Abuse in the News

1.18.2026

NJ.com

N.J. just made history with law protecting people with disabilities in group homes

 

1.18.2026

NorthJersey.com

Group homes face fines in NJ with new law. How it works

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1.16.2026

NorthJersey.com

New NJ website posts group home abuse stats, but not company names

 

1.9.2026

The Bergen Record

How Mikie Sherrill can deliver for NJ's disability community

 

1.5.2026

NJ.com

Are they making too much? - nj.com

Taxpayers foot skyrocketing salaries for N.J. group home execs rolling in dough. What’s being done?
 

12.15.2025

NorthJersey.com

NJ system to investigate group homes would be overhauled under bill

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11.17.2025

Courier Post

Rep. Tom Kean pushes for national disability ombudsman, modeled after NJ watchdog

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10.14.2025

NorthJersey.com

Over a year after their daughter's sudden group home death, a NJ couple still want answers

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8.9.2025

The Jackson Times

A Fundamental Job Of Government

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7.10.2025

USA TODAY NETWORK

Will next governor fix group home crisis?

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7.8.2025

NorthJersey.com

NJ's disability watchdog warns that next governor will inherit group home system in crisis

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7.2.2025

NorthJersey.com

NJ advocates want stronger state oversight, better investigations of group homes

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6.30.2025

Daily Record

NJ bill would require cameras on school buses to protect students with disabilities

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6.3.2025

NorthJersey.com

Abuse, neglect and death in New Jersey group homes show a crisis we must fix

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5.22.2025

NorthJersey.com

Finding a fix: How could NJ group home reform bills impact the industry?

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5.17.2025

NorthJersey.com

Despite NJ group home care lapses, state often fails to act, lets companies grow

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5.10.2025

NorthJersey.com

Wrong doses. Missed doses. Medication errors in group homes pose grave risks

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5.3.2025

NorthJersey.com

NJ group home residents face neglect, abuse and despair in a flawed system

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10.2.2024

NorthJersey.com

Severe autism, frantic families

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10.2.2024

NorthJersey.com

NJ wants new penalties to fight abuse in group homes for people with disabilities

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10.1.2024

NJ.com

N.J. announces major overhaul to stop abuse in group homes

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9.18.2024

NJ.com

Fed-up families say N.J. ignores abuse in group homes. But that may change soon

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7.23.2024

The Record

Urgent call for reform: NJ disability ombudsman highlights abuse in state-run homes

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6.20.2024

NorthJersey.com

Emergency housing for NJ kids with disabilities is so scarce 'families often just give up'

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2.16.2024

NJ.com

Demand better oversight of homes for the disabled

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2.08.2024

NJ.com

N.J. leaders vow to toughen group home oversight after NJ.com report

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2.02.2024

NorthJersey.com

Alone, autistic and afraid

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8.21.2023

NJ PBS

Thousands of NJ families frustrated by long wait for disability services

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6.5.2023

NorthJersey.com

NJ Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families releases 2022 annual report

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