Childcare NJ
To visit the Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development website, click here: ChildCareNJ.
To visit the Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development website, click here: ChildCareNJ.
COVID-19 Your Family's Outdoor Safety Checklists:
Warm weather is arriving across the United States, and consumers are heading outside to do yard work, perform outdoor home repairs and to play and exercise. While you practice safe social distancing and other COVID-19 precautions to protect those you love, Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) urges you to safeguard your family from product-related hazards as well.
In response to the current crisis, CPSC has created a new series of Home Safe Checklists that focus on outdoor activities. Print the lists that work for you, and spend a few moments checking off the safety items. When so much in the world seems beyond control, these checklists are simple, clear steps you can take for the safety of your family.
Home Safe: Yard Work
Home Safe: Outdoor Repairs
Home Safe: Playing Outdoor
Warm weather is arriving across the United States, and consumers are heading outside to do yard work, perform outdoor home repairs and to play and exercise. While you practice safe social distancing and other COVID-19 precautions to protect those you love, Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) urges you to safeguard your family from product-related hazards as well.
In response to the current crisis, CPSC has created a new series of Home Safe Checklists that focus on outdoor activities. Print the lists that work for you, and spend a few moments checking off the safety items. When so much in the world seems beyond control, these checklists are simple, clear steps you can take for the safety of your family.
Home Safe: Yard Work
Home Safe: Outdoor Repairs
Home Safe: Playing Outdoor
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NJ Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
Need Help? 2-1-1 Helps millions of Americans look for resources in their community.
Visit their website here.
Visit their website here.
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Ask Aunt Bertha! Need to find information for housing, food pantries, education, elder care, employment training? Use your zip code and click to all sorts of supports in your local area. Share with friends and family. |
Need help finding out what your family may qualify for?
NJ Helps has a great website and screening tool that can help you and your family determine which services and programs you may qualify for. From Food Stamps to Health Insurance, and for everything in between. Use this link to get started.
NJ Helps has a great website and screening tool that can help you and your family determine which services and programs you may qualify for. From Food Stamps to Health Insurance, and for everything in between. Use this link to get started.
Be part of the NJ Census 2020 count!
Click here to learn more.
Click here to learn more.
It's here...the new CDC child development tracker App!
Visit the child development tracker site to learn about this new tool to help families become more informed of their child's developmental milestones. Spread the word!
New Jersey Child Passenger Safety
Technical supports in your area.
Please visit the site to inform yourself and family members of new child car safety requirements.
Technical supports in your area.
Please visit the site to inform yourself and family members of new child car safety requirements.
NJ Safe Sleep for Infants and SUIDS Prevention Update:
Please visit and share information with your own families. Great resource for all.
http://njsafesleep.com/main/
Hot off the research press and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Please share with your family and friends:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/10/20/peds.2016-2938
Please visit and share information with your own families. Great resource for all.
http://njsafesleep.com/main/
Hot off the research press and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Please share with your family and friends:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/10/20/peds.2016-2938
Supporting Children with Mental Health Concerns
Help is a phone call away. Hotlines for Students in Need.
Help is a phone call away. Hotlines for Students in Need.
- National Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-4663
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- National Alliance of the Mentally Ill: 1-800-950-6264
- The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-TREVOR
- Teen Line: 1-310-855-HOPE (4673)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
Supports Program Policies and Procedures Manual: A Quick Guide for Families can assist families in gaining a basic understanding of the Supports Program and its services.
While this guide can be helpful for any family newly entering Division services and the Supports Program, it is particularly valuable for middle and high school students with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families.
Supports Program Policies and Procedures Manual: A Quick Guide for Families can assist families in gaining a basic understanding of the Supports Program and its services.
While this guide can be helpful for any family newly entering Division services and the Supports Program, it is particularly valuable for middle and high school students with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families.
Federal and New Jersey Kinship Supports:
Public benefits available to grandparents and the children they raise vary from state to state. Benefits that may be available include:
•Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
•Supplemental Security Income
•Social Security
•WIC Program – This special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) can help you buy food for eligible grandchildren in your care. The child must be 5 years old or younger. He or she must also be at risk for poor nutrition. Visit the WIC website to find your state's toll-free number.
•Medicaid
•Guardianship subsidies – Some states have programs that give financial assistance to grandparents who are the legal guardian of a child. However, not all states provide this option. The National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren provides a list of state support services and benefits available to you.
•Legal rights – Many grandparents find they need legal help when making decisions about their grandchildren. If you can't afford a lawyer, try your local legal aid office, court clerk office, or law school clinic for help. You can also go to the American Bar Association website for a directory of legal aid offices in your area". (https://www.usa.gov/child-care)
Public benefits available to grandparents and the children they raise vary from state to state. Benefits that may be available include:
•Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
•Supplemental Security Income
•Social Security
•WIC Program – This special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) can help you buy food for eligible grandchildren in your care. The child must be 5 years old or younger. He or she must also be at risk for poor nutrition. Visit the WIC website to find your state's toll-free number.
•Medicaid
•Guardianship subsidies – Some states have programs that give financial assistance to grandparents who are the legal guardian of a child. However, not all states provide this option. The National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren provides a list of state support services and benefits available to you.
•Legal rights – Many grandparents find they need legal help when making decisions about their grandchildren. If you can't afford a lawyer, try your local legal aid office, court clerk office, or law school clinic for help. You can also go to the American Bar Association website for a directory of legal aid offices in your area". (https://www.usa.gov/child-care)