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Child Protection and Permanency is New Jersey's child protection and child welfare agency within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. Its mission is to assist all New Jersey residents to be safe, healthy and connected. CP&P is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and, if necessary, arranging for the child's protection and the family's treatment. The Child Abuse Hotline (State Central Registry) receives reports of child abuse and neglect 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Reports requiring a field response are forwarded to the CP&P Local Office who investigates.
List of CP&P Local Offices After standard business hours, the hotline is linked to a statewide network of Special Response Units that respond to reports.
About reporting child abuse CP&P contracts with community-based agencies throughout the state to provide services for children and families. Services include counseling, parenting skills classes, substance abuse treatment, in-home services, foster care and residential placement. If a child has been harmed or is at risk of harm, CP&P may ask the county family court to place the child in foster care. Foster homes are provided by caring individuals who have completed an extensive licensing program.
Health insurance and family health resources
NJ Family Care
New Jersey's publicly funded health insurance program for low income households.
These links provide important information about health insurance and family health. You can also visit New Jersey Health Link to find information on various health topics.
General Health Related Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics
Information on child health topics such as immunizations/vaccines
Healthy Children
Child development, healthy living, and health issues
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
Information about common mental health problems in children and adolescents as well as treatment options; links to resources, fact sheets, and other information
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Resources about mental illness, living with mental illness, and supporting people affected by metal illness
Additional Resources
COVID-19 Families/Youth Resources
Parents' Handbook
Explains CP&P’s role and answers frequently asked questions about services and programs.
Parents' Handbook, English
Manual para los padres, en Español
A Guide for Parents: When Your Child is in Foster Care
Helps families with children in foster care, explaining why children have been removed from their parents’ care, what to expect when this happens, and how and when children can return home.
A Guide for Parents: When Your Child is in Foster Care, English
Una guía para los padres: cuando su hijo se encuentra en cuidado de crianza provisional, en Español
School Stability
Information and resources to ensure children in foster care remain in their home school.
Adolescent Services
FOUR TIER - A New System of Investigative Findings
To assure compliance with the education provisions of the federal law, New Jersey statute permits children to remain in their home school when they enter foster care.
Educational Stability Points of Contact
Brochures
School Stability for Children in Resource Home Care - Information for Parents
(English) (Spanish)
School Stability for Children in Resource Home Care - General Information
(English) (Spanish)
Education Stability Liaison Directory
School Registration for Children in Out-of-Home Care - Information for Caregivers and Educators
Financial Aid Resources for Foster Youth for Post Secondary Education
Visit the Foster and Adoptive Family Services Web site for information about scholarships for foster children and children adopted from foster care in New Jersey.
Related Laws
Training Materials
The New Jersey Foster Care Scholars Program helps youth aging-out of New Jersey’s foster care system afford a college education or career technical certification. The program helps these young people with:
- Tuition and school fees
- Books and supplies
- Room and board
- Child care costs
- Computer/laptop equipment
- School supplies
- Transportation
- Household and hygiene items
Even with financial aid and student loans, most foster and homeless youth cannot afford college or career technical certification. That’s why the New Jersey Foster Care Scholars Program is so important.
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