Providing Services to Individuals with Disabilities
On June 1, 2005, the New Jersey Division of Family Development
(DFD), in the Department of Human Services, issued a
comprehensive program directive (DFDI No. 05-6-1/GAPI No.
05-6-1), which applies to all assistance programs administered by
county and municipal welfare agencies and boards ...
CHLP Files Comments on Social Security Administration Amendments to ALJ
Comments to Notice of Proposed Rule Making
Docket No. SSA-2007-0044
Amendments to the Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Council
andDecision Review Board Appeals Levels
Community Health Law Project
185 Valley Road
South Orange, N.J. 07079
(973) 275-1175
INTRODUCTION
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Update on Psychiatric Hospital and Privacy Lien Laws
by Stuart H. Weiner, Managing Attorney, Community Health Law
Project
On November 20, 2009, a law was signed by former Governor Jon
Corzine preventing the general public from seeing institutional
lien records that had been recorded against former patients of
our state and county psychi...
NJ Fair Housing Act Amendment Is Signed into Law
On January 12, 2006, Governor Codey signed into law
A-3892/S-2696/2725, which amends the New Jersey Fair Housing Act.
The Act governs Mt. Laurelaffordable housing. The new amendment
requires that newly constructed Mt. Laurel housing be adaptable
for use by people with mobility impairment...
DFD Program Instruction on Providing Services to Individuals with Disabilities
Director
Tel (609) 588-2000
June 1, 2005
TO: COUNTY WELFARE AGENCY DIRECTORS
COUNTY WFNJ DIRECTORS
COUNTY INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS
COUNTY CASE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS
COUNTY FOOD STAMP SUPERVISORS
COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS...
Bill Reforming NJ Institutional Lien Law Signed by Governor Codey
After two years, the efforts of the Community Health Law Project
and other organizations have finally paid off. On December 13,
2004, the state Assembly passed A-779, and on February 14, 2005,
the Senate passed its version of the same bill, S-880, which
reforms the way liens are placed on...
COAH Adopts Townhouse Accessibility Requirement
On December 20, 2004, new rules adopted by the Council on
Affordable Housing, the agency responsible for administering New
Jersey's Fair Housing Act, went into effect. Notable among the
new substantive rules is N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.21(a), which requires
that ten percent of all affordable town...
Exceptions and Appeals Process for Dual Eligibles
May 7, 2008
David Fish, Regulatory Officer
Office of Legal and Regulatory Services
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
P.O. Box 110, 13th Floor
Trenton, N.J. 08625-0110
By ordinary mail and fax to: (609) 292-8246
Re: Comments on Proposed S-RAP Rules and Amend...
Accessible Residential Construction Cases Succeed on Appeal
On December 1, 2005, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a 2004
appellate court decision that had in turn reversed two Middlesex
County trial court decisions. The trial courts had dismissed
claims on statute of limitations grounds. David Popiel, senior
managing attorney of the Community...
CHLP Wins Case of First Impression, in Appellate Division
On February 17, 2004, the New Jersey Appellate Division
decidedBurns v. Edwards, Jr. (A-2683-02T5), reversing a lower
court order establishing a child support obligation on the part
of the defendant, whose sole source of income is Supplemental
Security Income (SSI). The court accepted the...