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Providing Help for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Group Homes
- Supervised Apartments
- Gruenert Center Vocational Day Program
- Gruenert Center Special Needs
- Support Coordination in Sussex County
- Saturdays at the Center
- Fight for the Right and our Specialty Groups
- Pastoral Care
- The Father Patch Center and our other Facilities
- Notice of Privacy Practices
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Providing help for individuals with intellectual
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The Department for Persons with Disabilities (DPD) was established on March 5, 1965 by Bishop James J. Navagh.
"I know that your zeal for these members of the Church, for whom Our Lord showed a special love, will be extremely beneficial to them and to God’s kingdom," wrote Bishop Navagh instating Father Wehrlen as DPD’s first Executive Director.
This ministry first provided support for children with special needs, through religious education programs and day camps. In 1971, Murray House opened in Paterson, which is now the longest running group home in New Jersey for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Today, DPD operates 10 group homes, 1 supervised apartments, a day habilitation program, support coordination services, a Saturday program for young adults, recreational opportunities and spiritual support. Based out of Morris County, and offering assistance throughout 3 New Jersey counties, DPD provides help and creates hope for over 300 individuals with intellectual and development disabilities.
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Department for Persons with Disabilities
1 Catholic Charities Way
PO Box 2539
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438 (Jefferson Township)Phone: 973-406-1100 | Fax: 973-697-9603
[email protected]Contact the Department for Persons with Disabilities Executive Office to reach our residential programs,
support coordination (case management), administrative team, or for more information about what we do.
_______Please share our contact information with any individual or family in need of support.
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