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FIVE STARS OVERALL
Extended Care Facility Achieves Top Rating
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New Community Extended Care Facility, a non-profit skilled nursing center at 266 South Orange Ave. in Newark, has achieved an overall five star rating—the highest possible score for a nursing home—from Medicare.gov.
The new rating catapults Extended Care to the top of the list of quality nursing homes in Newark, according to Administrator Robert Smolin.
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N.J. Housing Agency Meets At NCC, Tours Newark |
It was a meeting of the minds in the world of affordable housing.
In late April, New Community welcomed the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to its headquarters at St. Joseph Plaza for HMFA’s board meeting, which featured housing heavyweights such as New Community’s founder, Monsignor William J. Linder, and the agency’s executive director, Anthony Marchetta. |
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It’s fitting to describe JoAnn Williams-Swiney, director of the New Community Family Resource Success Center, as an unsung hero.
Her desk, typically flooded with papers, is tucked away in a corner, which affords some privacy when she meets with one of the thousands of clients who walk into the Resource Center each year.
Her office at the Resource Center on Bergen Street is on the frontlines of serving walk-in clients seeking assistance with eye exams, utility or rental assistance, healthcare enrollment, tax preparation and more. |