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New Jersey has 25 community health centers across 188 sites serving 670,196 patients — the #14 FQHC state by patients in the national-breadth layer. As an expansion state, Medicaid anchors the safety net, and H.R. 1 work requirements plus the December 2026 funding cliff are the key risks.
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89,939 reported patients
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NJPCA's current locate page lists 23 health centers and 130 locations. Separately, its March 2025 snapshot contains 24 organization rows—23 FQHCs plus one FQHC look-alike—operating 138 sites and serving 624,678 patients; three marked rows use 2023 UDS data and the remaining rows use 2024 UDS data. In 2026, that network must operate through three simultaneous transitions: the enacted $60.7 billion FY2027 budget includes $6.9 billion in state funding for NJ FamilyCare; New Jersey Human Services models more than 300,000 possible coverage losses and provider-funding impacts rising to $2.6 billion per year as federal changes mature; and state law now permanently removes joint-protocol restrictions for qualified advanced practice nurses providing primary or behavioral health care. The FQHC operating agenda is therefore concrete: automate renewals where possible, help affected adults prepare for six-month checks, counsel immigrant families before October 1 eligibility changes, model uncompensated-care demand, and track which health centers actually receive support from New Jersey's $147,250,806 first-year Rural Health Transformation award.
Patient-weighted across the 25 centers with UDS 2024 data.
On March 30, 2026, Governor Sherrill signed S2996/A4052, making permanent independent practice authority for qualified advanced practice nurses who provide primary or behavioral health care and allowing qualifying APNs to prescribe without a joint protocol with a collaborating physician. The Governor's release says 27 states have full APN practice authority, but it does not say that every APN or every service is covered by New Jersey's law. FQHC credentialing teams should verify each clinician's statutory eligibility and service line. Removing the joint protocol creates an operating lever for recruitment and supervision design, but the release does not quantify hiring, retention, visit capacity, or access effects.
Medicaid community-engagement (work) requirements under CMS-2454-IFC (80 hrs/month, full implementation Jan 1, 2027) plus expiry of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits (end of 2025) threaten New Jersey's expansion population and FQHC Medicaid revenue.
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New Jersey ranks #14 by FQHC patients, with 25 organizations and 188 sites tied to Medicaid work-requirement exposure.
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52.2% Medicaid/CHIP, 26.5% uninsured, and 9.8 points above the expansion peer average.
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164 public ATS snapshot rows across 6 sources; largest systems and directory links show where hiring capacity may need verification.
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New Jersey combines 670,196 FQHC patients with reduced NP practice context and access pressure from payer mix.
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NJPCA, state policy context, and the December 31, 2026 CHC Fund cliff define the sources to keep current.
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New Jersey has 25 FQHC employers in the directory and 164 public ATS snapshot rows across 6 sources to compare before applying.
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164 live FQHC job postings in New Jersey on the national board right now.75 include employer-posted pay.6 verified employer sources; newest review 2026-07-20.
The official New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development source was checked 2026-07-15, and the artifact contained 2,351 official rows. We publish only human-confirmed FQHC directory matches: 0 confirmed and 0 pending.
The row count describes the official artifact, not a count of FQHC layoffs. · Official source
Gov. Sherrill signed a $60.7B budget with $7.2B in state funding for NJ FamilyCare, covering 1.8M people.
The appropriation stabilizes the state share behind FQHC wraparound and enhanced-payment revenue while federal cuts approach.
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23 primary-sourced findings on New Jersey FQHC policy and financing.Newest item: 2026-07-16
Directory-listed Saint James Health’s current office policy says walk-ins are accepted, while warning that walk-in waits may be longer. For after-hours medical, mental-health or substance-use concerns, a Saint James patient or family member may call 973-789-8111, leave contact information and the concern with the answering service, and receive a return call from a Saint James provider.
The policy directs emergencies to 911 or an emergency department, excludes narcotic and benzodiazepine prescribing or refills from the on-call pathway, and says appointment and nonurgent refill calls are returned the next day. This is a standing access policy observed on July 16, not a service-launch date.
Obvious template phone and email placeholders in the page header are excluded; the substantive policy and footer consistently use the Newark number. The page does not guarantee immediate response, an in-person visit or treatment, and does not report walk-in volume, staffing or FTE, callback times, waits, costs, avoided emergency use or outcomes.
Directory-listed CAMcare Health Corporation’s current adult-health page includes same-day or next-day appointments among its internal-medicine services. The page posts Gateway Health Center hours of 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, extended hours to 8:00 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and Saturday hours from 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. CAMcare’s current locations page separately says patients may call at any time and, when necessary, be connected with on-call medical or dental providers; life-threatening cases are directed to 911.
This is a standing access baseline observed on July 16, not a documented launch or expansion. Conflicting status and schedule text for other CAMcare locations is excluded.
The pages do not guarantee a same- or next-day slot, specify which adult services are offered during every extended period, or report visits, staffing or FTE, capacity, response times, actual waits, costs, avoided emergency use or outcomes.
Zufall Health's July 9 pharmacy page says the health center owns and operates Goodale Pharmacy in Dover, lists Goodale plus 14 Walgreens locations as participating pharmacies, and offers weekday delivery across Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties. Non-Zufall customers may use Goodale, but their delivery area is limited to Morris County.
The page separately identifies prescription-assistance and medication-management services and says the pharmacy program is made possible by Section 340B; public retail access alone does not establish that every prescription receives a 340B discount.
Henry J. Austin Health Center, Inc. announced its Henry J. Austin Career Pathways pilot for students from Trenton Central High School and affiliated charter high schools. The program runs from June through August and pays participants $23 per hour for structured work placements, mentorship and professional development across finance, human resources, information technology and nursing.
The pilot initially supports Trenton Central High School's Men on a Mission. The source does not state the participant count, total budget or funder, promise a permanent job or credential, report completion or outcomes, or confirm continuation after August.
The final first reprint uses Medicaid-covered employees—not dependents—to determine the employer's band: 50-249 covered employees triggers $325, 250-499 triggers $525, and 500 or more triggers $725. The applicable amount is then charged for each Medicaid-covered employee and each of that employee's dependents who receives Medicaid.
Beginning July 1, 2027, employees with under 90 days of service and part-time, per-diem, temporary, or seasonal employees are excluded. If a fee was charged before that date for a worker who later qualifies for an exclusion, the employer may seek a following-year credit or refund after substantiating the exclusion.
The text also bars employment decisions based on Medicaid status; it does not quantify revenue or hiring effects.
Governor Sherrill's official June 30 release confirms that she signed the $60.7 billion FY2027 Appropriations Act. The final law includes $6.9 billion in state funding for NJ FamilyCare, which covers more than 1.8 million residents, including nearly half of New Jersey's children.
The earlier $7.2 billion figure described the March proposal, not the enacted appropriation. FQHC finance teams should use the final $6.9 billion baseline when modeling state Medicaid support, while continuing to track provider-rate and eligibility changes that are not resolved by the top-line appropriation.
NJ DMAHS's member page, updated June 22, says some non-citizens may lose NJ FamilyCare eligibility beginning October 1, 2026. Beginning January 1, 2027, certain ABP adults ages 19-64 must work, volunteer, or attend school and renew every six months; other adults may be exempt from the activity rule but still face six-month renewals.
Listed exemption pathways include children, most aged/blind/disabled members, certain caregivers, people with serious health or substance-use conditions, SNAP-compliant members, pregnant and one-year-postpartum people, current or former foster youth under 26, and people currently or recently incarcerated. The page points to the ten-minute Activity Requirements Checker and warns that documentation may still be requested.
CMS-2454-IFC is an interim final rule with comment period scheduled for Federal Register publication on June 3 and effective July 31, 2026. It requires states to implement Medicaid community engagement no later than January 1, 2027.
An applicable individual may qualify through at least 80 monthly hours of work, community service, or a work program; half-time education; an allowed combination; or specified income tests, subject to exclusions and exceptions. The rule does not establish the previously claimed New Jersey-specific June 30-August 31 outreach window.
FQHC teams should pair this federal rule with NJ DMAHS's current member page for state timing, exemptions, and documentation workflows.
In a May 20 commentary, New Jersey Hospital Association president and CEO Cathy Bennett describes an estimated $3.6 billion annual reduction in federal Medicaid funding, roughly 350,000 people losing Medicaid, about $300 million in direct hospital-funding cuts, and an October 2026 drop in the federal match for emergency Medicaid services for expansion-eligible immigrants from 90% to 50%.
These figures are the named author's system-risk assessment, not a neutral state fiscal table. For FQHCs, the practical signal is concurrent pressure on coverage, referral hospitals, and uncompensated care; local forecasts should be reconciled with NJ Human Services' official ranges.
Cathy Bennett's New Jersey Monitor commentary argues that the coverage shock and institutional funding shock are one system problem. She identifies the end of enhanced marketplace credits, an estimated $3.6 billion annual Medicaid loss, about $300 million in direct hospital cuts, restrictions on provider-tax financing, and the emergency-Medicaid match reduction as compounding pressures.
The source does not quantify an FQHC-specific rate cut. The defensible FQHC implication is a watchlist: uncompensated-care volume, hospital service-line or referral changes, Medicaid payment policy, and local access indicators should be monitored together rather than treating enrollment as the only signal.
Human Services Commissioner Stephen Cha testified on May 6 that more than 300,000 people could lose NJ FamilyCare under current modeling, with a lower estimate of 165,000 or fewer if state and county systems perform exceptionally well. He said provider cuts begin in SFY2028 and rise to $2.6 billion annually, with combined federal health-care revenue losses reaching $6 billion per year once fully implemented.
About 30% of Medicaid beneficiaries—ACA expansion adults ages 19-64—face activity requirements and more frequent checks. The proposed budget includes $34.6 million for the emergency-services federal cost shift and more than $10 million for enrollment systems and coordination.
FQHCs can translate those funded workstreams into referral, documentation, and escalation protocols.
NJ Human Services' May 2026 fact sheet says about 540,000 ACA expansion members will be subject to new work requirements and that more than 300,000 NJ FamilyCare participants could lose coverage. Its annual table ranges from 10,000-30,000 losses in SFY2027 to 165,000-330,000 in SFY2029 and SFY2030, with total fiscal impact reaching $1.8-$3.7 billion in SFY2030.
A separate provider table says federal provider-funding losses rise to about $2.6 billion annually. These are modeled ranges, not observed disenrollments. FQHC forecasts should retain the low and high cases and track actual renewals, exemptions, and procedural closures against them.
NJ DOBI reports that Get Covered New Jersey enrollment fell from 509,192 at the January 31 close of open enrollment to 440,362 on April 15, a net loss of 68,830 people, or nearly 14%. Among active shoppers, Silver-plan selections fell from 83% in 2025 to 68% in 2026 while Bronze selections rose from 16% to 31%; the share paying $10 or less per month fell from 48% to 11%.
The department attributes the shift to the expiration of enhanced federal premium credits and warns of delayed preventive care and higher out-of-pocket exposure. FQHCs should treat the 68,830 as observed marketplace attrition, not automatically as an equal increase in their uninsured panels.
Governor Sherrill's March 30 release says S2996/A4052 permanently preserves independent practice authority for certain advanced practice nurses providing primary or behavioral health care and allows qualifying APNs to prescribe without a joint protocol with a collaborating physician. The action replaced a temporary emergency-order bridge before the joint-protocol waiver ended.
The release says 27 states have full APN practice authority, but it does not publish the detailed eligibility thresholds previously asserted in this record. FQHCs should use the enacted statute and licensing guidance for credential-level decisions while recognizing the law's clear reduction in collaboration overhead.
New Jersey Monitor reported on March 30 that the proposed FY2027 budget included $10.5 million to strengthen Medicaid enrollment technology and vendor coordination before federal activity rules and six-month renewals begin. The article says roughly 550,000 members were expected to face the new documentation rules and cites modeling in which more than 150,000 people could lose coverage even with significant state mitigation.
It also describes plans for automated data matching, consumer status tracking, county performance support, and outreach through regional health hubs. This source does not substantiate the prior free-clinic cuts or $140-per-visit claim, so those assertions have been removed.
CompleteCare Health Network’s March 16, 2026 operating profile identifies its Williamstown center at 711 Marsha Avenue as providing family practice, internal medicine, men’s health, well visits, immunizations, mental-health care and addiction services. The center welcomes walk-ins and offers appointments Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the page also identifies an APN providing Suboxone treatment and mental-health clinicians.
Named clinicians do not establish FTE or total staffing, and the source does not report visit capacity, utilization or outcomes.
The Governor's March 10 release describes an inaugural FY2027 proposal totaling $60.7 billion, with a proposed $5.4 billion surplus, nearly $2 billion in cost reductions, a 1.6% increase over the adjusted FY2026 appropriation, and a structural deficit cut nearly in half. The listed source does not substantiate the previously asserted $100 million Department of Health cut or the claimed elimination of named free clinics, so those statements are removed.
This record is retained as the proposal baseline; the June 30 enacted budget is separately tracked and supersedes it for final appropriations.
Ocean Health Initiatives' revised schedule based on the 2026 federal poverty guidelines lists charges for services other than dental and chiropractic of $25 at or below 100% FPL, $30 from 101% through 133%, $35 from 134% through 150%, and $40 from 151% through 200%; its above-200% column lists $160. The dental table lists $45, $50, $55 and $60 across the bands through 200% FPL, while the chiropractic and optometry table lists $40, $45, $50 and $55; both list $160 above 200%.
The PDF says family units above eight add $5,680 for each additional person. This documents the posted fee schedule, not automatic qualification, a change from prior charges, services available at every site, insurance adjudication, patient enrollment, amounts actually collected, utilization, savings or outcomes.
CMS's award table gives New Jersey an FY2026 first-year Rural Health Transformation amount of $147,250,806, the low end of a national range from $147 million to $281 million. The $50 billion program makes $10 billion available annually from 2026 through 2030, with half distributed equally among approved states and half allocated using rural-system and policy factors.
CMS describes eligible state strategies including primary and maternal care access, workforce recruitment, telehealth, infrastructure, regional coordination, and payment reform. The state award is not proof that any particular FQHC has received funds; health centers need project-level award and performance tracking.
VNACJ Community Health Center announced a partnership with VNA Health Group and Brookdale Community College that gives Brookdale students access to primary and preventive care at VNACJ locations, including the Caroline Huber Holistic Wellness Center. The partnership also offers students healthcare workshops, virtual-reality laboratory experiences, and exposure to public-health and home-health practice; VNA Health Group and VNACJ employees receive access to Brookdale tuition discounts and training opportunities.
The announcement does not specify the partnership's operating period, care eligibility or scheduling rules, discount amounts, workshop or placement counts, students or employees served, visits, course completions, credentials, hires, retention, costs or measured outcomes. National uninsured-student and projected New Jersey nursing-shortage figures cited on the page are context, not partnership results.
New Jersey's enacted FY2026 Appropriations Act directs $32 million from surcharges on general hospitals and specialty heart hospitals to fund federally qualified health centers and also makes prior-year Health Care Subsidy Fund balances available for FQHC payments. It authorizes additional sums if the Health Commissioner determines they are needed to reimburse services for uninsured clients and permits transfers designed to maximize federal Medicaid participation.
The cited law does not support the prior $45 million rate-investment or 70%-of-Medicare assertions, so those figures are removed. FY2026 ended June 30, 2026; FY2027 continuation must be verified separately.
CHEMED marked the May 12, 2025 grand opening of its specialty-care site at 275 S. Hope Chapel Road in Jackson. Current CHEMED pages agree that the operating Jackson location offers gastroenterology and dermatology; the location schedule additionally posts a Thursday endocrinology session, while the current FAQ omits endocrinology.
Neither current page lists cardiology for Jackson, although the opening announcement mentioned it, so cardiology is not carried forward. The sources do not report FTE, visit capacity, utilization or outcomes.
NJ Human Services says Cover All Kids gives NJ FamilyCare coverage to all income-eligible New Jersey children under 19 regardless of immigration status. Phase 1 removed premiums and waiting periods in July 2021; Phase 2 began in January 2023 and extended coverage regardless of immigration status.
Applications are available online, by phone, or through county social-service offices, with live language assistance. The source does not support the prior 47,000-enrollee figure or the legislative status of S779, so both have been removed.
FQHC eligibility teams can use the program as a distinct pediatric pathway while avoiding promises about adult coverage.
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| Organization | Patients | Sites | Uninsured | Revenue (990) | Resilience | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Resource & Referral Center Lakewood | 89,939 | 6 | 12.6% | $61M | Watch | NJ-04 |
| North Hudson Community Action Corporation Union City | 72,724 | 11 | 44.01% | $65M | Exposed | NJ-08 |
| Community Health Care Inc. Bridgeton | 55,480 | 20 | 16.29% | $54M | Watch | NJ-02 |
| Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc. Marlton | 53,081 | 11 | 24.9% | $41M | Watch | NJ-03 |
| Zufall Health Center, Inc. Dover | 51,978 | 16 | 49.71% | $54M | Watch | NJ-11 |
| Newark Community Health Centers Inc. Newark | 51,444 | 7 | 19.31% | $40M | Watch | NJ-08 |
| Star Community Health Inc. Phillipsburg · Look-Alike | 49,426 | 23 | 14.43% | — | Stable | NJ-07 |
| Camcare Health Corporation Camden | 34,734 | 10 | 28.47% | $33M | Exposed | NJ-01 |
| Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. Lakewood | 30,461 | 8 | 21.05% | $27M | Exposed | NJ-04 |
| Henry J. Austin Health Center, Inc. Trenton | 24,217 | 11 | 32.92% | $29M | Watch | NJ-12 |
1 hospital/university/county-operated: 1 county.
| District | Representative | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| NJ-02 | Jefferson Van Drew | 39 |
| NJ-10 | LaMonica McIver | 19 |
| NJ-01 | Donald Norcross | 19 |
| NJ-08 | Robert Menendez | 18 |
| NJ-06 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | 16 |
| NJ-12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | 16 |
New Jersey ranks #14 by FQHC patients and #20 by organization count among the 57 national-breadth jurisdictions. All 25 centers depend on the federal Community Health Center Fund, authorized only through December 31, 2026.
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FQHC data from the HRSA bulk-sites file + UDS 2024 + IRS 990. State policy profile via NACHC/KFF/AANP. Intelligence items cite primary sources. Federal items apply to all states; state items are New Jersey-only. Updated 2026-06-30.