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The Hunterdon County Office on Disability Services helps to provide a coordinated approach to the resources available for people with disabilities, their families and other members of the community. The Office works closely with its citizen advisory group, the Committee on Disability Services.
The Office on Disability Services is part of the Hunterdon County Department of Human Services, Division of Senior Services.
Planning for disability services involves identifying the need for services, providing assistance in developing or locating services where none exist, and avoiding duplication of services which are already in place.
The Office on Disability Services also offers services which guide clients to more effectively manage their situations and resolve their problems. |
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Resource List for Services for Hunterdon County Residents with Disabilities
The Hunterdon County Office on Disability Services: (908) 788-1361 (VOICE/TDD)
Barbara Metzger, MSW, LSW, Disability Services Planner
- Information & Referral to Agencies throughout the State
- Advocacy
- Monthly Committee on Disability Services meetings to involve the community in identifying gaps in services and recommending ways to improve services when necessary. This includes providing educational presentations related to services for people with disabilities
- Addressing issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), such as discrimination and accessibility
- Planning new or expanded services for people with disabilities when appropriate
The Hunterdon County Division of Social Services Programming: (908) 788-1300
- Certified & Non-Certified Home Health Services
- Personal Assistance Services Program (PASP)
- Independent Parenting Program, for parents with disabilities
- Financial Assistance for Emergency Response Systems, such as “Lifeline”
- Auto Repair Program for people with disabilities
- Temporary Emergency Medication Program
- Adult Protective Services (often for people with disabilities)
The Hunterdon County Division of Senior Services: (908) 788-1361
- Home Health Services & case management for seniors and certain non-seniors with disabilities
- A wide range of recreational, social and human services for seniors
The LINK: 1-800-842-0531
- LINK transportation services, (accessible buses & reduced fares for eligible riders with disabilities)
- Medically necessary out-of-county trips
The Hunterdon County Department of Health: (908) 806-4570
- Free HIV testing and counseling, and Information & Referral
- Services related to local public health issues in general
- Free dental services for low-income, uninsured children
- Adolescent Pregnancy Program
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Services
The Hunterdon County Department of Parks & Recreation: (908) 788-1158
- New accessible fishing and deer hunting programs
- Accessible gardening program
- Most programming is accessible
United Cerebral Palsy of Northern, Central & Southern New Jersey: (908) 879-2243
- Aging Caregivers’ Respite & Education (A.C.R.E.S) (60+)
- Weekend Respite Program for people with disabilities ages 10 and up
The Arc of Hunterdon: (908) 730-7827
- “Smiles” Behavior Modification Program for parents of children with disabilities
- Family Support Services
- Saturday Drop-Off Respite Program,
- Self Advocacy Program (support groups)
- Recreation Program
- Group homes for people with Developmental Disabilities
- Parenting education
- Funding for respite for DDD caregivers
Mental Health Services:
- Easter Seals of NJ Residential Services & Case Management
- Catholic Charities’ Counseling & Comprehensive Treatment Program
- Hunterdon Behavioral Health’s Older Adults Program
- Hunterdon Behavioral Health’s Family Crisis Intervention Unit
- Hunterdon Behavioral Health Psychiatric and Counseling Services
- “Getting Together” Support Center
Substance Abuse Services:
- Day Top Village of New Jersey’s Intensive Outpatient/Inpatient Programming
- Drug & Alcohol Residential Treatment Programs
- Hunterdon Prevention Resources Early Intervention Program
- Safe in Hunterdon (formerly Women’s Crisis Services) “Double Jeopardy” Program, serving victims of domestic violence (and abusers) who require substance abuse treatment
- Anderson House, Inc, a halfway house for women requiring drug & alcohol treatment
- Hunterdon Behavior Health Services
- Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings at the Hunterdon Medical Center & other sites
- Alanon meetings at the Hunterdon Medical Center & other sites
Substance Abuse Services through Hunterdon Drug Awareness:
- Treatment/Intervention Program
- 16 Week Intoxicated Drivers’ Resource Center (IDRC)
- Prescreening of Indigent Funds
- Substance Abuse Prevention/Education Program
Hunterdon Medical Center’s services specifically for people with disabilitiesl
- Medical and Information & Referral services for all disabilities
- Special Child Health Services medical & case management services
- Early Intervention Program for children with disabilities
- Hunterdon Medical Center’s Speech & Hearing Department
- Hunterdon Medical Center’s Geriatric Assessment Program
- Physician referral services at the Hunterdon Medical Center
- Hunterdon County Medication Access Partnership
- Hunterdon Medical Center’s Visiting Nurses & Supportive Services
Some other local programs that serve people with disabilities:
- Volunteer Guardianship One-on-One
- Special Olympics
- Briteside I & II Adult Day Care Centers (frail elderly who often have disabilities)
- North Hunterdon /Voorhees Regional High School Employment Transition Solutions Program
- Center for Educational Advancement (education, training & employment, including the Spring Run School for students with disabilities)
- Educational Services Commission, serving students with special needs
- Hunterdon County Hospice Program
- The “Open Road” transportation to religious services of all denominations
- The Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
- Allies, Inc., providing residential, case management, and employment services for people with disabilities
- The American Cancer Society
- The Tourette Syndrome Association
State Agency Services:
- The NJ Division of Disability Services (Information & Referral, Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, AIDS Community Care Alternatives Program & HIV Services, Medicaid Person Care Assistant Program, Disability Health & Wellness Initiatives, New Jersey Housing Resource Center for people with disabilities )
- The NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (training & employment services)
- The NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities, providing residential, and independent living services)
- Progressive Center for Independent Living (Advocacy, Independent Living Skills Training, Information & Referral & Peer Support )
- NJ Protection & Advocacy (free legal advice for people with disabilities)
- Division on Civil Rights (discrimination concerns)
- NJ Division of Deaf & Hard of Hearing (hearing aids and other assistance)
- NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- State Library for the Blind
- Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in West Trenton, NJ
- Division of Veterans’ Healthcare Services
- Division of Veterans’ Programs in general
- Veteran’s Administration Hospital
- NJ Workability, providing Medicaid for eligible employed people with disabilities
- NJ Work Incentive Network Support (WINS), providing benefits planning assistance for people with disabilities
- NJ Division of Youth & Family Services Special Needs Adoption Program (Counseling and subsidies for specific medical, health or equipment needs)
- The Catastrophic Illness to Children Financial Relief Fund
Note: In addition, there are also many support groups & private foundations for many specific disabilities, such as the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Lupus Foundation of America that can provide varying levels of financial assistance, information & referral, education, and emotional support.
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