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Family Reunification Day
Monday, June 29, 2015 2 p.m. - New Jersey Law Center
One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ
As part of the annual nationwide American Bar Association
Family Reunification effort, Legal Services of New Jersey once again
celebrated Family Reunification Day at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick
on Monday, June 29, 2015, at 2 p.m. Each year we focus on one of the critical
services and procedures necessary to make reunification possible. This year’s
focus was on the intersection between housing and child welfare. LSNJ honored several successfully reunified families from Ocean, Essex,
Bergen, Middlesex, Passaic, Atlantic, and Somerset counties, as well as four
Reunification Day heroes: Rosemarie & Manny Arroyo, Resource Parents, Bergen
County; Michael Wroblewski, Esq., Office of Parental Representation, Middlesex
County; Alonda Sullivan, Esq., Office of Parental Representation, Essex County;
and Maralyn Soto, Relative Resource Parent, Essex County.
Principal Speakers Included:
Lisa von Pier
Assistant Commissioner
New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency
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Dorothy E. Roberts
George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
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Ruth White, MSSA
Executive Director
National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
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Hope VanSickle
Parent
Former Reunification Day Honoree
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Housing's Critical Role in the Child Welfare System
This video, produced by Legal Services of New Jersey and presented at the 2015 Family Reunification Day celebration, explores the intersection between housing and child welfare, and the need for a more holistic, compassionate approach to helping these families.
For information on National Family Reunification Month:
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