DCF supports various programs and services for adolescents and young adults including housing, life skills, mentoring, employment/training, educational support, youth advocacy, and healthcare.
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The New Jersey Youth Resource Spot provides information on local resources for youth. Users can search Child Protection and Permanency’s (CP&P) policies, learn how to contact a CP&P worker, and email questions to the Office of Adolescent Services. Youth can also learn how to determine if they're eligible for Wraparound Funds, the Independent Living Stipend, and more. |
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LifeSet, A Program of Youth Villages, provides young adults the support and guidance they need to make a successful transition to adulthood. It is one of the largest programs in the United States helping youth formally in foster care and transition-age youth become successful, independent adults. |
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The Connecting YOUth Project seeks to end homelessness for New Jersey youth currently or previously involved in the child welfare system and assist their successful transition to adulthood. |
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DCF is committed to ensuring that children and youth, including those in out-of-home placement, remain connected to people important in their lives and fully participate in their schools, neighborhoods and communities. |
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The New Jersey Foster Care Scholars Program helps youth aging-out of New Jersey’s foster care system afford a college education or career technical certification. |
NJ-PROMISE is an early identification and intervention program aimed at young people aged 10-25, who are experiencing worrisome changes in their thoughts, perceptions, behaviors, and functioning. These changes may look like suspiciousness, increased difficulty at work or school, withdrawal from loved ones, hearing things and seeing things that others don’t, and odd thinking or behavior.
The service focuses on reducing early symptoms of serious mental illness through specialized assessment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, case management, psychiatry, psychoeducation, and other supports as needed. It is open to all New Jersey residents regardless of economic means and accepts various private insurances, as well as Medicaid and Medicare.
Services are delivered regionally, by the following contracted behavioral health agencies:
| Region | Counties Served | Agency Name & Address | Phone | |
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Northern New Jersey |
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren |
CarePlus |
201-986-5010 | |
| Central New Jersey | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union | Rutgers UBHC 100 Metroplex Drive, Edison, NJ 08817 |
732-235-8400 | |
| Southern New Jersey | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | Oaks Integrated Care 19 East Ormond Ave, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 | 800-963-3377 |
If you are not sure which agency to contact for an initial assessment, please contact:
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
Children’s System of Care
609-888-7200
NJPromise@dcf.nj.gov
DCF Office of Adolescent Services
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ 08625-0717
609-888-7100
dcf_adolescentservices@dcf.state.nj.us
