WELCOME TO A SECOND TOUCH SUPPORT COORDINATION AGENCY

A Second Touch Support Coordination Agency is a plan-approved Medicaid Case Management agency that offers Support Coordination in Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties, through the New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities. We opened our doors in May of 2015 and have been connecting our clients with DDD-funded approved Providers to assist them to gain access to community Day programs, Group Homes, and activities.

New Services Added

  • Respite 
  • Transportation
  • Behavioral Support 
  • Community & Individual Supports 

OUR SUPPORT COORDINATORS

  1. Identify the client’s support needs and preferences.

  2. With the person and family, develop the NJ person Centered Planning Tool and NJ individual Service Plan.

  3. Locate options for services that include: traditional disability providers, generic community supports, government supports beyond DDD, and /or natural support based on funds available in the person’s individual budget.

  4. Ongoing monitoring of supports and services.

  5. Responding to emergencies and other service-related needs of the person and/or family.

A Second Touch provides high-level, person-centered care and case management to participants in the following categories

  • Maintaining a budgetary cushion

  • Gaining access to needed programs

  • State plan services

  • Medical services

  • Social services

  • Educational service and opportunities

  • Accessibility Services

  • Monitoring of established support and services

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT COORDINATION SERVICES, YOU MUST:

Be a resident of New Jersey. Be 21 or older for services Live in your own home or with family. DDD and Medicaid eligible. Meet service-specific criteria.