Family Unification Day Celebration

As part of the annual nationwide American Bar Association Family Reunification effort, Legal Services of New Jersey will host its 2024 Family Unification Day on Monday, June 17, 2:30 PM, at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. The event honors families and their heroes, who have successfully prevented removal, or been reunified with their children after involvement with the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP).

More information will be available soon. Email [email protected] with questions or to register.

2023 Family Unification Day

• Event Highlight Reel
• Keynote Speech: The Honorable Lisa James-Beavers, Burlington County

Previous Family Unification Day Videos

• Listen Up! Serving Families by Centering the Parent Voice (2022)
• Caseworkers and Parents: Heroes Together Saving Families and Homes (2019)
• Cannitta’s Story: Surviving, Not Living (2018)
• Iesha’s Story: Reclaiming Her Voice (2018)
• Overcoming Barriers to Educational Success for Children in Out-of-Home Placement (2017)
• Nurturing and Rebuilding Family Ties (2016)
• Home - Housing's Critical Role in Child Welfare (2015)
• Poverty, Addiction, and Meeting Family Needs (2014)
• Visitation: An Indispensable Tool for Reunification (2013)

Keynote Speeches from Prior Years

• The Honorable Michael P. Wright (2022)
• The Honorable Sallyanne Floria (2019)
• The Honorable David Katz (2019)
• The Honorable Daniel Yablonsky, Passaic County (2018)
• The Honorable Madelin F. Einbinder (2017)
• The Honorable David B. Katz (2016)
• Lisa von Pier, Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (2015)
• The Honorable Julio L. Mendez (2014)
• The Honorable Hany A. Mawla (2013)
• The Honorable Thomas H. Dilts (2012)
• The Honorable Sallyanne Floria (2011)
• The Honorable Glen A. Grant (2010)

Other Presentations and Speakers

• Special Presentation: April Lee, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (2022)
• Ode to the Family Destruction System: They Decided Not to Listen to Her (A Poem by Diane Redleaf, 2017)

About National Family Reunification Month

• National Council of Juvenile and Family Courts
• ABA Center on Children and the Law