennedy Memorial - Cherry Hill |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Univ. Medical Center/Kennedy Memorial - Stratford |
$ 54,743.00 |
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Univ. Medical Center/Kennedy Memorial - Washington |
$ 54,953.00 |
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VA New Jersey Health Care System |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Valley Hospital |
$ 54,556.00 |
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Virtua - Burlington County |
$ 55,000.00 |
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Virtua - West Jersey Berlin |
$ 50,000.00 |
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Virtua - West Jersey Marlton |
$ 55,000.00 |
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