New Jersey Moves Abuse Investigation Unit To Department Of Human Services; Ten High-Level New Jersey DYFS State Officials Terminated During Restructuring Of Division

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In a list outlining fourteen initiatives to reform New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS), Governor James McGreevey announced on May 19, 2003, that the Institutional Abuse Unit will be removed from DYFS and placed within the Department of Human Services, where it will become part of the Commissioner's Office of Program Integrity and Accountability. The unit investigates abuse in state institutions, foster care, and group homes, so there has been an inherent conflict in housing . . .