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As the vaccine rollout continues and the New Jersey rate of transmission continues to drop, Garden State schools and organizations are expanding in-person instruction opportunities. But that’s not the case for programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. State officials will only allow their programs to be offered online. The situation is causing hardship and frustration. At the end of this week, what is being billed as the Open the Day Programs protest will be held i...

N.J.’s lockdown on programs for disabled people must end now, families say Updated 3:02 PM; Today 8:30 AM Kelly Reagan, right, at a Christmas party with Becky Chaplin, a social worker at the Ladacin day program in Ocean Township in 2017. Reagan is declining mentally and emotionally because day programs have been shut for most of the past 13 months , her mother, Marianne says. Facebook Share Aided by vaccines, mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing, the Murphy administration this year ...

Discriminatory human rights issue: Families tell NJ to reopen day programs for disabled UP NEXT New Jersey residents with the most severe disabilities are regressing physically and mentally because the therapy, socialization and training programs they depend on have been closed for over a year. Many are depressed and stuck at home with families at their breaking points while the state is unfairly barring them from needed services, said families, advocates and some lawmakers. These services, wh...

New Jersey residents with the most severe disabilities are regressing physically and mentally because the therapy, socialization and training programs they depend on have been closed for over a year. Many are depressed and stuck at home with families at their breaking points while the state is unfairly barring them from needed services, said families, advocates and some lawmakers. These services, which come bundled under the catchall title of day programs, offer therapy, social activities, job...

Reply(1) Ocean County, like the rest of New Jersey, is seeing a rise in the rate of coronavirus cases. (Shutterstock) OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Ocean Countys coronavirus case rate has increased over the last week, reflecting an increase in the infection rate statewide, as it has for the last few weeks (see town-by-town totals below). Ocean County recorded 60,217 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 2,313 cases, or 3.99 per...

NJ opens COVID vaccines to residents with asthma or overweight COVID-19 vaccine eligibility has been opened to new groups of the population as of Monday. More than 3 million total vaccine doses had been administered statewide, as of Monday, including a million second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna brands, which require two shots for a person to be fully inoculated. Get our free mobile app Among those now on the list as being able to seek appointments are people with any 10 conditions that the ...

Cranbury School District will wait to determine further implementation of in-person learning; parents frustrated with communication Frustrations by the Cranbury School parents, focused in part on the future of in-person learning, were present when the Board of Education conducted its monthly meeting in February. The potential future expansion of in-person learning, ongoing contract negotiations with teachers and communications between the school and parents took center stage during the public c...

The southeast joined the southwest and central west, while the rest of the the state remains 'high.'

N.J. schools remain on ‘high’ COVID alert for 11th week, but outbreak activity levels decline Updated Feb 05, 2021; Case rates for the coronavirus dropped last week in all six New Jersey regions tracked by the state and used by school districts to evaluate risk in educational settings. But, for the 11th week in a row, all 21 counties are orange, indicating “high” coronavirus activity, according to data released by the state Department of Health Thursday. New Jerseys COVID-19 Activity L...

New Jersey's COVID-19 Activity Level map remained all orange for the week ending Jan. 16, indicating 'high' virus levels in every region.