This week, dollars are being deposited into the bank accounts of families across the country, including New Jersey. This influx of federal funds given directly to parents is predicted to cut child poverty in the Garden State by nearly one-third. To qualify, parents must have a child 17 or younger listed as deductions on their […]
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Una Guia Basica Para Educacion Especial
La intención de este folleto corto es de servir como guía de referencia para personas que tienen preguntas sobre la educación especial. No es la intención ofrecer consejos ni guía legal. Para una explicación profunda de cualquier aspecto legal del proceso de la educación especial, se le recomienda a los padres o guardianes comunicarse con […]
Social Media Toolkit: Child Care Enrollment Bill
Small child care business —both center-based and family child care — need stable funding to stay in business if we need them to care for and educate children from low-income families. Paying providers based on a program’s enrollment and not attendance can help keep centers from closing doors, lead to stronger quality programs, increased program access […]
BLOG: Kinship Care and New Jersey’s Revised Kinship Legal Guardianship Act
By Legal Intern Kelly Monahan Benefits of Kinship Care Kinship care – placing children with relatives rather than non-relative foster parents – is associated with significant benefits for children and youth, including improved mental and behavioral health. Specifically, kinship care may help mitigate the trauma of removal when children are placed with relative caregivers who […]
Presentación sobre derechos de estudiantes a recibir servicios de educación y solicitar ayuda emergente
La abogada Nina Peckman, en esta presentación habla sobre los derechos de los estudiantes para recibir servicios de educación o permanecer en la clasificación según el último I.E.P. acordado cuando el distrito quiere cambiar o quitar servicios, o cuando insiste que el estudiante debe graduarse de la secundaria. También explica del modo más general cómo […]
