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"How to Adopt in New
Jersey: A Roadmap to
Family Building"

The NJ ARCH Handbook: "How to Adopt in New Jersey: A Roadmap to Family Building" is available in both electronic and hard-copy.  This concise but comprehensive handbook walks you through the various stages of adoption from beginning to end.
Topics include: definition of adoption, decision-making about adoption, kinds of adoption, selecting an agency, the home study process, surviving the wait, post-placement issues, and long term expectations.  This is a valuable tool for anyone in New Jersey planning to adopt.

To view and print an electronic, PDF version of this handbook, please click on the handbook cover to the left.

If you would like to request a hard-copy
of this handbook, please contact the NJ ARCH Warm Line at
1.877.4ARCHNJ (1.877.427.2465) or email us at warmline@njarch.org.
Please include your name, address and phone number and we will gladly send you a copy of the handbook.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 






 

"Now That You're A
Family: A Guide to
Adoption Issues and
Services"

NJ ARCH has created a useful handbook to help you with your adoptionneeds. This easy-to-read 34-page
handbook covers issues in adoption including: lifelong adoption,
behavioral and developmental needs, and adoption resources.


To view and print an electronic, PDF version of this handbook, please click on the handbook cover to the left.


If you would like to request a hard-copy of this handbook, please contact the NJ ARCH Warm Line at 1.877.4ARCHNJ (1.877.427.2465)
or email us at warmline@njarch.org.
Please include your name, address and phone number and we will gladly sendyou a copy of the handbook.

 


 

 

 


"A Guide to Search and
Reunion in Adoption"

NJ ARCH has created a useful handbook to help you with your adoption needs. This handbook covers a very important issue in adoption - search and reunion.


To view and print an electronic, PDF version of this handbook, please click on the handbook cover to the left.


If you would like to request a hard-copy of this handbook, please contact the NJ ARCH Warm Line at 1.877.4ARCHNJ (1.877.427.2465)
or email us at warmline@njarch.org.
Please include your name, address and phone number and we will gladly send you a copy of the handbook.

 




"A Basic Guide to Special Education"


This short pamphlet is intended as a reference guide for people who are about to address a child’s educational development in the realm of special education. It is not intended to offer advice or legal guidance. For an expanded, legally grounded, explanation of any aspect of the special education process, parents/caregivers are encouraged to contact the Children’s Legal Resource Center
CNJ. Staff attorneys can provide printed information and limited personal assistance to individual parents/caregivers. Spanish consultations are available.

Contact:
Kit Ellenbogen, Esq
.: Kit@acnj.org
Nina Peckman, Esq. (speaks Spanish): npeckman@acnj.org

Phone: 973-643-3876 Fax: 973-643-9153
Visit
www.kidlaw.org  for additional materials on children’s legal
rights in education and other areas.

Published by the Association for Children of New Jersey,
Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Copyright © 2007 by Association for Children of New Jersey
All rights reserved.

 





"Adoption Basics for Educators: How Adoption Impacts Children & How Educators Can Help"


 

This booklet was developed to provide educators with basic information about adoption-related issues and the effect these issues might have on students, as well as suggestions on how educators can assist and advocate for students who are adopted.



Published by:
Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
6864 NE 14 Street, Suite 5
Ankeny, Iowa 50021
800/277-8145
515/289-4567
515/289-2080 Fax
ifapa@ifapa.org  E-mail




"Education Rights of Homeless Students"
 


This pamphlet is designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers understand the legal concepts and procedures involved in disputes over the enrollment of homeless students in local public schools, and to inform them of their legal rights.2 In reading this information, please remember that the requirements of the McKinney Act and of the state regulations concerning the education of homeless students are intended to minimize interruptions in schooling when a student becomes homeless.


 

Created and Written by the Education Law Center
60 Park Place, Suite 300
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(973) 624-1815
TTY: (973) 624-4618
Fax: (973) 624-7339
E mail: elc@edlawcenter.org
Web site: www.edlawcenter.org  

 




"Understanding Public School Residency Requirements"

 

Parents, guardians, caregivers and school administrators will sometimes disagree over whether a student resides in a school district and can be enrolled in a district public school. The information in this manual is designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers understand the legal concepts involved in residency disputes, and to inform them of their legal rights. Effective December 17, 2001, for the first time, the New Jersey Department of Education adopted regulations governing the residency requirements for admitting students to public schools. Those regulations provide extensive procedural protections to ensure that students are not denied an education during residency disputes.

Created and Written by the Education Law Center
60 Park Place, Suite 300
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(973) 624-1815
TTY: (973) 624-4618
Fax: (973) 624-7339
E mail: elc@edlawcenter.org
Web site: www.edlawcenter.org  







 

"A Basic Guide to the New Jersey Court Process for Resource Families"


 

The Children’s Legal Resource Center provides general information regarding existing laws and assists individuals in understanding and accessing legal processes affecting children and their care. Written materials are available to the general public. Staff is available to provide training on children’s legal rights and the legal processes affecting children to community groups and professionals.

 

Published by the Association for Children of New Jersey,
Newark, New Jersey 07102.

Copyright © May 2007 by Mary E. Coogan, ACNJ
All rights reserved.

 

"New Jersey Resource Guide for Families and Children"
 

The purpose of this Guide is to provide contact information to families in need of services and to assist them in understanding the resources that may be available to them. The Resource Guide also aims to assist individuals who advocate on behalf of children such as law guardians, CASA volunteers, case managers and others who routinely are called upon to locate services and provide information to families about available resources. The information and resources contained in the Guide are primarily available through State and governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations providing services to poor, low income or underserved families and children. 
 

Prepared by:
Special Education Clinic
Rutgers University School of Law
123 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973-353-5576