Great post!! I have used Perform Care to get help with my kids, it is a free program for all children in the state (im pretty sure). They helped us learn how to help with adhd behavioral issues.

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this is a good reminder, and also a stark reminder about how badly the state sometimes does with promoting programs that exist to help its citizens. nj does a lot of good stuff for its residents, but hides it in difficult to navigate programs that you need help with knowing how to apply for and use the benefits your taxes are paying for.

This may depend on where you live. We had stuff mailed to us about benefits my parents are eligible for for medicaid and such. If you're ever hospitalized in NJ and worried about incurring an insane medical debt, there are team of social workers who will help you navigate it all. Believe it or not, our state isn't all that bad when it comes to these things. A lot of other states are way worse like making the portal and process of application overly complicating and convoluted.

we are several steps ahead of a lot of other states (especially since many of them purposefully make it as difficult as possible to get the benefits you're entitled to) but things are still more difficult than they should be. unemployment is the biggest offender in this (their website is like 20 years out of date at this point) but other facets of state government lag hard.

Thank you for this! I had no idea this even existed.

Thank you for sharing. Does anyone have first hand experience with this? Does it really work or is it something that will only lead you to the longer dead end.