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February 13, 2003
Transforming Child Protective Service in
New Jersey: DYFS Transformation Plan
Introduction
This report outlines the Department
of Human Services' plan to stabilize the state's child protection
system, specifically the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS),
and to map out a longer term strategy for systemic reform across
all child-serving programs.
This plan emphasizes the critical
issue of decision making as it relates to the delivery of vital
children's services. Throughout the Department's review of the
Faheem Williams case and of the DYFS system as a whole, the issue
of how, when and why decisions were made was a central focus.
This report recognizes that it is
the decisions that we make on behalf of vulnerable children -
whether it is to remove a child from the home, or to recommend
substance abuse treatment for a parent -- upon which the success
of our intervention turns. Similarly, this plan recognizes the
need to provide the appropriate structure and support for good
decision making. 
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