• Engaging parents and professionals in a movement for comprehensive, coordinated, culturally competent services for children and families across agencies
• Advocating for quality transition service needs, the long-range educational plan that ensures students take the appropriate classes in high school
• Mobilizing religious and community leaders and the broader community to advocate for revisions to “welfare reform” in New Jersey
• Training parents to be effective participants in public policy advocacy on issues affecting their children

The Children and Family Initiative, in collaboration with the Association for Children of New Jersey, New Jersey Mental Health Association, and Statewide Parents’ Caucus, works to engage parents and professionals in a movement for comprehensive, coordinated, culturally competent services for children and families across agencies.

Parents Engaged in Public Policy trains parents to be effective participants in public policy advocacy on issues affecting their children, particularly in the areas of education and health.

Mercer County Youth Out of School Project