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Providers and survivors urge state funding boost as brain‑injury programs shrink
Summary
Nonprofit and specialized providers said Community HealthChoices reimbursement has not kept pace with costs, prompting program closures and discharges; providers requested a $13 million state investment (expected to draw federal match) and survivors described prolonged struggles to access timely care.
Kristen Ferry, executive vice president for policy and strategy at the Woods System of Care, and Dr. Victoria Harding of NeuroRestorative told the Human Services Committee that chronic underfunding for brain‑injury residential and rehabilitation services is forcing providers to close programs and discharge clients.
Ferry said Woods is a population‑health organization of 12 providers serving roughly 50,000 people in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania; Woods’ Beechwood Neuro Rehab Program supports high‑acuity Community HealthChoices (CHC) clients. She said Woods has closed four homes in two years and discharged about 10…
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