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Child Welfare Family Advocacy Program | In-court support for parents involved with child protective services Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Mentoring & Family Engagement Project | Supporting deaf/hard of hearing children and their families Education & Health Rights of Children and Youth with Special Needs in Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice | Helping families work together with professionals across the systems that serve children Essex County Family Council & Grandmothers as Caregivers | Strong, powerful, unified families and compassionate, understanding professionals Military Family Support 360 Center | Assisting active duty and retired military, national guard, and reserve personnel throughout NJ with infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities NJ’s Early Childhood Initiatives | Celebrating children’s development & improving early identification NJ Statewide Parent to Parent (NJP2P) | Parents helping parents…it’s a simple concept that works! 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