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Juntos

Juntos provides important services to unaccompanied minor children who immigrated into the United States. Services include:

  • temporary shelter
  • support with family unification
  • home study and post release services

Services are focused on the safety of every child in our care. We utilize Nurtured Heart, a trauma informed care approach, which emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for the children in our care and helps them rebuild a sense of control.

We provide:

  • food and shelter
  • comprehensive assessment
  • mental health services
  • therapeutic counseling
  • case management
  • education
  • medical care
  • recreation and enrichment activities
  • court accompaniments
  • linkages with family members or sponsors
  • home study
  • post-release services

Family reunification is our primary goal. Center For Family Services takes steps to reunite children with their families and to develop a plan for a safe and healthy future for each child. 

Once a family member or a sponsor has been identified, Center For Family Services assists with the vetting process and takes steps to ensure a smooth transition process.

Through the Juntos program, Center For Family Services operates:

  • A caring shelter home for 20 girls ages 13-17
  • A caring shelter home for 20 boys ages 13-17
  • A caring shelter home for teen mothers and their babies (10 mothers and 12 babies)

  • Up to 38 short-term homes in the community for pregnant teens, sibling groups, or children under 12

Become a Shelter Home Parent
Juntos is actively seeking kind caregivers to become shelter home parents, opening their home to provide temporary, short-term care for a child or a sibling group or a pregnant teen. Shelter home parents play an important role in:

  1. Caring for young children

  2. Keeping teen moms together with their babies 

  3. Keeping sibling groups together while we work on a plan to reunite the children with family.

Bilingual homes needed: English/Spanish speaking homes; English/Pashto speaking homes; English/Dari speaking homes

Become a shelter parent

 

Other ways you can help

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Referral Information

Referrals are accepted through the  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
 

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
 
This webpage is supported by grant funding from the NJ Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement. None of these funding agencies are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this webpage, including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the Center For Family Services and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.