New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Don't let tech time get in the way of family. 📵 ⏳Take a Time Out - During meals or play, stash it and share a moment.

On #MyWhyWednesday we learn about what motivates members of #TeamDCF! Arlene is driven to make a difference, and to be a source of hope for families. She is inspired to keep going by the families she serves. Arlene is Team DCF!

The NJ Department of Health is making vaccines available for infants and children this season-free of charge. Pediatric COVID and flu vaccine clinics will be hosted at a wide range of locations across the state for children ages six months and older. 🔗 Learn the details and find the location serving your area. https://lnkd.in/edGAU5ev

NJ DCF, in partnership with the New Jersey Senate President’s Office, announced the release of $6 million in state funding to support providers delivering behavioral and mental health services to children and youth in out-of-home treatment settings. 🔗 Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/es8iTTit

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has activated its Winter Termination Program, ensuring that eligible households—including those that faced delayed SNAP benefits after the recent federal shutdown—will not have their utilities shut off through March. Winter Termination Program assists people with their residential electric, sewer and water services. 🔗Eligible electric customers can self-certify online https://lnkd.in/e2YCdTgb 📰From @nj.com read more about this program: https://lnkd.in/e4KW8WmU

Team DCF goes Above and BEE-yond! Last month Team DCF Mercer North, Ewing HS Girls basketball and soccer teams, and The Latest Dish Food truck, worked together to give a Trunk or Treat night for their resource families! Staff dressed up in fun costumes and everyone had a great time. We thank Mercer North, and all the local offices that held Halloween events for their families, for working so hard to keep their communities #SafeHealthyConnected!  

✨#ICYMI DCF on the Air Podcast - Kinship ✨ 🎙️Tune in to learn about Kinship Care from our experts, Takysha Livingston with the Kinship Navigator Program, Kimyatta Larmore with Kinship Resource Families, and Felice Elam with the Kinship Legal Guardianship program 💬 Kinship often leads to improved outcomes in youth. 🔗 Link to this episode and more in the comments.

This Saturday Nov. 22, at the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Great Hall at Rutgers-Newark, we are partnering with Powerful Families, Powerful Communities for a Truth & Transformation Community Forum. You are invited to join us as partners in improving the child welfare system! Your voice matters and we need your input. Let's share a conversation about what families and communities need. ✅Please register to attend: Truth & Transformation Community Forum Registration https://lnkd.in/ec5GMQis

On #MyWhyWednesday we learn about what motivates members of #TeamDCF! Jakeina is dedicated to helping youth. She made the move from education to DCF and is currently earning her Master's in Social Work to enhance her ability to help families. Jakeina is Team DCF! 

🔔Calling youth who have been in foster care or served by our Children's System of Care! You have an opportunity to engage in and shape the future of child welfare in our state through the DCF Youth Council! Help empower young people in partnership with #TeamDCF's Office of Family Voice. Eligibility: Be between 15-23 years old, and have experience in foster care or the child welfare system, DCF's Regional Schools, or New Jersey's behavioral health system for young people, (CSOC/PerformCare) in out-of-home care.