Thursday, January 24, 2008

New Jersey Child Welfare Chief Quits

The commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families announced his resignation Thursday, after two years of leading a court-ordered overhaul of the state’s embattled child welfare system.

Mr. Ryan, 41, the state’s former Child Advocate, plans to continue as commissioner through the end of February and begin working in March at the Amelior and MCJ Foundations, which serves impoverished children in Newark and Africa.

Several advocates for children reacted to his announcement with dismay. He is the third head of the state’s child welfare system to leave office in the past four years. Read the rest of the story.

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