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Mothers in New Jersey raise concerns over the safety of their sons with autism in group homes, calling for increased oversight and accountability.

Mothers in New Jersey raise concerns over the safety of their sons with autism in group homes, calling for increased oversight and accountability.

Mothers in New Jersey raise concerns over the safety of their sons with autism in group homes, calling for increased oversight and accountability.

Mothers in New Jersey raise concerns over the safety of their sons with autism in group homes, calling for increased oversight and accountability.

Sen. Ed Durr introduced a resolution that would designate Aug. 27 of each year as Billy Cray Day, honoring an affable young man with developmental disabilities who died in his group home bedroom in 2017.

A proposal to provide for video cameras in common areas of group homes serving adults, as well as bedrooms of those requesting them, has stalled in Trenton.

March 4, 2021 50 for 50: Founders Circle Award Winners Susy Cheston, Martha Cray, Jill Dailey Smith, and Linda Vander Weele By Opportunity International On Saturday, February 20, 2021, we presented the first of a series of 50th anniversary awards. The first Founders Circle Awards went to a group of Opportunity International pioneers who helped us innovate our strategies and programs to better serve clients. These awards celebrate the earliest days of initiatives that have come to define Opport...

State May Require Cameras In Group Homes by Susan K. Livio, NJ.com/TNS | December 15, 2020 EDISON, N.J. — William Cray was found dead on the floor of his bedroom closet in a group home in Somers Point three years ago. His mother said she’ll never know what happened to her son, a 33-year-old man with developmental disabilities. The autopsy said he died of natural causes. The operators of the state-licensed group home, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, didn’t say much, although she had b...