| Addiction Services |
smoking, drugs, alcohol |
| Aging and Community Services |
The Division of Aging and Community Services (DACS) administers programs designed to make it easier for seniors to get the help they need to both support their well-being and to enable them to maintain themselves in the community for as long as possible with independence, dignity and choice. Programs, listed in alphabetical order, include: Adult Protective Services, Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC), Alzheimer’s Adult Day Services, Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) Administration, Community Choice Options, Community Education and Wellness, Congregate Housing Services Program, Global Options (GO) for Long Term Care, Global Options Nursing Facility Transition (GO NFT), Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving (JACC), NJ EASE, Pre-Admission Screening, Public Guardian, State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), Statewide Respite Care Program. |
| Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates |
copies
of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates for individuals. |
Data: Birth, Death, Injury, and Behavioral Risk Factors
(Center for Health Statistics) |
aggregate data on births, deaths, marriages,
injuries, health insurance coverage, and behavioral risk factors
(BRFSS). |
| Emergency Medical Services |
Certification of New Jersey EMT-Basic and Paramedics; Licensure of Ambulances,
Mobility Assistance Vehicles, and Air Ambulances; Emergency Medical Services for Children program |
| Epidemiology,
Environmental and Occupational Health |
immunizations, chemicals in the workplace, communicable diseases,
lyme, Hepatitis A/B/C, food safety, lead and asbestos, public
employees occupational safety and health |
| Family
Health Services |
WIC, Centers for Primary Health Care, newborn and infant health, family planning, dental care, childhood lead screening, maternal and child health data. |
| Health
Care Quality & Oversight |
health care facility certificate of need; acute care licensure,
inspection and complaint investigation; hospital charity care;
hospital discharge and financial data; HMO licensure and oversight;
managed care complaints and appeals of care denials; performance
reports for hospitals and HMO's |
| HIV/AIDS Services |
HIV/AIDS information and services that are available to the public |
| Hospital Performance Report |
Gives quality scores for individual hospitals and allows comparisons by geographic areas; also gives access to health care resources. |
| Long Term Care Systems |
health care facilities, nursing and residential homes |
| NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research |
NJCBIR provides grants to promote the necessary research that will result in the treatment and cure for traumatic injuries of the brain. |
| Patient Safety |
Designed to support hospitals in development of patient safety initiatives and in preparation of the reports required by the Patient Safety Act. |
| Quality Information for Health Care Professionals |
Designed to give information on quality improvement to health care professionals including best practices, meetings and quality improvement tools. |
| Senior Benefits |
Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD), Lifeline and Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled, and Specificed Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) |
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