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NJDCF Needs Assessment

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families conducts assessments to identify the strengths and needs of families with children at risk of out-of-home placement and families with children in out-of-home placement.

As part of its commitment to operate as a learning organization, DCF regularly seeks to better understand the service needs of children and children and identify service gaps.

To achieve this DCF partners with leading child welfare scholars at the Child Welfare and Well-Being Research Unit and Institute for Families at Rutgers University School of Social Work to support the needs assessment process

May 2018 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Letter (PDF) 
May 2018 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Report (PDF)   
May 2018 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Executive Summary (PDF)  
April 2017 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Interim Report (PDF) 
March 2016 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Interim Report (PDF) 
January 2015 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment Interim Report (PDF) 
July 2014 - New Jersey DCF Needs Assessment (PDF)


Annual Child Abuse and Neglect Report  

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2014 Child Abuse and Neglect Report 
2013 Child Abuse and Neglect Report 
2012 Child Abuse and Neglect Report 
2012 Child Protection Service Referrals