NJ raises rates for Medicaid clients, had been paying among nation’s lowest

The teams will be sent out to help callers to the 988 emergency hotline

Starting March 1, the state’s guaranteed SNAP benefit will be $50 a month, but lawmakers and advocates say $95 is needed to stave off hunger

Medication-assisted treatment at two established emergency shelters helps street people right where they live

Around 30,000 applications are going through document review or are pending review

The Excluded New Jerseyans Fund will give eligible households up to $2,000

Effort to overcome reluctance of homeless in LGBTQI+ community to access services over fears of discrimination

There’s bipartisan support in the Legislature for Gov. Murphy to relax requirements for day program reopenings.

Under the change, a family of three in the WorkFirstNJ welfare program would see benefits payments increase from $466 a month to $559.

Anna Landre’s Medicaid services are being cut, and the hours of personal care assistance she receives while away at school are getting slashed from 16 ...

Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson outlines priorities to the Assembly Budget Committee that include medication-assisted treatment access and reducing infant and maternal fatalities.

Advocates estimate 150,000 New Jersey residents have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Despite no official numbers, they also believe one-third have a mental illness, too.

The goal of the initiative is with more New Jersey students able to receive SNAP, there’s a better chance of them completing their education and ...

In an effort to get evacuees the assistance they need, the state has been holding information sessions in areas highly populated by Puerto Ricans.

Parents of adults with developmental disabilities ring the alarm over what they call neglect and a severe shortage of medical resources in the state.

Panelists called for an infant bill of rights, advanced wrap-around services in communities and legislation to even the economic playing field.

Governor-elect Phil Murphy Wednesday appointed Carole Johnson as the next commissioner of the Department of Human Services and Christine Norbut Beyerto as commissioner of the ...

The goal of combining the two departments is to better treat both the behavioral and physical health of patients, but critics argue the timing is ...

The heats on in Trenton to get back pay for furloughed workers. Christie says he'll sign off, but where's the bill? Christie's restructuring plan would ...

Christie's hastily-called news conference slammed Horizon for alleged incompetence and putting profit over patients.