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Agency official at New Jersey Human Services emphasizes commitment to people with disabilities
Summary
An agency official at New Jersey Human Services said they joined the agency after more than a decade as a health-care professional and framed the agency's mission around serving people with disabilities and caregivers, calling the people the agency serves its "North Star."
An agency official at New Jersey Human Services said they joined the agency after more than a decade working as a health-care professional serving people with disabilities and those with complex medical needs, and emphasized that serving those people remains the agency's central priority.
The official said, "I came to work in government and New Jersey Human Services after over a decade of working as a healthcare professional with individuals with disabilities, complex medical needs, and their families." They said they were "not surprised" to find colleagues and community members who share a commitment to using government to help those who rely on it most.
The speaker called coworkers and the people the agency serves the organization's "North Star," saying the agency aims "to make sure that we can serve them in the best way possible so that they can have access to the supports they need to live and thrive in their communities." The remarks framed the agency's priorities as centered on accessibility of supports for people with disabilities and on working with caregivers.
No formal actions, motions, or statutory citations were recorded in the transcript. The remarks read as a statement of background and mission rather than a proposal or vote; next procedural steps were not specified in the provided segments.
