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Additional New Jersey Resources (Various Ages)

New Jersey Department of Health administers the following program:

• Special Child Health Services Case Management . Special Child Health Services Case Management is available to assist parents/guardians of children (birth to 21) with special health needs, including long-term medical conditions, birth defects, physical and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury. They make referrals and assist families to access State, federal and community resources out of 21 county-based case management units.

New Jersey Department of Children and Families

• Children’s System of Care (CSOC). CSOC provides a range of essential services , including in-home supports, group home placement, family support services, and summer camp. PerformCare is the Contracted System Administrator (CSA) for the New Jersey Children’s System of Care, and is available by telephone 24 hours a day.
• Office of Advocacy. The DCF Office of Advocacy assists the Department in its mission to keep New Jersey families safe, healthy and connected by providing information and responding to the concerns of parents and youth. The Office of Advocacy can be contacted by calling the toll free number, 1-877-543-7864 or email at askdcf@dcf.nj.gov

Children's Interagency Coordinating Councils (CIACC). CIACC are entities that foster cross-system service planning for children with behavioral health problems. They serve as the mechanism to develop and maintain a responsive, accessible and integrated system of care for children with special social and emotional needs and their families, through the involvement of parents, consumers, youth and child serving agencies as partners.

New Jersey Department of Human Services

• Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS). MLTSS is a Medicaid funded program that provides comprehensive services and supports through Managed Care Organizations (MCOs). Although many people associate the program with seniors who need a “nursing home level of care”, the program is also available to children with complex needs or who are medically fragile.

  Children (birth through age 20) meet clinical eligibility for MLTSS through functional limitations, identified in terms of developmental delays or functional limitations for age-appropriate activities of daily living, and require nursing care over and above routine parenting and meets the criteria for skilled nursing care that requires complex skilled nursing interventions 24 hours per day, seven days a week.

• Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund. New Jersey families may be eligible to receive support for uncovered medical expenses through the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund.

  A catastrophic illness is any illness or condition, acute or chronic, for which expenses are incurred that are not covered by insurance, state, federal programs, or any other sources* and exceed the program’s eligibility threshold.

  Eligible expenses must exceed 10% of the family's income, plus 15% of any excess income over $100,000. The child must have been 21 years or younger when the medical expenses were incurred. The family must have lived in New Jersey for 3 months immediately prior to the date of application.

County Boards of Social Services. County Boards of Social Services administer a variety of federal, state and county programs that assist individuals and families to meet basic needs, protect health, and promote welfare and self-sufficiency. Programs administered by social services boards include:

• Medicaid/NJ Family Care
• NJ SNAP/Food Stamps/Food Assistance
• Work First NJ (WFNJ)/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)