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COMMUNITY UPDATE

based counseling and other support • Lifting the mask mandate in indoor
services to residents of Cumberland and public spaces.
Salem counties. • Businesses and entities overseeing
• Partners in Learning, Inc. – indoor spaces will continue to have the
Turnersville, NJ: The $6,000 grant will ability to require masking for employ-
be used to provide therapy and other sup- ees, customers, and/or guests.
port remotely to youth living with autism • Per CDC guidance, masks will
spectrum disorders in Atlantic, Burlington, continue to be required in health care
Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester and settings, including long-term care
Salem counties. facilities and office-based settings, cor-
• Wheaton Arts– Millville, NJ: The rectional facilities, homeless shelters,
$5,000 grant will be used to continue pro- and on planes, buses, trains, and other
viding virtual artistic and cultural offerings forms of public transportation, as well
for residents in Cumberland County and as transportation hubs such as airports
beyond. and stations.
Learn more about CFSJ at • Additionally, also per CDC guid-
CommunityFoundationSJ.org. ance, child care centers and facilities,
youth summer camps, and public, pri-
Governor Lifts Major vate, and parochial preschool program
premises and elementary and secondary
COVID-19 Restrictions schools, including charter and renaissance
Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed schools, are not affected by this announce-
Executive Order No. 242, lifting major ment and continue to be governed by
COVID-19 restrictions and moving for- existing requirements.
ward with the state’s most significant • Indoor worksites that are not open
reopening steps to date. Effective on to the public remain governed by existing
Friday, May 28, the indoor mask mandate health and safety protocols that employers
in public spaces was lifted, as well as the must follow.
six-foot social distancing requirement • Masks will continue to be required in
in both indoor and outdoor spaces, the public-facing state offices, such as Motor
prohibition on dance floors at bars and Vehicle Commission agencies.
• Lifting the six-foot social distancing
MENTAL HEALTH restaurants, and the prohibition on order- requirement.
ing and eating/drinking while standing at
URGENT CARE bars and restaurants. Additionally, effec- • The requirement will be lifted in
tive Friday, June 4, indoor gathering and businesses, including retail stores, per-
capacity limits will be lifted. sonal care services, gyms, recreational and
Get the help you need when you Over the last two weeks, key COVID-19 entertainment businesses, and casinos,
need it! Mental Health Urgent Care benchmarks have been achieved across and indoor gatherings, including religious
provides adults immediate access to New Jersey, including a dramatic increase services, political activities, weddings,
services in a welcoming environment. in vaccinations, and significant decreases funerals, memorial services, commercial
in new COVID-19 cases, hospitaliza- gatherings, catered events, sports compe-
tions, spot positivity rates, and rates of titions, and performances.
transmission, solidifying the foundation • Businesses and entities overseeing
Get Help Today! for the state’s sweeping reopening steps. indoor spaces can continue to require
Per Centers for Disease Control and
social distancing should they choose.
Prevention (CDC) guidance, individuals • Lifting prohibition on dance floors
who are not fully vaccinated—defined at bars and restaurants. The prohibition
as two weeks after receiving the second on ordering and eating/drinking while
shot of a two-dose vaccination (Pfizer- standing at bars and restaurants will also
BioNTech or Moderna) or two weeks be lifted.
after receiving a single-dose vaccina- The following changes will go into
tion (Johnson & Johnson) – are strongly effect Friday, June 4:
encouraged to continue masking and • Removing the general indoor gather-
social distancing. ing limit, which is currently at 50 people.
The following changes are in effect as • Removing the indoor gathering limit
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