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Robert Stack (center), CEO of Community Options, Inc. PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS
When Clark Kent puts on his glasses to hide his identity as a superhero his peers see him sit behind a desk oblivious to his agenda.
After Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Carole Johnson as the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, the disabled community figured there was another government official to manage the largest department in New Jersey. She had come from the Obama administration working on health care and public disability policy.
The commissioner visited our programs with people with severe medical fragility. She seemed to be a quiet, yet intellectually gifted leader. Then the pandemic hit.
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Alabama
Gadsden: The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama topped 2,800 this week, as recent days have shown a steady climb and new record high inpatient counts – 2,804 on Tuesday – as the surge in cases continues. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the University of Alabama’s Division of Infectious Diseases director, said Alabama now is third in the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita, behind Nevada and Arizona. She said Alabama is sixth in the nation in the number of COVID-19 cases per capita, after falling out of the top 10. On Christmas Eve, the number hospitalized was 2,458 across the state; on Christmas Day and on Saturday, it was 2,516, according to statistics published by BamaTracker. On Sunday, the number rose to 2,631; and it jumped significantly by Monday, to 2,802 people hospitalized.
Published December 23, 2020
What to Know
The emotional and mental toll of the ongoing pandemic continues to be felt by many including those who have been on the frontlines since the start of the health crisis.
New Jersey Department of Human Services partnered with Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare Department to launch help hotlines for the state s frontline heroes.
Help also remains available for any resident who is feeling this strain of the pandemic on their own mental health.
The emotional and mental toll of the ongoing pandemic continues to be felt by many including those who have been on the frontlines since the start of the health crisis.
Published December 23, 2020 •
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 8:14 am
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What to Know
The emotional and mental toll of the ongoing pandemic continues to be felt by many including those who have been on the frontlines since the start of the health crisis.
New Jersey Department of Human Services partnered with Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare Department to launch help hotlines for the state s frontline heroes.
Help also remains available for any resident who is feeling this strain of the pandemic on their own mental health.
The emotional and mental toll of the ongoing pandemic continues to be felt by many including those who have been on the frontlines since the start of the health crisis.
Reimagining child care in New Jersey, funding and access
If there has been one truism brought to the fore during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that child care is critically important.
In almost every sector of life, the need for quality and affordable child care has affected children and their families, businesses and their employees, and the state’s recovery as a whole.
NJ Spotlight News last week hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on the critical role that child care will play in the restart of New Jersey’s economy.
The following are edited excerpts from the discussion:
Economic case for early childhood care