New Jersey Association of Community Providers - NJACP

07/25/2025

NJACP is proud to support the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this weekend. On July 26th, we celebrate this important civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. Learn more: adata.org/learn-about-ada

07/24/2025

At the end of June, we gathered with our members, friends, families, partners, Board members and more to celebrate the retirement of our fearless leader, CEO Valerie Sellers!

Check out some photos from the special celebration, as we honored her legacy at NJACP and wished her well in all of her future endeavors! 🥳🎊🎉

07/22/2025

SAVE THE DATE: is BACK!

Join us on September 19, 2025 at 10AM virtually on Zoom for our 6th Annual Heroes Awards, celebrating our incredible Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) whose dedication, compassion and hard work make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals in the community.

Check back for information on DSP nominations, sponsorship/advertising opportunities and more coming soon!

07/21/2025

NJACP – BINJE News featured the announcement of our new CEO, Libby Vinson, last week. Check out the article to learn more about Libby here:

The New Jersey Association of Community Providers (NJACP) announced Elizabeth (Libby) Vinson as chief executive officer. Vinson succeeds Valerie Sellers who has retired. “This feels like a full-circle moment,” Vinson said. “I have had the privilege of working with NJACP through efforts like th...

07/17/2025

SAVE THE DATE: Our 2026 NJACP Statewide Conference will return to Resorts Casino Hotel on Thurs. March 12 & Fri. March 13, 2026! We are determined to build upon to success of our very successful 2025 Conference with insightful break-out sessions, plentiful networking opportunities, engaging presentations, expert speakers and more! Mark your calendars TODAY – we’ll see you in in 2026!

SAVE THE DATE - NJACP's 2026 Statewide Conference is set to be held Thursday, March 12 & Friday, March 13, 2026 once again at Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlan...

07/16/2025

– The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism and Jersey Mike's Subs are collaborating on a new fund to help New Jersey’s autism community. Meals for Autism is a year-round program where the Flutie Foundation buys Jersey Mike’s subs for people with autism, their families, and the organizations that serve them. This year, the foundation is doing a meal-a-day nationwide effort as part of this program. Learn more via ROI-NJ:

The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism and Jersey Mike’s Subs have announced the creation of a fund to help the autism community that includes New Jersey. To reach the milestone of earning 100,000 Jersey Mike’s Shore Points through its “Meals for Autism” program, the Doug Flutie Jr. Found...

07/15/2025

We are so proud to welcome Libby Vinson to the NJACP family! Libby is NJACP’s new Chief Executive Officer, assuming the leadership role from Valerie Sellers following her retirement. A veteran lobbyist and recognized name in Trenton, Libby brings more than 20 years of experience in association management, government affairs, public relations and communications to her new position at NJACP.

As Libby shared, “This feels like a full-circle moment. I have had the privilege of working with NJACP through efforts like the Coalition for a DSP Living Wage and the NJ Legislative Disability Caucus – experiences that deepened my commitment to the field. Now, in this role, I’m grateful for the opportunity to dive deeper into this meaningful work: lifting the voices of individuals with disabilities, their families, and the dedicated community-based providers who support them. I recognize the challenges facing the field and am committed to meeting this moment by listening, learning and leading, all with compassion and collaboration.”

Learn more about Libby on our website: njacp.org/our-team/

07/10/2025

📢ATTENTION! 📢 The Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development is collaborating with Direct Support Workforce Solutions at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI) to offer a 9-month Frontline Supervisor Training Program focused on developing knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Interested Frontline Supervisors must apply online by August 8, 2025 to be considered for the program – APPLY HERE: https://form.jotform.com/boggscenter/fls-training-program-application

07/09/2025

✨Our 2025 STARS! Award Banquet was a SHINING success! ✨ Celebrating IN PERSON for the first time since 2019, together we made is a night to remember – all in recognition of our extraordinary STARS honorees!

A huge THANK YOU to all those who attended the event, supported this special evening in various ways and worked hard to make this an unforgettable experience. And to all of the 2025 STARS – WE SALUTE YOU! You are all amazing and we are so very honored to recognize your achievements and accomplishments.

07/08/2025

NJACP is proud to support Tarrytown Expocare Pharmacy who will be hosting one of their 2025 Symposium Series events in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ on Tuesday July 15th from 9AM-4PM. The event is titled “Navigating Diagnoses and New Therapies in IDD & Behavioral Health,” with attendees enjoying a full day of education, entertainment, networking and more with featured presenter Nanette Wrobel, RPh, AADMD’s Educator of the Year, and other and behavioral health experts.

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Navigating Diagnoses and New Therapies in IDD & Behavioral | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ -  

07/03/2025

📢ADVOCACY IN ACTION 📢 - Laura K***z, a member of the Board of Trustees of Bancroft, submitted this moving Op-Ed piece to BINJE this week expressing her concern about proposed cuts to Medicaid being considered by the U.S. Congress and impacts on individuals and families in the community. Read Laura's story here: https://binje.com/op-ed-what-will-happen-to-ross-humanizing-the-impact-of-proposed-medicaid-cuts/

I write in response to a story in BINJE called, ‘The final word: Sellers details challenges, frustrations of group home providers.’ I want to thank you for taking time to talk to Sellers, the outgoing CEO of the New Jersey Association of Community Providers; it is not often that a media outlet d...

07/02/2025

The Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development offers a helpful resource, Sharing Your Story: A Guide to Medicaid Advocacy. This guide has information to help you share your lived experience with policymakers so they understand the importance of Medicaid and the services it provides to people with disabilities.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Gujarati, Japanese, Portuguese, and Tagalog, the guide also provides information about how Medicaid works and commonly proposed threats, along with tips for sharing your story and a worksheet to help you plan your advocacy message.

Learn more: https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/resources/publications/sharing-your-story-a-guide-to-medicaid-advocacy