New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Compared to just five years ago, the number of minors in foster care in the Garden State is down by more than 2,700.

The state Department of Children and Families did not disclose the gender of the infant nor the exact date and location, citing confidentiality statutes.

When kids in New Jersey need to be taken from their homes due to unfortunate circumstances such as abuse and neglect, their next stop isn't what most people may think of as a traditional foster home.

At first, lockdown orders prompted by the coronavirus pandemic made it more difficult for survivors of domestic violence to make a call for help.

Suicide rates among children and young adults in New Jersey are growing.

A proposed New Jersey law in the making would bar school districts from reporting parents to the state for abuse or neglect when their child has a lunch account that's in arrears.

A Willingboro woman who served as a clerk in the New Jersey Department of Children and Families heads to a three-year prison term for collecting more than $82,000 in government aid through doctored employment records.

Even though you're 18, we've got your back. That's the message the New Jersey Department of Children and Families is hoping to convey with its very first hip new video aimed at youth aging out of its system.