Governor Murphy’s Expansion of Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccination Includes Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Over the Age of 16

Governor Murphy’s Expansion of Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccination Includes Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Over the Age of 16

On March 26, 2021, Governor Murphy expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to additional groups of individuals, including all individuals over the age of 16 with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Previously, only individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who were living in congregate settings or who met other criteria were able to obtain the vaccine. This change is a major relief for those individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers given the isolation and reduction in available services over the past year.

This expansion is effective on Monday, April 5, 2021, and includes the following groups:
• Individuals ages 55-64;
• Individuals ages 16 and up with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
• Educators, including support staff, in higher education settings;
• Communications infrastructure support, including engineers, and technicians, and members of the press;
• Real estate, building, and home service workers, including construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management, and maintenance workers;
• Retail financial institution workers, including bank tellers, lending services, public accounting, and check-cashing workers;
• Sanitation workers providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workers;
• Laundry service workers, including those working in laundromats, laundry services, and dry cleaners;
• Utility workers including, electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone, cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workers; and,
• Librarians and support staff at municipal, county, and state libraries.

For more information or to pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine go to: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/vaccine.

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