Resource Category: Grants & Funding

Organizational Summary

Inclusive Healthy Communities (IHC) grant program was established in 2021 by the Division of Disability Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services.

The program funds New Jersey communities and organizations engaged in initiatives that promote the well-being of individuals with disabilities in the communities where they live. Supporting projects that partner with the disability community to enhance accessibility, health, and equity. Initiatives supported by the IHC program serve as a model and inspiration for long-term change and focus on policy, systems, and environmental change that shape the way we live, work, and play.

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Federally authorized through the Developmental Disabilities Act as a self-governing organization, the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities is charged with identifying the most pressing needs of people with developmental disabilities and their families in New Jersey, and advancing public policy and systems change activities that support the community we serve. The mission of the NJCDD is to champion and advance advocacy, systems change, and capacity-building activities that honor the rich diversity of people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families in creating structural change with lasting impact that promotes self-determination, community integration, and inclusion. To learn more about NJCDD, visit http://www.njcdd.org

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Our Mission: Connecting and transforming communities through the power of trails.

We drive our mission by fostering positive change in key areas:

• Professional Development and Education: Promoting well-trained trail professionals and volunteers.
• Advocacy: Forming coalitions to shape pro-trail policies at all government levels.
• Data and Research: Cultivating support through partnerships.
• Funding and Resources: Enhancing access for under-resourced organizations and underserved communities.

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Integrated Dance Collaboratory – Mason Gross Dance Department Rutgers University Our Mission: The IDC researches and promotes the role of dance as an effective intervention for public health, wellness, education and the professionalization of integrated dance arts. The IDC accomplishes its mission by fostering research, teaching, creative activity and performance, and community engagement, with a particular interest in integrating people with a variety of disabilities. As an interdisciplinary hub bringing together artists and scientists, the IDC explores the full spectrum of dance’s unique rehabilitative, therapeutic and expressive potential, challenging abled-bodied paradigms to expand thinking and actions toward inclusive and equitable embodiment and personhood. We offer a variety of classes and programs for people with movement disorders, adults with autism spectrum disorders, and other various disabilities. Helping to bridge the gap between dance and disability.

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Primary mission is to preserve the Pine Barrens ecosystem, promote public engagement in the preservation and enjoyment of natural resources, and advance the acquisition of land and development rights for conservation.

We seek to connect people with nature by promoting universal and equitable enjoyment of the benefits of our natural resources.

With Pinelands Adventures and The Pinelands Is for Everyone, we help people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities explore nature through health-giving recreation – and so develop a genuine devotion to environmental protection.

Through Rancocas Creek Farm, our regenerative vegetable farm, we are developing an array of projects and partnerships to increase sustainable farming and bring healthy food from local farmers to all South Jersey families.

We are dedicated to furthering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our staff and our work. Everyone should have access to recreation, clean air and water and the scenic beauty the Pinelands provides. Pinelands Preservation Alliance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in its program or activities. Read our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion vision statement.

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The Taub Foundation representatives can offer support in grants and funding for planning and projects.