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A Power Point Presentation on Social Determinants of Health and Medical-Legal Partnerships presented by CHLP Director of Litigation, Erika Kerber, at the 2019 Law & Disability Issues Conference. Social Determinants of Health and Medical-Legal Partnerships ...

Thank you to all who came out to attend CHLP's Law & Disability Issues Conference at the NJ Law Center in New Brunswick on May 9, 2019. CHLP was proud to present this year's program which included sessions about Integrated Care-Behavioral Health, Physical Health and Social Determinan...

2019 A Call For Nominations The 32nd Annual Ann Klein Advocate Awards will take place on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at The Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange, NJ. Nominations for the 2019 Ann Klein Advocate Awards and the Michael Lione Accessibility Award are due by May 1, 2019 and ...

Join us on May 9th from 9am-1pm at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick, where the Community Health Law Project will host a Free Law & Disability Issues Conference open to all. This year's sessions include Integrated Care-Behavioral Health, Physical Health and Social Determinant...

Registration is now open for The Law and Disability Conference hosted by CHLP on May 9th. To learn more about this FREE conference or to register,visit... Law and Disability Conference ...

CHLP's Director of Litigation, Erika Kerber, Esq., recently presented a webinar on Medical-Legal Partnerships, hosted by The Arc of New Jersey. Below is the PowerPoint presentation. Medical-Legal Partnerships from The Arc of New Jersey on Vimeo ...

Governor Murphy has signed into law legislation that extends Emergency Assistance to people who are caretakers of disabled dependents, permanently disabled, over 60 or who are chronically unemployable. ? Read more here -> https://www.njspotlight.com/ stories/19/01/02/emergency- ...

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The Port Authority of New York and NJ (PANY&NJ) issued a press release on Friday, June 30, 2017, announcing that the elevator and vertical life at the Grove Street PATH station had finally opened. The $4,000,000 elevator, ordered by a federal judge in 2011, took two years to const...

Nearly 16 years after advocates for wheelchair users first demanded access to the Grove Street PATH station, crews are putting the final touches on the station's new elevator. The $4,000,000 elevator, located at the corner of Grove Street and Columbus Drive, is set to open on July 2, acco...

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The Port Authority, hip (Heightened Independence and Progress, Inc.) and the United Spinal Association reached a settlement in a 7-year-old lawsuit over disabled access to the Grove Street PATH station.The two groups, hip, represented by the Community Health Law Project; and the United Spinal Associ...

Lawyer grew into his strong suit: Protecting rights of disabled Posted by Bob Braun/The Star-Ledger November 17, 2008 12:05AM Hal Garwin has become New Jersey's most prominent legal advocate for the disabled. That's not what he intended. "I never thought it would be the focus of my ...

On June 1, 2005, the New Jersey Division of Family Development (DFD), in the Department of Human Services, issued a comprehensive program directive (DFDI No. 05-6-1/GAPI No. 05-6-1), which applies to all assistance programs administered by county and municipal welfare agencies and boards ...

Comments to Notice of Proposed Rule Making Docket No. SSA-2007-0044 Amendments to the Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Council andDecision Review Board Appeals Levels Community Health Law Project 185 Valley Road South Orange, N.J. 07079 (973) 275-1175 INTRODUCTION ...

by Stuart H. Weiner, Managing Attorney, Community Health Law Project On November 20, 2009, a law was signed by former Governor Jon Corzine preventing the general public from seeing institutional lien records that had been recorded against former patients of our state and county psychi...

On January 12, 2006, Governor Codey signed into law A-3892/S-2696/2725, which amends the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. The Act governs Mt. Laurelaffordable housing. The new amendment requires that newly constructed Mt. Laurel housing be adaptable for use by people with mobility impairment...

Director Tel (609) 588-2000 June 1, 2005 TO: COUNTY WELFARE AGENCY DIRECTORS COUNTY WFNJ DIRECTORS COUNTY INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS COUNTY CASE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS COUNTY FOOD STAMP SUPERVISORS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS...

After two years, the efforts of the Community Health Law Project and other organizations have finally paid off. On December 13, 2004, the state Assembly passed A-779, and on February 14, 2005, the Senate passed its version of the same bill, S-880, which reforms the way liens are placed on...

On December 20, 2004, new rules adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing, the agency responsible for administering New Jersey's Fair Housing Act, went into effect. Notable among the new substantive rules is N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.21(a), which requires that ten percent of all affordable town...