New Jersey Resources

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2-1-1 Non-Emergency – Click this link to search the database, or call 211 on your phone to get information and referrals on a variety of services, including: food banks, clothing closets, rental and utility assistance, adult or child day care, transportations services for the disabled, tutoring, adoptions, Meals on Wheels, insurance, interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, job training, and much more.   This site and phone number will also provide emergency information about local problems such as floods and highway closures.

A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in New Jersey - This guide describes your protections as a New Jersey resident. Chapter 1 gives an overview of your protections. Chapters 2 and 3 explain your protections under group and individual health plans. Chapter 4 highlights your protections as a small employer. If you move away from New Jersey, your protections may change.

FamilyCare - Read about the new program called FamilyCare. Thousands of New Jersey parents go without health insurance, even though their children may be covered through NJKidCare. This can force parents to go without medical care until a more serious problem develops.

Hospital Charity Care - Read about how the state might be able to help pay your hospital bill, if you qualify for this program.

Long Term Care Systems - Learn all about the long term care options in New Jersey here.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services - Click here to view the Department's alphabetic list of health-related topics, programs and services. The site changes often so use the site search option to look for your topic or your browser Find option to search for a word or phrase.

New Jersey HMO Performance Report (2005 ed.) - This report examines HMO's and POS's (point of service plans) and rates them in four areas: Service and Access, Doctors and Medical Care, Staying Healthy, and Getting Better / Living with Illness.  There is information on how to appeal or register a complaint, a list of accreditation organizations, a directory of New Jersey plan phone numbers, and a copy of the New Jersey Consumer Bill of Rights. The report is also available in PDF format, requiring an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. 

NJ Department of Banking and Insurance - Click on this link then scroll down the page for information on health insurance.

NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services - The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services administers state- and federally- funded health insurance programs for certain groups of low- and moderate- income people.

NJ Nursing Home Report Card - Find information about nursing homes in New Jersey at this site.

NJ Office of Managed Care - If you need information about the different HMO plans, consumer rights, instructions on filing complaints, and a list of regulations for HMOs, click on this site.

Selecting a Long Term Care Setting - A Guide for New Jersey Consumers - The process of choosing the "right" setting for long term care may be as simple as finding a facility in a convenient location that has an opening when you need it. It also could entail many weeks of research, phone calls, and visits to prospective facilities to satisfy yourself that you have chosen the best facility available for your situation. See this guide (which is being updated) for information on this issue.

En Español

Apoyo para las Familias que Trabajan - El personal de Work First NJ ofrecerle este paquete de servicios diseñados específicamente para familias que trabajan. Incluye, entre otros cosas, recursos de apoyo para cuidado infantil, transporte y seguro de salud.  Este sitio está en formato PDF y se requiere un programa especial, Adobe Acrobat Reader, para poder verlo. Usted puede obtener este programa en http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

NJ FamilyCare - NJ Family Care brinda cobertura médica gratuita o económica a niños y adolescentes (hasta los 18 años) residentes de New Jersey que no tienen seguro médico. Este sitio está en formato PDF y se requiere un programa especial, Adobe Acrobat Reader, para poder verlo. Usted puede obtener este programa en http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario - Bajo este programa, las personas de 65 años de edad o mayores, o quienes están incapacitadas (incluyendo a los niños), reciben pagos de mantenimiento y servicios de asistencia por medio de las agencias de bienestar social de los condados. A las personas que reúnen los requisitos se les provee un suplemento estatal para aumentar el ingreso neto contable hasta el estándar estatal para los respectivos arreglos de vivienda.