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Office in Rio Grande, Middle Township, New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state government agency dedicated to ensuring the safety, well-being and success of children, youth, families and communities in New Jersey through comprehensive oversight and programming.
In 2003 Bruce Jackson, a 19-year-old boy who weighed only 45 pounds was found eating food out of a garbage can in Collingswood, New Jersey. The parents, authorities allege, were starving him and under feeding the other children. In October 2005, lawyers for the four boys settled their lawsuit against New Jersey for $12.5 million.
In June 2008, Governor Jon Corzine nominated Ricketts, then a resident of Highland Park, New Jersey, to serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families ("DCF"). [1] Corzine had created the DCF only two years prior as part of a settlement with the advocacy group Children's Rights which had sued the state of New Jersey. [4]
New Jersey's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, NJ SNAP, provides food assistance to low-income families to help them buy groceries. SNAP is a federal program, but it is administered at the...
The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates 13 major correctional or penal institutions, including seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception and intake unit; and stabilization and reintegration programs for released inmates.
Child protective services (CPS) refers to government agencies in the United States that investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if confirmed, intervene by providing services to the family through a safety plan, in-home monitoring, supervision, or if a safety plan is not feasible or in emergencies, removing the child from the custody of their parent or legal guardian.
The New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) is the largest state government agency in New Jersey, serving about 1.5 million New Jerseyans.DHS serves seniors, individuals and families with low incomes; people with developmental disabilities, or late-onset disabilities; people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; parents needing child care services, child ...
Its session laws are published in the Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, commonly known as the Laws of New Jersey, [4] which are codified in the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.), [5] also referred to as the Revised Statutes (R.S.), [5] which are in turn published in the New Jersey Statutes Annotated (N.J.S.A.). [6]