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Rent Grace:
Any senior citizen receiving Social Security Pension, Railroad Retirement Pension, or any other governmental pension in lieu of Social Security must be given a five-day grace period for payment when the rent is due on the first of the month. For a copy of the law, please write to the Office of Landlord-Tenant Information, NJ Department of Community and Urban Affairs, PO Box 805, Trenton, NJ 08625-0805 or call 1-800-792-8820 or 609-292-4174; FAX 609-530-8858.
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Section 221 and Section 236:
These two federal programs provided below-market-rate mortgages to private and nonprofit developers of rental housing for low- and moderate-income families, as defined by the federal income standards.
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Atlantic County Intergenerational Services Home Page
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Atlantic County, Nutrition Project
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Home delivered meals
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The PAAD program:

Provides prescribed legend drugs, insulin, insulin supplies, and diabetic testing materials to eligible New Jersey residents at a co-payment of $5 per prescription. To qualify for PAAD in 2005, New Jersey residents must be 65 years of age or older, or at least 18 years of age and receiving Social Security Title II Disability benefits, and have an annual income of less than $20,989 if single or less than $25,735 if married.(1-800-792-9745) For an application or more info...

http://www.state.nj.us/health/seniorbenefits/pbp/paad-home.shtml
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The SENIOR GOLD Prescription Discount Program:

Provides prescribed legend drugs, insulin, insulin supplies, and diabetic testing materials to eligible New Jersey residents for a co-payment of $15 plus 50% of the remaining cost of each covered prescription. Once Senior Gold members reach annual out-of-pocket expenses exceeding $2,000 for single persons or $3,000 for married persons, they pay only a flat $15 co-payment per prescription for the remainder of that eligibility period. To qualify for Senior Gold in 2005, New Jersey residents must be 65 years of age or older, or at least 18 years of age and receiving Social Security Title II Disability benefits, and have an annual income between $20,989 and $30,989 if single or between $25,735 and $35,735 if married. (1-800-792-9745) For an applications or more information...
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Department of Health and Senior Services (Statewide Benefits For Older Persons)

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Support Services for the Aged and Disabled, TOLL FREE HOTLINE 1-800-792-9745

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Lifeline With a Lifeline medical alarm, help is always just the press of a button away.

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Communications Lifeline Service is a government program that offers qualified people a discount people a discount on their monthly local telephone bill.  Each state has its own guidelines to qualify.  View here

New Jersey Health Care Resources:

The Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (HAAAD) program is included on this page

(1-800-792-9745)

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Council on Affordable Housing, NJ (COAH) View here

 

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