CENTRAL JERSEY FAMILY HEALTH

The mid-jersey cares regional early intervention collaborative is a program of cjfhc which works in partnership with families, service coordination units and early intervention providers to ensure high quality early intervention services for children with special needs (from birth to 3 years of age) living in central new jersey. Mid-jersey cares works to increase access to and availability of individualized early intervention services and assist families as they work to meet their child's needs. Over 8,300 infants/toddlers and their families were referred for services. Mid jersey cares also offers training and technical assistance, family support and advocacy, and data collection and analysis for a six-county region. In 2024 staff conducted over 40 trainings reaching early intervention professionals.

Various programs including core consortium services (regional planning, infant follow-up, maternal & neonatal transportation, quality assurance), healthy women healthy families, grow nj kids, new jersey immunization information system training/quality assurance/education, teen outreach program, preconception peer education, health families-tip, central intake resource and referral, mercer service coordinator and various other health promotion programs.