Somerset County Human Services Priority Populations Plan
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Somerset County Department of Human Services Human Services Advisory Council “Moving Towards a Civil Society” Somerset County Human Services Priority Populations Plan 2016 - 2020 Prepared for: New Jersey Department of Human Services New Jersey Department of Children and Families September 2017 SOMERSET COUNTY PRIORITY POPULATIONS PLAN 2016 – 2020 Approved by: 2017 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders Peter S. Palmer, Director Patrick Scaglione, Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh Mark Caliguire Brian D. Levine Somerset County Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC) Mary Jane DiPaolo, Chairperson Prepared by: Somerset County Department of Human Services Michael Frost, Director Office of Operations and Planning Patricia Lake, Administrator of Planning and Programming Sarah Murchison, Human Services Coordinator Human Services Advisory Council Planning Committee Mary Jane DiPaolo Madeline Lozowski David Walker Nancy Good Paulann Pierson Tim Wolf Eric Harris Nicci Spinazzola Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders Resolution The SOMERSET COUNTY PRIORITY POPLATIONS PLAN could not have been completed without the time and effort put forth by the Planning Committee and its subcommittees of the Somerset County Human Services Advisory Council. PLANNING SUBCOMITTEES’ MEMBERSHIP Lauren Fray, Executive Director Madeline Lozowski, Director Michele Dufour, Resource The Arc of Somerset Madeline Lozowski, Director Development Specialist, Division Family Support Organization of Child Protection & Permanency, Nancy Good, President Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren Somerset County Local Office Alternatives, Inc. Sarah Murchison Lori Lupo, Division of Child Eric Harris Human Services Coordinator Protection & Permanency, Family & Community Services of Office of Operations and Planning Field Office Somerset, Hunterdon, Somerset County Warren, and Mercer Tom O'Leary, Executive Director Kathy Jones Samaritan Homeless Interim Cynthia Voorhees, Eldercare Somerset County Director Program Services Administrator Division of Developmental Office on Aging and Disability Disabilities Brenda Pateman, Alcoholism and Services Drug Abuse Coordinator/IDRC Kathryn Krauth, Citizen Director Kimberly Cowart, Director Office of Operations and Planning Community Development Joanne Kemp, Somerset County Board of Social Services Antonietta Phelan, Director of the David Walker, Executive Director Youth Services Commission Visions and Pathways Patricia Lake, Administrator of Office of Youth Services Planning and Programming Rev. Tim Wolf, Executive Director Office of Operations and Planning Fresia Skoczypec, Vice President Empower Family Success Center of Services Pam Mastro, Mental Health Alternatives, Inc. Nicole Zenner, Director of Administrator Community Outreach Services, Office of Operations and Planning Nicci Spinazzola, Director Alternatives, Inc Richard Hall Community Mental Paulann Pierson, Disabilities Health Center Julie DeSimone Service Coordinator, Office on Planning Administrator Aging and Disability Services Carolyn Suero Office of Operations and Planning Director of Services Mary Lopatosky, Citizen Alternatives, Inc. In addition, special thanks must be extended to the following members of the Somerset County Department of Human Services Staff: Emilia Fletcher, Program Coordinator II and Juanna James, Executive Assistant SOMERSET COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES PRIORITY POPULATION PLAN 2016 - 2020 I. Executive Summary................................................................................................. 1 II. Overview .................................................................................................................. 3 Planning Process ........................................................................................................................... 3 General Description........................................................................................................................ 4 County Character ....................................................................................................................... 4 County Development .................................................................................................................. 4 Cross County Issues .................................................................................................................. 5 County Description…………………………………………………………….………………………. .... 7 Population Trends ...................................................................................................................... 7 Population Density ..................................................................................................................... 7 Population Diversity ................................................................................................................... 7 Poverty .................................................................................................................................... 12 Median Household Income ...................................................................................................... 12 Labor Force......................................................................................................... ........... ...........13 Transportation................................................................................................................ ........... 15 Low Income Analysis............................................................................................... ................. 16 Potential Projects Identified at Priority Population Focus Groups……………….…. ................. 16 III. Needs Assessment and Services to Priority Populations .................................. 19 Description of Priority Populations............................................................................................. 20 Somerset County Priority Populations Unmet Needs…………………………….…. .................. 22 Children, Youth and Families Affordable Housing .................................................................................................................. 23 Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 24 Substance Use Disorder Treatment ......................................................................................... 24 Prevention Activities ................................................................................................................. 25 Support Services for Families……………………………………………………….………….. ...... 26 Child Care ................................................................................................................................ 27 Behavioral Health (Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders) Affordable Housing................................................................................................................... 28 Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 28 Whole Health Care ................................................................................................................... 29 Community Based Case Management.................................................................................. ... 29 Affordable Medication (Mental Health) ..................................................................................... 30 Medication Assisted Therapy (Substance Use Disorder) ......................................................... 30 Access to Employment Services (Mental Health)………………………………………….…. ...... 30 Access to Supportive Employment Services (Substance Use Disorder)………… .................... 31 1 Developmentally Disabled Affordable Housing................................................................................................................... 32 Comprehensive Services Across the Lifespan ......................................................................... 33 Whole Health Care ................................................................................................................... 34 Productive Employment and Transition Services.............................................................. ....... 35 Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 36 Qualified and Appropriately Paid Employees ........................................................................... 37 Homeless/Low Income Affordable Housing (Subsidized, Healthy, Safe)............................................................... ........ 38 Ability to Meet Basic Needs/Including Food Security ............................................................... 39 Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment .................................................................. 40 Discharge Planning for those Released for Treatment ............................................................. 40 Employment/Vocational Services ............................................................................................ 41 Supportive Case Management, Legal Services, Community Engagement .............................. 42 Physically Disabled Safe, Accessible, Affordable Housing ...................................................................................... 43 Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 43 Whole Health