It should come as no surprise, but more than a third of the 146 applicants for the six alternative treatment centers made sure they had a Jersey connection front and center.
With the New Jersey Department of Health awarding 50 of the 1,000 points available on the scored part of the application to “evidence of the ATC Entity’s support for or ties to communities in New Jersey,” 56 of the applicants made sure they had some Jersey reference in their name.