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description: "How NJ FamilyCare MLTSS uses managed-care plans to coordinate nursing-facility, assisted-living, and home-based long-term services."
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New Jersey · Medicaid Program

# New Jersey Medicaid Long-Term Care

Last updated 2026-10-20

**Quick answer:** New Jersey's Medicaid program, NJ FamilyCare, delivers long-term care through Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS). Managed care plans coordinate care at home, in assisted living, in community residential settings and in nursing homes.

New Jersey calls its public Medicaid program NJ FamilyCare, administered by the Department of Human Services' Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS). That includes coverage for aged, blind, and disabled residents, as well as anyone who needs long-term services and supports (New Jersey DMAHS; NJ FamilyCare overview).

For adults who need long-term care specifically, the program that matters is Managed Long Term Services and Supports, or MLTSS. Rather than running a separate fee-for-service nursing-home track, New Jersey delivers long-term services and supports directly through the NJ FamilyCare managed-care system (New Jersey MLTSS overview).

That means managed-care organizations — the health plans or HMOs already familiar to most Medicaid enrollees — are the ones coordinating everything MLTSS covers, whether that's care in a person's own home, an assisted-living residence, a community residential setting, or a nursing home. It's the same framework across all of those settings, which is why MLTSS shows up repeatedly whether you're reading about institutional care or home care in New Jersey (New Jersey MLTSS overview).

## Sources and official resources

- [NJ Human Services: MLTSS Application Guidance](https://nj.gov/humanservices/dmahs/documents/about/NJFC-ABD-MLTSS-BRO-E-2026_Web.pdf)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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