Empowering Families Through Lived Experience and Hope

We Guide Caregivers With Personalized Support, Advocacy Training, and a Welcoming Peer-Driven Community

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Commitment

The Family Support Organizations of New Jersey are community-based organizations that provide peer-to-peer support, education, and advocacy to parents and caregivers of children with mental health, behavioral challenges, developmental disabilities, child welfare involvement, substance use, and juvenile justice system involvement.

What We Do

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Support

We stand with parents and caregivers. Our culturally competent Family Support Partners have "walked the walk," bringing firsthand experience and compassion. We help families identify goals and benchmarks for a more fulfilling life, guiding at critical moments-referrals to PerformCare, crisis units, or school-based meetings.

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Educate

Knowledge is power. We educate parents and caregivers about their rights and responsibilities, mentoring them through challenges and connecting them to local resources and community options.

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Advocate

We empower families to practice advocacy skills, helping them navigate services, access resources, and ensure healing and success. We also provide opportunities for families to share their stories publicly, engage with elected officials, and advocate for policies that strengthen families and communities.

Explore Our Services

Our Mission

It is the mission of Family Based Services Association of New Jersey to empower families through peer support and shared lived experience to ensure parents and caregivers feel heard, validated, and equipped with the knowledge and resources to navigate complex systems and advocate effectively for their child’s well-being. 

Our Commitment to Justice & Inclusion

  • We condemn racism. We condemn white supremacy. We condemn the devaluation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) that pervades our society.

  • We embrace diversity as a pillar and a strength of the foundational work we do with children and families. We are committed to engaging in anti-racist, anti-disability, and anti-stigma activities to reduce negative outcomes for the youth and families we serve.

  • We pledge to advocate with and on behalf of marginalized communities who have historically needed the most resources and received the least. We support and stand with youth and family voices advocating for social justice.

  • We are also committed to workplace diversity, respect, inclusion, fairness, equity, and social justice in our practice.