Address: 29 Hill St., Morristown NJ 07960

Contact Person: Pam Hasegawa

Contact Person: pamhasegawa@gmail.com

Phone: (973) 292-2440

Phone: (201) 400-6714

Alternate Phone: (732) 757-8241 (Tom McGee)

Email: njcare.staff@gmail.com

Population Served: Adoptees; birth and adoptive family members and adoption professionals.

Type of Support Group: Meetings via conference calls or face-to-face. Educational outreach; legislative advocacy; adoption news e-mail service, including media alerts, conference announcements, etc.; search, reunion and support.

Group Activities: Advocacy assistance; educational meetings; information; search assistance.

NJCARE (Coalition for Adoption Reform and Education) does not charge for membership. When funds are needed for special projects/outreach, members are invited to contribute as they are able to.

Accept Medicaid: No

Accept Private Clients: Yes

Other Information: NJ Coalition for Adoption Reform and Education (NJCARE) is a grassroots organization that supports honesty in adoption through educational outreach and legislative advocacy. We are dedicated to the proposition that all persons are created equal and should have the same civil rights under the law. New Jersey-born adopted persons have been denied the right to receive a copy of their original birth certificate for almost seven and a half decades!
The NJ Adoptees’ Birthright Act was signed into law in May 2014 and implemented in January 2017. Individuals born or adopted in NJ may request a copy of their original birth certificate from the Registrar of Vital Statistics Office at http://www.nj-care.org/adopted-persons/ We have learned by experience that persons adopted, but not born, in NJ may find that their original birth certificate was not filed in Trenton.
Birthparents who relinquished a child born or adopted in NJ may apply to the Registrar to file their preference re: contact at https://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/adoption/