New Jersey
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN RAISE ME UP IN NEW JERSEY!
Raise Me Up inspires people and provides the public with an array of tangible ways to support children in foster care and help prevent child abuse and neglect in communities throughout New Jersey.
Thanks to DCF's many partner organizations, this section of the Web site offers access to volunteer opportunities to allow you to improve the lives of vulnerable youth in your community. To get involved, click here.
To learn more about the Department of Children and Families and DCF partners, please click here.
Raise Me Up inspires people and provides the public with an array of tangible ways to support children in foster care and help prevent child abuse and neglect in communities throughout New Jersey.
Thanks to DCF's many partner organizations, this section of the Web site offers access to volunteer opportunities to allow you to improve the lives of vulnerable youth in your community. To get involved, click here.
To learn more about the Department of Children and Families and DCF partners, please click here.
FOSTER CARE FACTS BY THE NUMBERS*
| Children in out-of-home care | 9,297 |
| Children entering foster care | 5,222 |
| Children exiting foster care | 4,899 |
| Length of stay in foster care | mean 26.6 months, median 21.4 months |
| Children each year who age out | 175, 3.6% of all exits |
| * CWLA National Data Analysis System, AFCARS 2008 | |
