From the Newark Star-Ledger:

The waiting list for housing for adults with disabilities in New Jersey has more than 8,000 names on it, according to budget records and statistics from the state Department of Human Services. More than a decade ago, the state enacted a plan that was supposed to eliminate the list by this year.

“We feel like we are going to be with these kids for the rest of our lives, and the older we get the harder it gets to do what it takes,” said Debbie Legutko, 53, of Ringwood. “Up until now, we didn’t need that much for them. Now we are looking for services the state is supposed to provide. They’ve given us nothing.”

Of the 8,000 people on the list, half are considered “urgent” placements because their parents are 55 or older or they suffer from a chronic physical or psychiatric disease. Moving 10 percent of them off the urgent portion of the list each year would cost the state about $15 million, which would be matched by the federal government.

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