Residential Services provides individuals who are deaf-blind, deaf or blind and developmentally disabled the opportunity to live as independently as possible in the community. A staff of trained professionals provides twenty four hour assistance with all daily living needs and skill development.

Program Development
NJADB will develop programs to accommodate individual needs. Our commitment is lifetime, comprehensive services for eligible individuals including but not limited to:

Philosophy
NJADB believes in life long incidental learning that takes place in natural settings. We value people over process and base the success of our programs on the outcomes achieved by the people served. We strive to attain the highest quality of individualized support possible through a caring and respectful environment.

Eligibility
To be eligible for our services. Clients must be registered with the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities and must have a vision and/or hearing impairment or communication impairment.

Current Residential Programs:

• Bound Brook Group Home
• Piscataway Group Home
• Somerset Group Home
• Plainsboro Apartment
• Lakeview Group Home
• Monmouth Group Home

Community Support Services provides daily living assistance to people who are deaf-blind in communities throughout New Jersey. A team of Client Service Coordinators and Specialists in the areas of Communication and Recreation work together to maximize independent living for people with deaf-blindness and decrease the isolating effects of this disability.

Lifetime Support including but not limited to:

• Transportation
• Housing
• Recreation/Socialization
• Communication
• Medical Coordination
• Entitlement Procurement
• Advocacy
• Home Safety Assessment
• Community Resource Coordination
• Referral for Technical Support/Training
• Loan Library of Adaptive Equipment

Program:
Each person referred to NJADB receives Individualized Service Planning with one of our client service coordinators. People requesting services discuss their goals and needs which are then developed into service plans. As people's lives invariably change, the service plans are flexible pictures of support which capture the individual's needs at that time. Plans are reviewed at minimum annually, and as needed based on each person's life. NJADB staff coordinate the resources and direct service support needed to help families whose lifestyles are affected by these disabilities.

Eligibility:

In order to be eligible for CSS services you must have a combination of severe hearing and vision loss. Visual acuity must be no better than 20/200 with corrective lenses in the better eye.
Referrals for service come from the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as from other community providers and the general public.

Family Support Services provides assistance to families who are the primary caretaker of a person who is deaf and/or blind and developmentally disabled. NJADB staff coordinate the resources and direct service support needed to help families whose lifestyles are affected by these disabilities.

Respite Services
Respite Services are designed to provide relief from the stress that can be associated with the challenges of meeting the intensive support needs of a person with developmental disabilities. NJADB Respite Workers are trained to provide quality support to people who are deaf and/or blind and developmentally disabled as well as in the specific needs of each person and family. This allows the care taker time to tend to other household and personal needs with the peace of mind that their family member is safe.
Schedules and activities are planned with the family as needed for a maximum of twenty hours per month.

Cash Option
This option provides the family the flexibility to hire their own Respite Worker and act in place of NJADB as an employer in determining the training needs and hourly rate of the person providing support services.
Families are reimbursed for approved expenses on a monthly basis, not to exceed $160.00 per month.

Stipends
Emergency cash stipends are available to families in need of financial support to purchase necessary equipment or other household needs to ensure the health, safety and well being of a family member with disabilities. Stipends are awarded for expenses that enable a person to remain in their home as opposed to institutionalization.

Eligibility
To be eligible for our services. Clients must be registered with the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities and must have a vision and/or hearing impairment or communication impairment.

Employment Services provides the opportunity for people with disabilities to access meaningful and gainful employment as well as workplace readiness and skills training.
Access to various employment opportunities is achieved through adaptive equipment and technology.

Our-Co Industries
A staff of Critical Coworkers work side by side with people in need of support with skill development and in performing job responsibilities. This program provides training support and job opportunities to people who are deaf-blind and developmentally disabled. Our-Co is a small business, manufacturing its own product line as well as offering a variety of business services to the community.

Eligibility
To be eligible for our services, Clients must be registered with the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities and must have a vision and/or hearing impairment or communication impairment.

Switchboard Operations
NJADB offers employment opportunities to people who are blind and visually impaired as Operators at the VA Hospital in East Orange, NJ. Through the JWOD Act and affiliation with National Industries for the Blind, NJADB manages the Switchboard Operations for two VA Hospitals and multiple care facilities. With the use of adaptive equipment and technology, all of the functions of the switchboard including internal transfers, cardiac arrest and blood bank monitoring, Doctor's on call schedules and customer service, are accessible to people who are blind.

Company Stores
NJADB also offers employment opportunities to people who are blind and visually impaired as sales associates at our
Company Stores. The Company Stores are retail shops that serve as a convenience to the employees of the corporations that house them. Cards, gifts, balloons, candy, company logo items, sundries, newspapers and magazines are just a few of the items sold at our stores located at Merck & Co. Inc. in Rahway, N.J. and at Conoco Phillips in Linden, N.J.

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