Serving more than one million of New Jersey's most vulnerable citizens, DHS serves individuals and families with low incomes; people with mental illnesses, disabilities or special needs; and parents needing children’s healthcare, child care or facing catastrophic medical expenses for their children.
02/08/2010- TRENTON – Celebrating its 15th year, the Department of Human Services’ Division of Family Development will hold its annual Teen Media Contest to reinforce the Department’s mission to instill an understanding of parental responsibility in teens. The statewide contest is open to all New Jersey middle and high school students.
01/26/2010- PATERSON, N.J. — Department of Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez will help kick-off the Passaic County Project Homeless Connect at the Bishop Rodimer Center Wednesday as part of the national Point-in-Time Count of the homeless.
01/22/2010- TRENTON – Mental health professionals specially trained in disaster counseling are helping New Jersey’s Haitian residents with the post-traumatic grief and fear that are part of the aftermath of the earthquake that killed many of their loved ones and devastated their homeland.
