New Jersey Partnership for Children Program Criticized

June 14, 2004 New Jersey Partnership for Children Program Criticized A children's advocacy group claims a New Jersey program to help emotionally troubled youngsters has failed to reach the promised number of kids and might not even offer the proper services. The report by the Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), released on April 28, 2004, questioned the effectiveness and practices of the state's four-year-old "Partnership for Children" initiative. "It is unclear if public dollars are being spent on services that actually help these children," the report said. Among the association's findings was that . . .