Carole Johnson

But you must apply to the program by Monday, Dec. 7 to be eligible.

After a spike that began last November and continued through the spring peak of the pandemic, opioid-related deaths declined in the June to August period.

A lawmaker urges the Murphy administration to promote the $250 million program, which will provide help for families with up to $75,000 in income.

Additional funding to boost salaries for nursing home aides is also announced

Loss of a job and health coverage is a life-changing event allowing for special enrollment in the marketplace. NJ FamilyCare could also be an option.

A Mental Health First Aid training program will include every public, charter, renaissance and approved private school for students with disabilities and higher education institutions in the Garden State.

State officials award grants and send naloxone to police and libraries, as overdose deaths total 280 for a third straight month, apparently for the first time.

It's part of a new program that aims to prevent opioid overdose deaths across the Garden State.

Gov. Murphy says opioid overdose deaths and the number of opioid prescriptions were down last year, thanks to a multi-pronged prevention approach

A new rule implemented earlier this month by the Trump administration will cut an estimated 12,000 people in New Jersey from the food stamp program.

Three dozen homeless shelters will share 1,200 doses of the opioid overdose antidote drug.

The state is boosting welfare payments for the second time in as many years.