TRENTON – The Senate approved legislation today sponsored by Senators Ellen Karcher and Joseph Vitale that would authorize the Division of Youth and Family Services (DFYS) to conduct more extensive background checks on resource families before placing a child with that family.
“The safety and well-being of New Jersey’s foster children must be DFYS’s top priority,” said Senator Karcher, D-Mercer and Monmouth. “Before any child is placed with a resource family, the most thorough background check possible must be conducted on every adult living in the home of that family. We cannot afford to cut corners on these checks.”