Family Reunification Day
Thursday, June 30, 2016 2 p.m. - New Jersey Law Center
One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ
As part of the annual nationwide American Bar Association Family
Reunification effort, Legal Services of New Jersey once again celebrated
Family Reunification Day at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick
on Thursday, June 30, 2016
Each year we focus on one of the critical services and procedures necessary
to make reunification possible. This year's focus was on the special
challenges facing children whose biological parents have had their
parental rights terminated, but who still have not been adopted, and
examined the further steps that night be taken to foster their relationships
with their biological parents.
LSNJ honored several successfully reunified families from
Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, Essex, Middlesex, and Passaic counties,
as well as seven Reunification Day heroes:
- Mary Funari, CASA Advocate, Essex
- Angela Watson-Bell, Parent’s Attorney, Burlington
- Israel Segarra, Esq., Office of Parental Representation, Northern Office
- Kimberly Graison, Esq., Office of Parental Representation, Middlesex
- Brian Saber, CASA Advocate, Essex
- Fidel Loverton, Counselor at Grace Abounds, Monmouth
- Lyndsey Slack, DCPP caseworker, Passaic
Principal Speakers Included:
- David B. Katz, Presiding Judge, Family Part, Essex County
- Brianna Shaw, Youth Advisory Board Ambassador at
Rutgers University—Transitions for Youth
- Jeanette Vega, Editorial Assistant and Parent Leader at RISE Magazine
The Peter N. Fiorentino, Jr., Esq., Memorial Scholarship was presented
to Anna, an aging-out youth from Ocean County, who is attending
Montclair State University in the fall of 2016.
Nurturing and Rebuilding Birth Family Ties
This video, produced by Legal Services of New Jersey and presented at the 2016 Family Reunification Day celebration, looks at the special challenges facing children whose biological parents have had their parental rights terminated, but who still have not been adopted, and examines the further steps that night be taken to foster their relationships with their biological parents.
2016 Family Reunification Day Videos
Previous Family Reunification Day Videos
Keynote Speeches from Prior Years
For information on National Family Reunification Month:
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