Fostering Futures

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• Fostering Futures Resources

• Fostering Futures - Housing Resources

• Fostering Futures - Resource Numbers

• New Jersey Youth Resource Spot

• PACES Program Overview

• Aged Out How We’re Failing Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Youth Resources

• PEER2PEER Program

  • DCF has a program for young people, ages 14-21, that are in out of home placement for less than 18 months in the following counties: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union.

  • The program offers peer support through trained professional staff and credible messengers with lived experience in NJ’s child welfare system. The NJP2P program delivers supportive services that offer advice, guidance, and empowerment strategies that support young people to navigate and thrive while involved in NJ’s foster care system. The goal of NJP2P is for Peer Navigators to help increase a youth’s ability to articulate and work toward their goals, interact with professionals, and be able to initiate connections to resources on their own. 

  • The Youth Council who initiated this idea have also created a website for youth and have a section on EnlightenMENT specifically built for youth to view: New Jersey Peer2Peer Program: EnlightenMENT (nj.gov)

• NJ Foster Club

• A Resource for Understanding Behavior & Using Language in Juvenile Court

• Pre-Teens & Teens - Your Conversation Guide

Medicaid

• MEYA (Medicaid Extension Young Adults)