WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY-- [Excerpt] With New Jersey planning to close the Woodbridge Developmental Center, some state officials want the centers developmentally challenged residents to continue to be able to call this 25-square-mile community home. The state Senate recently approved a bill, sponsored by state Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, D-19th, designed to ensure developmental center residents transition into the community. The bill now goes to the Assembly for further consideration. The residents of the Woodbridge Developmental Center are valued members of the Woodbridge community, and it is important that we try to find housing for them in the town that many of them have lived in for years, said Vitale, whose legislative district includes Woodbridge. I have long advocated for the need to create integrated community housing for people with disabilities. It is my hope that this project will be developed in such a way as to become a model within the state. The land, vacant for a number of years, is located across Rahway Avenue from East Jersey State Prison and formerly served as the site of the wardens home, according to Laurie McCabe, Vitales legislative director. Entire article: Plan to keep developmental center residents in Woodbridge may not be feasible if level of care cant be met, relatives say tinyurl/ide0117144
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:48:48 +0000
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