EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
PLAN|NJ Annual Family Night Out – SOLD OUT
Mark your calendars, and please join us on September 12, 2024, at the PLAN|NJ Family Night Out at the Somerset Patriots baseball game!
The Patriots will be playing the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the game begins at 6:35pm.
Every year, more than 500 family, friends, and supporters gather to raise community awareness of PLAN|NJ and its services for individuals with disabilities and their families. The PLAN|NJ family of board members, staff, social services partner agencies, businesses, local officials, and ballpark celebrities enjoy this summer pastime together. “This is the ultimate family event – a chosen family of disability rights advocates,” said Kerry Lee, Director of Operations for PLAN|NJ. “Everyone is welcome!”
9/18/2024 @7pm | Webinar: LifePlanning: Securing the Future for People with Disabilities
Presenters:
Jason Miller, MA, LPC, Associate Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: Opportunity Project (To RSVP and receive a link, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Michael Moran, mmoran@opportunity project.org
9/19/2024 @1pm-4pm | Exhibit: CEO Expo
(PLAN|NJ staff will be available to provide information and answer questions)
Host: Center for Educational Achievement
Location: Flemington Elks Lodge, 165 Route 31, Flemington, NJ
9/24/2024 @6pm | Webinar: LifePlanning: Securing the Future for People with Disabilities
Presenters: Jason Miller, MA, LPC, Associate Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: Morris County IFSS (To RSVP and receive a link, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Rosaelena Klingener, rosaelenaklingener@primehealthcare.com
9/25/2024 @12pm | Webinar: Lunch and Learn: Guardianship, Alternatives to Guardianship and LifePlanning for People with Disabilities
Presenters: Jason Miller, MA, LPC, Associate Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: Jack’s Kids Parents Group (To RSVP and receive a link, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Krista Hegedus, elksjackskids1068@gmail.com
9/26/2024 @11am -12pm | Panel Discussion: Traumatic Brain Injury Consumer Conference
Panelist: Ellen B. Nalven, MEd, Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Host: Kessler Institute, Kessler Institute, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052 (To RSVP, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Erica Weber, PhD, EWeber@kesslerfoundation.org
10/8/2024 @7pm | Presentation: LifePlanning: Securing the Future for People with Disabilities
Presenters: Ellen B. Nalven, MEd, Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: Fitness and Wellness Ministry, Alpha Baptist Church,15 Rose Street, Willingboro, NJ 08046 (To RSVP, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Victoria Goyins, Organizer, vr.fitness@yahoo.co
11/14/2024 @1pm-4pm Exhibit: MUJC Fall Transition Fair
(PLAN|NJ staff will be available to provide information and answer questions)
Host: MUJC (Morris-Union Jointure Commission)
Location: Developmental Learning Center – Warren Campus, 217 Mountain View Road, Warren, NJ 07059
11/20/2024 @7:30pm | Webinar: LifePlanning: Securing the Future for People with Disabilities
Presenters: Jason Miller, MA, LPC, Associate Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: Union County IFSS (To RSVP and receive a link, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Joyce Benz, jbenz@mhanj.org
12/4/2024 @1pm-2pm | Webinar: LifePlanning: Securing the Future for People with Disabilities
Presenters: Jason Miller, MA, LPC, Associate Executive Director, PLAN|NJ
Nicola Nero, MS, Assistant Director or Social Services, PLAN|NJ
Host: The Arc Family Institute (To RSVP and receive a link, please contact the host organization)
Contact: Celine Fortin, cfortin@arcnj.org
Educational Webinars for Families and Professionals
PLAN|NJ educates and serves individuals with disabilities, their families, and service providers through an educational program, The Need for Legal and Estate Planning for the Future Care of People with Developmental or Psychiatric Disabilities. Our seminars and educational exhibit sessions have been co-sponsored by The New Jersey State Bar Foundation since 2006.
Currently, we are offering families and professionals in-depth, individualized information remotely through live and recorded webinars, presented by local and state partner agencies.
MORE INFORMATION
For a calendar of upcoming webinars, along with the local or state partners presenting these virtual events, contact Melanie Miquel at Melanie.Miquel@plannj.org or 908-575-8300 ext. 28
Topics covered include:
- Legal, estate, and independent living planning for individuals with disabilities
- Special Needs Trusts, Legal guardianship, and protections that are alternatives to guardianship, such as Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Proxies, Psychiatric Advanced Directives and Representative Payee for Social Security benefits
- Protecting legal and civil rights and promoting self-determination and supported decision making under guardianship
- How to leverage public and private resources to identify and sustain safe, community-based homes
- Disability-related legislation including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Medicaid and Social Security legislation and regulations and Special Needs Trust provisions; Housing and Urban Development Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the ABLE Act, and others
- How to obtain maximum resources to assist individuals to live, work, and go to school in the least restrictive settings, and to prepare for the future care of their loved ones in all areas of legal and financial planning
- ABLE accounts and how they compare to Special Needs Trusts
CIRCLE OF SUPPORT
our story
"A Talk With Families"
The stories of three families with loved ones who have disabilities and who use PLAN|NJ's trust administration and care coordination services are told through interviews conducted in their homes by Executive Director Ellen Nalven.
GET IN TOUCH
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of New Jersey PLAN|NJ
PO Box 547
Somerville, NJ 08876-0547
908-575-8300 (Phone)
908-927-9010 (Fax)
info@plannj.org
PROUD MEMBERS OF:
Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities
Association of People Supporting Employment First
Alliance for Pooled Trusts
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Guardianship Association
National PLAN Alliance
Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey
SOMETHING MISSING? LET US KNOW.
We work hard to provide relevant and current information. If you feel something is missing or needs to be corrected, please contact us via our contact form HERE.
PLAN|NJ = Lifetime Advocacy for People with Disabilities
OUR MISSION
PLAN|NJ’s mission is to help family members of people with disabilities answer the question:
“Who will care for my loved one when I'm gone?”
We coordinate the supports needed by individuals with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities, and challenges with mental health, including people with autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, severe mental illness and more.
Spanish Translation
Si usted habla español y quisiera mas información sobre nuestros servicios o si desea una consulta con PLAN\NJ, por favor comuníquese con
Nancy Dilliplane, Director of Trust Services, para asistencia bilingüe: 908-575-8300, extensión 15
nancy.dilliplane@plannj.org
