The New Jersey Department of Children and Families is the state’s first comprehensive agency dedicated to ensuring the safety, well-being and success of children, youth, families and communities. Our vision is to ensure a better today and even a greater tomorrow for every individual we serve.

Share your love. Consider adopting a child into your family. Call to learn how you can change a child’s life forever by becoming an adoptive parent.

Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused or neglected has a legal responsibility to report it to the Division of Protection and Permanency (formerly known as the Division of Youth and Family Services). Calls can be made anonymously.  

Many children in New Jersey need temporary homes until their parents are able to care for them or until a permanent home is found.  Call to learn how you can open your heart and your home by becoming a foster parent. 

This hotline is for distressed parents who wish to give up an unwanted infant, 30 days or younger, anonymously.  While no names or records are required, callers are encouraged to voluntarily provide information.

Fund local domestic violence programs providing emergency shelter and housing, advocacy, information, referral services, children’s services, education, networking, and more.

Links to multiple agencies, coalitions, support organizations for the LGBTQI community members.

NJYRS website, designed and crafted from top to bottom by the Youth Council members themselves. Council members have lived experience with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (CP&P), the Children’s System of Care (CSOC) and the DCF Regional Schools.