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Department of Children and Families
50 East State Street, 2nd floor
PO Box 729
Trenton, NJ  08625-0729
1-855-INFO-DCF (1-855-463-6323)
askdcf@dcf.state.nj.us

To report child abuse or neglect, please call the hotline at 1-877-NJ ABUSE (652-2873).

Constituents with any department inquiries, concerns or questions can contact the DCF Office of Advocacy by calling the toll-free number at 1-877-543-7864, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or email us at askdcf@dcf.nj.gov and the Office of Advocacy will respond.

NOTE:
Please do not report abuse or neglect allegations to this email address, as the messages will only be read during regular business hours. To report abuse or neglect anytime, call the hotline number above.

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Divisions/Offices

Commissioner
Christine Beyer

609-888-7900
dcf.commissioner@dcf.nj.gov  

Chief of Staff
Nicole Brossoie

609-888-7940
dcf_chiefofstaff@dcf.nj.gov  

First Deputy Commissioner, Operations
Katherine Stoehr
609-888-7500
Address:
50 East State Street
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Deputy Commissioner, Policy, Legal Affairs, and Compliance
Bonny E. Fraser, Esq.

609-888-7800  

Deputy Commissioner, Administration
Carmen Diaz Petti

Chief Financial Officer
Steven Dodson
609-888-7555

Assistant Commissioner, Analytics and System Improvement
Amanda O'Reilly

609-888-7321
Address:
50 East State Street
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Laura Jamet

609-888-7000
dcf-dcppdirectorsoffice@dcf.nj.gov
Address:
50 East State Street
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Division of the Children's System of Care
Carmen Diaz Petti, Interim

609-888-7200
CSOC.Director@dcf.nj.gov 
Address:
50 East State Street, 4th floor
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Family and Community Partnerships
Sanford Starr

609-888-7400
fcp@dcf.nj.gov  
Address:
50 East State Street, 7th floor
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Division on Women
Anna D. Martinez

609-888-7164
dow@dcf.nj.gov  
Address:
50 East State Street, 7th floor
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Education
Kelley Michalowski, Assistant Commissioner

609-888-7990
dcf_officeofeducation@dcf.nj.gov
Address:
PO Box 710
Trenton, NJ  08625-0710

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Human Resources
Linda Dobron

609-888-7802
dcfhumres@dcf.nj.gov
Address:
50 East State Street
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Policy, Oversight and Regulatory Affairs
Brian Ross

609-888-7030
Address:
50 East State Street
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Office of Adoption Operations
Beth Tarver, Assistant Director

609-888-7460
Address:
P.O. Box 717
Trenton, NJ 08625-717
www.nj.gov/njfosteradopt/adoption/

Office of Legal Affairs
Meredith Pindar, Director

609-888-7222
For electronic service of legal documents pursuant to the Electronic Service of DCF Legal Documents from the New Jersey Supreme Court relaxing rules around the service of process, please email documents to NJDCF.ElectronicService.CivilMatters@dcf.nj.gov

Office of Licensing
Joslyn Bjorseth, Director - Child Care Licensing

DCF.ChildCareLicensing@dcf.nj.gov  
Yolanda Hadden, Director - Youth Residential, Partial Care and Adoption Agencies
Clifton Tokley, Director - Resource Family Licensing
1-877-667-9845
dcf_ool@dcf.nj.gov
Address:
50 East State Street, 6th Floor
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ  08625-0717

Office of Public Affairs and Communications
Nicole Brossoie, Chief of Public Affairs

Jason Butkowski, Director of Communications
609-888-7915
dcf.communications@dcf.nj.gov  

Office of Resource Families
Mahnoush Vaziri, Assistant Director

609-888-7055

Office of Training and Professional Development
Jessica Trombetta, Administrator

732-448-6300
dcftrainacademy@dcf.nj.gov
Address:
30 Van Dyke Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ  08901

For biographies of DCF's executive management, click HERE.