Phone: (609) 586-9092 | Fax: (609) 586-6573
Megann Anderson, Executive Director [email]
Katie Ronollo, Program Director [email]
have a cumulative operating budget of $376 million, 6,500 employees, 500 board members, 1,769 volunteers and serve more than 300 communities in 335 locaitons. Alliance member organizations also have more than 100,000 individual donors. In all, more than 192,000 individuals participate in Alliance member services annually.
All too often, youth can't function adequately at home, while in foster care, in the community or at school. Many have had multiple placements, a history of psychiatric hospitalization or involvement in the juvenile justice system.
Many have experienced neglect or physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Some are so severely disabled they require 24-hour treatment and care.
Member agencies work to give youth the kind of stability and comfort every child should experience growing up at home. Alliance agencies provide:
Residential Treatment Centers - structured services for youth with significant behavior disorders. Many provide on-site schools.
Transitional-Living Programs - longer-term residential sercies to older homeless youth, helping them make a successful transition to self-sufficient living.
Group Homes - for 12 or fewer youth who are able to function in a community-based setting.
Treatment Homes - a safe environment for meeting the social, educational and emotional needs of vulnerable children and their families.
Shelters - short-term care prior to a return home or another placement.
Maternity and Mother/Child Programs - services to adolescents who are pregnant or caring for their babies.
Adoptions - bring children into permanent homes, providing them love to help them heal and flourish.
Outpatient Counseling - help with substance abuse, anger management, parenting skills, mental health and other issues that keep people from meeting their full potential.
Independent-Living Programs - teaching the skills residents will need to live independently.
Case Management - a full range of treatment and support services to children with the most complex needs.
Street Outreach Programs - street-based outreach and education to youth on the streets who have been, or are at risk of being, abused and/or exploited.
"The NJ Alliance for Children, Youth and Families creates a vehicle for us as leaders to learn about important state and federal changes that affect our ability to care for our children and to keep our agencies fiscally solvent."
NJACYF is...
a statewide advocacy organization representing human service agencies committed to providing quality care to children, youth and families.
