TRENTON, N.J. -- Governor Christie's
2013 budget calls for a major shift in how the state helps children with intellectual and physical disabilities. It also adds nearly $25
million in spending on community placements for adults with such
problems, enough to move 130 people off its burgeoning waiting list.
The moves won praise from advocates for the "developmentally
disabled" — who suffer conditions ranging from severe intellectual
disabilities to cerebral palsy and autism.
Under Christie's plan, about 16,000 disabled children would
no longer receive services through the Division of Developmental
Disabilities, which is part of the Department of Human Services.
Instead, their care will be overseen by a new Division of Child
Integrated System of Care Services within the Department of Children and
Families.
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