Mary became President and CEO of ACNJ at the start of 2023 after becoming the vice president in 2003. She joined the organization in 1993 to head what is now known as ACNJ’s KidLaw Resource Center, which provides information on laws and legal processes affecting New Jersey children. Mary’s primary policy areas include foster care, […]
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Helping Parents of Students with Disabilities Navigate Education During COVID-19
Staff attorney Nina Peckman explains how education guidances have developed since mid-March and how parents can help their children with special needs have the opportunity to succeed academically.
Education
Education Resources The KidLaw Legal Resource Center provides individual help with education-related issues as well as helpful guides and factsheets. If you have a question concerning the education legal rights of New Jersey’s children and do not find the answer here, e-mail staff attorney Nina Peckman at npeckman@acnj.org. Basic Guide to Special Education (Spanish: Una […]
VP Mary Coogan recognized with Family Unification Day Hero Award
Her efforts in foster care, kinship care, children’s health and juvenile justice has helped thousands of families.
Over 40 Years of Accomplishments
Join ACNJ for a walk down memory lane 1847 Our Roots in Protecting Children ACNJ grew out of some of the earliest efforts in New Jersey to protect abused and abandoned children and is part of an evolution that began in 1847, when the Newark Orphan Asylum was established. Other organizations in our history included […]
