Wellness Hub
We Need Your Support Today!
We Need Your Support Today!
We Need Your Support Today!
Wellness Hub
OUR MISSION
The South Jersey Deaf & Hard of Hearing Coalition is a network of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals and allies...
...including family, friends, educators, healthcare providers and organizations...
...all dedicated to empowering Deaf and Hard of Hearing people to become thriving members of our community!
ASL: OUR MISSION
Together, we...
Advocate - Support - Share resources - Guide -
Create new opportunities - Promote Deaf Culture awareness -
Address communication needs -
Provide mental health & wellness and counseling referrals
our community
Members of our Deaf and Hard of Hearing community continually encounter barriers in language, culture, healthcare, and life itself.
This initiative seeks to promote inclusive practices that support the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities in the communities where they live.
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Coalition will work with people with hearing loss to ensure that those in need receive critical support and services to live independent and empowering lives.
ASL: What are our values?
our values
Inclusion
Support
Empowerment
Acceptance
Collaboration
Interaction
Community
OUR MODEL
Some of our goals and strategies include but are not limited to...
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PSE change (policy/practice, system, environmental)
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Inclusion and accessibility for the DHH community
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Education around ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
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ABCD model (Assets Based Community Development)
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Empowering the DHH community
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Cultural awareness
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Hosting Deaf social events
INCLUSIVE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
The Inclusive Healthy Communities (IHC)
Grant Program
is an initiative created to provide funding to organizations and communities in New Jersey
to promote inclusive practices to
support the health and well-being of
individuals with disabilities in their communities.
The New Jersey Department of Human Services, under the Division of Disability Services,
awarded 18 grants across the state to foster the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities where they
live, work, learn, and play.
To find out more about this grant, visit this link
our partners
- New Jersey Association of the Deaf (NJAD)
- New Jersey Division of Deaf and HH (NJDHH)
- Deaf Advocacy Project for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
- The Recovery Network for the DHH/Center for Family Services
- Atlantic County Society for the Deaf
- Pogue, Inc.
- Divalicious
Allies in Caring, Inc.
will use these resources to train a team of
bi-lingual & American Sign Language-skilled
community health workers to serve the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities
in southern New Jersey.