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Legal and Financial Differences Between Adoption and Kinship Legal Guardianship (KLG)

August 25, 2021 by Greg Cywnar

Legal and Financial Differences Between Adoption and Kinship Legal Guardianship (KLG)

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) Division of Child Protection and Permanency (CP&P) strives to support all youth in care to achieve legal permanency
through reunification, adoption, or kinship legal guardianship (KLG). This document outlines legal and financial information regarding adoption and KLG. Additional information is
provided regarding policy, practice, and supports related to non-permanency CP&P case goals to provide a full picture of permanency options available

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