New Jersey’s Assisted Living Program is a Medicaid Waiver program that provides Assisted Living services to seniors in subsidized and tax credit-funded buildings. 

New Jersey is the only state in the nation that has this type of Medicaid Waiver, which can help limit tenant turnover, create a more supportive building environment for residents to age in place, and strengthen partnerships with community providers so your building can be better prepared for the everyday challenges your aging tenants routinely face.  

For many housing tenants, home care or adult-day programs aren’t flexible enough to meet their round-the-clock care needs. Assisted Living Programs (ALPs) which, is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division on Aging Services are flexible by design. This program may be able to fill those gaps in care, while preserving independence and promoting residents’ health and safety.

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ALPs offer:

24-hour On-Call Assistance:

Nurses can assess middle-of-night health concerns - so an ambulance isn’t needlessly called.

On-site services

Delivered when the client needs them – not in inconvenient blocks of time. ALP staff are on duty 12-16 hours, 7 days a week, to provide housekeeping, laundry, bathing, grooming, meal preparation, dressing, and medication help.

Care management

ALP Care teams continually re-assesses clients’ needs so family caregivers and treating physicians are apprised of any changes in physical or mental health status.

Referrals and Resources

ALP Program staff can help residents find services such as home-delivered meals, transportation, or social supports needed to promote health and well-being.

Help in a Crisis

During the pandemic, ALP staff were able to arrange food delivery, plan socially distant recreation programs, and help residents who were cut off from their support systems with telemedicine visits and family video chats.

Why a Housing Community Would Benefit from an Assisted Living Program?

ALPs offer the familiar comfort of caregivers who establish relationships with residents, their families, medical care providers and housing management staff. Through these relationships, ALP staff are better positioned to assess health and safety risks and determine if a higher level of care is needed. ALPs are also licensed by the state to provide services to those eligible for Medicaid long-term-care benefits. Private-pay is also an option, and rates are affordable.

To learn more visit the ALP Provider Coalition site.

Questions? Need Help? 

Contact Candace Robinson, Director of Healthy Communities for Capital Impact, at cbrobinson@capitalimpact.org.