To ensure critical access to health care, the vast majority of foster children and youth in the State of New Jersey are covered by Medicaid.
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Aging Out: Transitioning Foster Youth into Adulthood
New Jersey has many special programs that help connect aging out foster youth to valuable services that can help them get on their feet. Private and community organizations strive to provide similar support services.
Read More »The Benefits of Parent-Child Visitation While in Foster Placement
Visitation can help the child cope better with the changes in their life. Having regular contact with their parents can help them better deal with the separation and with getting used to a new family.
Read More »Do Foster Youth Have a Say in Court Proceedings?
Foster youth have many rights, one of which is the right to be involved in their child welfare court proceedings.
Read More »What Rights do Foster Youth Have?
While parents have many rights, children have important rights, too. The rights of children in foster placement are of particular importance because they protect children when they are in a vulnerable situation.
Read More »What Should I Do When My Child Is Temporarily Placed in Foster Care?
When your child is in foster care, he or she will be under the care of his or her foster parents. Although you no longer will be able to care for your child on a day-to-day basis, there are many things you can do to remain involved in your child’s life and contribute to his or her care.
Read More »How Long Will My Child Be in Foster Care?
Foster care, also called foster placement, is a temporary solution. Ideally, children are put in foster placement short-term while permanent placement is found.
Read More »Foster Placement and Your Child’s Education
Children lose some stability when they enter into foster placement, and they shouldn’t have to get used to a new school, new teachers, and new classmates. Fortunately, there are protections in place to help ensure children put in foster placement don’t necessarily need to change schools.
Read More »How Are Foster Parents Screened?
Because children in foster care often have unique needs, foster parents are carefully screened and given training on how to care for a foster child.
Read More »Can I Visit My Child in Foster Care?
Maintaining the Connection Children are placed in foster care when their parents cannot care for them or provide them with a safe home. Foster care differs from adoption in that foster care is only temporary. Also, a parent whose child is put in foster care does not necessarily lose his or her parental rights as…
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