Foster Care Services

Foster care services provide safe secure and nurturing homes for children who have been separated from the care of their biological families.

Foster care services. Foster care foster care is provided for newborns and children who are in need of temporary foster care while their parents are receiving counseling through the agency regarding permanency planning. If it is after hours please call animal emergency referral associates at 973 226 3282. Foster care can also refer to placement settings such as group homes residential care facilities emergency shelters and supervised independent living. Please contact us via email for all questions or concerns you may have.

When families are unable to care for their children childrens home aid works to find suitable homes for them with foster parents who can provide the appropriate care based on the childrens individual needs. For children who are 18 years old and have aged out of foster care we have the thomas rs. Children in foster care may live with relatives or with unrelated foster parents. Burgin parents fund and the thomas bristol noonan fund.

Although a number of our babies are born healthy and in need of a permanent loving family there are some who are born medically fragile. In case of emergency please call us immediately at 973 777 0064. Due to covid 19 quarantines childrens aid and family services office staff will be working from home until further notice.