Childrens Home Society Of New Jersey

Early childhood and parenting education:chsofnj operates five head start/early head start locations, serving 507 children, with an additional 117 children served in the early head start home-based program. Head start/early head start services include early childhood education, health services, family support, mental health support, nutrition and support for children with disabilities. The children's home society of new jersey is the child care resource and referral agency for ocean county, assisting families to access child care and child care subsidies for their children and helps providers to become and stay certified. Staff provide training and technical assistance for child care providers and parents around child care, child development and safety issues.

Child welfare and permanency planning:program services consist of adoption related programs offering adoption placement, home studies for prospective adoptive families, birth parent counseling, and post adoption background and search services.