Department of Human Services

Nov 29, 2000	Due to the overwhelming response to the new NJ FamilyCare health insurance program, the state is adding new phone lines and staff at eligibility processing centers while also placing new newspaper ads that will ask the public to be patient with the enrollment process.
Nov 29, 2000	NJ Dept. of Human Services and Middlesex County to Create Program for Linking Children to NJ FamilyCare through Family Division of Superior Court
Nov 29, 2000	$625,000 Grant Will Help NJ Department . of Human Services Promote "Ticket to Work"
Nov 27, 2000	As the welfare caseload continues shrinking, the Department of Human Services (DHS) will individually assess 11,500 long-term welfare recipients to determine the services they need as they approach the five-year limit on benefits, Commissioner Michele K. Guhl announced today.
Nov 22, 2000	More New Jerseyans to Benefit from Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) .
Nov 13, 2000	The Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) honored families, organizations and staff who met the challenge of finding adoptive homes at its annual Adoption Awareness Month luncheon at the War Memorial today.
Nov 3, 2000	DYFS Launches New Web Site to Recruit Foster Parents
Oct 24, 2000	Mobile Exhibit Will Teach Children How to Prevent Lead Poisoning
Oct 24, 2000	The New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council (CCAC) will honor Beverly Lynn of Hillside with its Aletha Wright Award for Excellence in Child Care and Early Education at its annual meeting October 18, 12 noon, at Mastori’s Restaurant, 144 Rt. 130, Bordentown, NJ.
Oct 24, 2000	County-based Family Support Organizations Launched Statewide to Aid Families of Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Oct 13, 2000	The New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council (CCAC) will honor Beverly Lynn of Hillside with its Aletha Wright Award for Excellence in Child Care and Early Education at its annual meeting October 18.
Oct 5, 2000	Human Services Commissioner Earns National Advocacy Award for Children’s Mental Health Reform
Sep 22, 2000	Govnenor Whitman Announces Location of Secure Facility for Sex Offenders
Sep 20, 2000	Put healthy school year on back-to-school list
Sep 19, 2000	Governor Whitman Visits Program for At-Risk Youths Meets with Students in Drop-out Prevention Program
Sep 14, 2000	Governor Showcases West New York as First District to Fully Implement Abbott Preschool Program; Full-Day, Year-Round Preschool for all Three- and Four-Year Olds is Offered
Sep 11, 2000	Governor's Signs Legislation Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for the Disabled.
Aug 23, 2000	Guest Editorial/ DHS Commissioner Michele K. Guhl, Put healthy children on back-to-school list
Aug 14, 2000	Governor Assists Low-Income Working Families with New Tax Credit Signs Administration's 38th Tax Cut.
Aug 11, 2000	School Based Program Grants Help 13,000 More New Jersey Teens Deal with Problems and Stay in School
Aug 8, 2000	The Department of Human Services has established a toll-free, 24-hour-a-day hotline for the Safe Haven Infant Protection Act, which is now in effect.
Jul 28, 2000	Commissioner Michele K. Guhl today announced that the 50-bed expansion to the Ann Klein Forensic Center (AKFC) in Trenton has been completed and the hospital will begin accepting new admissions on July 31.
Jul 27, 2000	Governor Announces New Recipients of Faith-Based Community Development Grants
Jul 26, 2000	Governor's Signs Bill Requiring Criminal Background Checks for Child Care Center Employees
Jul 13, 2000	Governor Signs FamilyCare Health Act Expanding Options for Low and Moderate Income Residents
Jul 3, 2000	Department of Human Services and Quick-Chek Food Stores Partner to Urge Parents -- Not Even for a Minute.
Jun 30, 2000	Governor Signs Prosperity Dividend Budget
Jun 29, 2000	Governor Hails Passage of New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit in Fiscal Year 2001 Budget
Jun 26, 2000	Burlington County and NJ TRANSIT officials today introduced a new bus service aimed at customers who are participating in the Work First NJ program.
Jun 20, 2000	Commissioner Michele K. Guhl announced today that Gregory Roberts, the chief executive officer at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Camden County, will take over as chief executive officer of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. on July 17.
Jun 15, 2000	Governor Applauds Assembly Passage of FamilyCare Legislation
Jun 15, 2000	The Department of Human Services has awarded nearly $400,000 in grants to eight community based agencies for community projects that will benefit minority males.
Jun 15, 2000	Guest Editorial: Children's Health Need Not Be Left to Chance, Margaret A. Murray, Director NJ Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services
Jun 1, 2000	Gov. Christie Whitman and Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl today announced that the deadline for applications to the state Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program has been extended from May 31 to June 30
May 24, 2000	Guest Editorial/Letter to the Editor: It Only Takes a Minute, Charles Venti, Director New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services
May 17, 2000	Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl today visited Providence House, a state-funded program for children exposed to domestic violence.
May 15, 2000	Guest Editorial: Better Understanding of ADA Needed. William A. B. Ditto, Executive Director State Office On Disability Services
May 15, 2000	The Departments of Education and Human Services have awarded a five-year, $6.3 million contract to Westat of Rockville, Md., to evaluate early childhood programs in the Abbott school districts.
May 12, 2000	Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl visited the Little Friends child care center in Trenton today to commemorate the fifth annual Provider Appreciation Day, a national child care worker recognition effort that began in New Jersey.
May 8, 2000	Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl today joined pre-school children planting flowers and vegetables at a Children’s Garden at the Millhill Child and Family Development Center in Trenton.
May 5, 2000	Governor's weekly radio message discusses Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Month
May 3, 2000	Former state psychiatric hospital patients who were placed in community residences when Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital closed in 1998 are functioning well and are happier with their lives outside the hospital, Department of Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl said today.
Apr 28, 2000	NJ Gov. Christie Whitman today ordered the closure or dramatic reconfiguration of the Greystone Park State Psychiatric Hospital in Morris County.
Apr 26, 2000	The New Jersey Children’s Trust Fund awarded more than $763,000 in grants to 28 local child abuse prevention programs throughout the state.
Apr 13, 2000	Gov. Whitman Awards Grants for New Mini Child Care Centers -- Grant Recipients from Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union Counties -
Apr 3, 2000	Quality Child Care: It’s not Hard to Find if you Know Where to Look
Apr 3, 2000	Department of Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl announced today that the state had reached a tentative, three-year agreement with the state's providers of home health services.
Apr 3, 2000	Statement From DHS Commissioner, Michele K. Guhl, On Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospial
Mar 31, 2000	Governor Cites Drop in Welfare Caseload on Third Anniversary of WorkFirst Program
Mar 21, 2000	Gov. Whitman Meets with Parents' Groups on Children's System of Care New Program Begins in Burlington, Monmouth and Union Counties
Mar 14, 2000	Gov. Whitman Unveils New Quality Child Care Information Program
Feb 24, 2000	Governor Takes Action to Protect New Jersey Children -Proposes Criminal Background Checks for All Child Care Workers-
Feb 23, 2000	Gov. Whitman Expands After-School Enrichment Programs in Special Needs School Districts
Feb 9, 2000	Gov. Christie Whitman and the Department of Human Services recently launched the Kinship Navigator, a referral service designed to help family caregivers coordinate the various government programs that may be available to them.
Feb 4, 2000	Guest Editorial by Commissioner, Michele K. Guhl, On Kinship Care
Feb 4, 2000	Governor Whitman has proposed a major expansion of a nationally acclaimed New Jersey program that helps keep teens in school by offering a range of health, employment and social services at their own schools.
Feb 1, 2000	Commissioner Guhl's statement on the federal judge's decision to immediately dismiss seven of the nine counts in the lawsuit filed by Children's Rights Inc. and to limit the scope of the remaining counts.
Janu 24, 2000	Governor Whitman today announced plans to restructure the systems that serve children with emotional and behavioral disturbances and announced a four-year commitment that will increase spending for treatment by $113 million over four years – from $167 million to $280 million.
Jan 6, 2000	Statement from Department of Human Services Commissioner Michele K. Guhl on the New Jersey Assembly Task Force on Grandparenting Report