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New Jersey Launches Crisis Support for Disabilities

3/14/2025

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New Jersey is taking a bold step to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities during mental health crises. In collaboration with Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, the Department of Human Services has introduced behavioral health stabilization homes and community crisis-response teams, designed to ease the burden on emergency rooms and enhance care for those in need.

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Story summary

New Jersey is taking a bold step to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities during mental health crises. In collaboration with Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, the Department of Human Services has introduced behavioral health stabilization homes and community crisis-response teams, designed to ease the burden on emergency rooms and enhance care for those in need.