Employers of all sizes must provide full-time, part-time, and temporary employees with up to 40 hours of earned sick leave per year so they can care for themselves or a loved one. This law applies to almost all employees in New Jersey.Paid Family and Medical Leave...
Empowering families as advocates and partners in improving education, health/mental health and human services outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, youth and young adults. We are committed to children and families with the greatest need due to disability or...
Education Law Center (ELC) offers another resource for legal guidance pertaining to Rights to Special Education in NJ. They also offer free legal representation to school children who are denied access to an adequate or appropriate public education.
Safe Babies, a Program of ZERO TO THREE™, ignites collective action in state and communities to transform child welfare into the practice of child and family well-being by strengthening families and preventing the need for babies and toddlers to be removed from their...
The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of New Jersey program, together with county-based CASA programs, supports and promotes best interest child advocacy so that every child and youth placed in foster care and other out-of-home placements can be safe, have a...
Family Connects NJ is a program that connects parents with a specially trained nurse for a personalized follow up visit at home within the first two weeks after their child’s birth. Visits are offered to all families at no cost, regardless of income, insurance or...
NJ has three core home visiting models - Healthy Families, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. These three models are available to families in all 21 counties. We also fund the Home Instruction to Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program in...
The CMO coordinates the organization and delivery of services through the Child/Family Team process and the wraparound approach to planning. They provide assessment and comprehensive planning for each youth and their family, and develop strategies and supports that...
The Children’s System of Care (CSOC) is New Jersey’s public behavioral health system. CSOC serves youth under age 21 with emotional and mental health care needs, substance use challenges, and/or intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families. CSOC provides...
All reports of child abuse and neglect, including those occurring in institutional settings such as child care centers, schools, foster homes and residential treatment centers, must be reported to the State Central Registry (SCR). This is a toll-free, 24-hour,...