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Program Overview

Program/Practice Name: New Jersey’s Kinship Navigator Program

Agency Name: New Jersey Department of Human Services

Contact Information:

Susan Shermack
Kinship Navigator Program
New Jersey Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 716
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 588-2171
Shermak@dhs.state.nj.us

Type of Program/Practice: The Kinship Navigator program includes a hotline for relative caregivers to call for information. Five navigators connect callers to information they need and refer them to the appropriate regional office within New Jersey for assistance.