This brochures provides important summer safety tips when kids are
around cars, water and other summer activities.

We are excited to bring you the 2019 New Jersey Resources Directory! The guide is a
comprehensive resource identifying the various programs and services the Department of
Human Services offers to New Jersey residents, caregivers and advocates.
In this guide, a family can find out more information on how to apply for food, income
and employment assistance, as well as health care and much more. A caregiver can get
information on support programs and services to assist them in caring for their loved ones.
And individuals with disabilities and their families can get information on various services that
include in-home supports, vocational rehabilitation, and education.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, you can reach our certified Information and
Referral specialists through the Division of Disability Services toll-free at 1-888-285-3036.

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

Please Note: This guide is intended as a reference guide for foster parents (resource parents) providing foster care for children placed in their home by the New Jersey Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P). It is not intended to offer legal advice or legal guidance.
For more information or if you have questions not answered in this guide, contact Mary Coogan, (mcoogan@acnj.org ), at Advocates for Children of New Jersey’s Kidlaw Resource Center.

Published by Advocates for Children of New Jersey
35 Halsey Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.acnj.org

Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/acnjforkids
Copyright © 2012 by Advocates for Children of New Jersey All rights reserved.

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

EDUCATION RIGHTS OF HOMELESS STUDENTS A GUIDE FOR ADVOCATES Revised 2017
There is no question that students who experience homelessness, like all students, are entitled to be educated. A federal law, known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, requires states to provide homeless children and youth with the same access to free appropriate public education as is available to other students. The Act also requires states to review and revise barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance or success in school of homeless students, to avoid the segregation of homeless students from the mainstream school environment, and to provide access to the education and services needed to ensure that homeless students have an opportunity to meet the same challenging academic achievement standards to which all students are held. 1 The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), aimed at ensuring all students access to a high-quality education, requires states and local school districts to annually publish data about the academic achievement of various subgroups of students; homeless students are now a separate subgroup for which such data (including high school graduation rates) must be reported annually, enhancing the accountability of school districts serving these students.

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

A Basic Guide to Special Education, 2022 Edition:A Basic Guide to Special Education
This guide is intended to be a reference for people who have questions about the laws regarding children who have disabilities that affect their ability to learn. It summarizes the laws regarding basic procedures, services and the rights to special education, as well as other important education rights of children with disabilities, representing federal and state laws and regulations. However, this Guide is not intended to offer legal advice, nor does it substitute assistance from an attorney. For additional information or assistance regarding this Guide and the education rights of children, parents/caregivers should contact Nina Peckman, Esq. at Advocates for Children of New Jersey. Written materials are also available through ACNJ’s KidLaw Resource Center at www.kidlaw.org. This Guide is available in Spanish and Spanish consultations are available. (Esta Guía es disponible en Español y se proporcionan consultas en Español.)
Contact:
Nina Peckman, Esq. (habla Español)
Email: npeckman@acnj.org
Phone: (973) 643-3876
Fax: (973) 643-9153
The KidLaw Resource Center offers information, assistance, training and legal publications about the rights of children. The Center provides free fact sheets, manuals and other information. Staff is available to provide presentations and training on children’s legal rights to community groups and professionals. Visit www.kidlaw.org for more information.
Published by Advocates for Children of New Jersey
35 Halsey Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Copyright © 2022 by Advocates for Children of New Jersey
All rights reserved.

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.

NJ ARCH has created a useful handbook to help you with your adoption needs. 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 send you a copy of the handbook.