Children's Inter-Agency Coordinating Council (CIACC)

EDUCATORS: Get Your Students Back to School

Calling all Educators who teach in Gloucester County! Would you like to learn how to reduce absenteeism, improve student engagement, and address the root causes of school avoidance? For the upcoming school year, Gloucester County is sponsoring School Avoidance Alliance Educational Courses and offering these courses to Educators who teach in Gloucester County, free of charge. Help get students back to school with evidence-based strategies provided through these courses on school avoidance professional learning. The Educator course is an on-line self-guided educator course called “Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Students Back to School”. Certificates of Completion will be given to all who complete the course, and to support all participating Educators, you will also be able to refer Parents and Caregivers to their own course, which is also an on-line and self-guided, “The School Avoidance Master Class for Parents: A Tier 2 and Tier 3 Intervention for Chronic Absenteeism”.

To register for School Avoidance Master Class, please Click Here

About                                                                                                              

The Gloucester County Children’s Inter-Agency Coordinating Council (CIACC) is a team dedicated to helping children, from birth to age 21, who are experiencing life challenges with behavioral or mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, and/or substance use concerns. The Gloucester County CIACC works to develop and maintain a responsive, accessible, and integrated system of care for children with these special needs and support their families and caregivers in the process of securing services.  The Gloucester County CIACC looks at these children’s needs and the framework of services in place to meet these needs with the aim of improving services. And, it serves as an advisory board to the Gloucester County Board of Commissioners through the county Department of Health and Human Services, and to the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Division of Children’s System of Care (CSOC). 

The Gloucester County CIACC relies on the Local System of Care to deliver services. The Gloucester County Local System of Care works under the umbrella of the lead state agency, the NJ Division of Children's System of Care (CSOC).  Through partnership with stakeholders and local providers, the Gloucester County CIACC aims to support and assist in minimizing the impact of barriers to serving children in the community.

The Gloucester County CIACC meets regularly, 8 times a year. The purpose of meetings is to discuss how services are working for children who are experiencing behavioral or mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, or substance use challenges.  Meetings often offer short presentations on a community resource, followed by discussion of the overall system, what is working well, what needs improvement, any new challenges happening, and resources. 

Meetings are open to the public, and youth and families are encouraged to join in the meeting and share their experiences with support services. Meetings are an opportunity to connect with those who provide services, those who fund the organizations to provide services, and those who are government representatives that oversee or regulate services. 

The Gloucester County CIACC also attends community events and offers community presentations upon request. Please see list below for presentation offerings.

 Youth and Family Voice

The Gloucester County CIACC is an open door to voice concerns and experiences of families, caregivers and children. The Gloucester County CIACC aims to build a partnership between parents, caregivers, and youth with the agencies that provide services to children. Because the Gloucester County CIACC serves as an advisory board to the Gloucester County Department of Health and Human Services and to the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, when families, caregivers and youth share their experiences, the feedback provides guidance for improving services. Any feedback or input a family member, caregiver or youth wishes to give is welcomed and encouraged. This can be done by coming to a meeting or by phone call, email, letter or by appointment. See below for contact information.

 2026 CIACC Meeting Schedule:

• Feb 11 Gloucester County CIACC - 10am In-Person
• April 15  Gloucester County CIACC - 10am In-Person
• June 10  Tri-County CIACC, 11am - Hosted virtually by Gloucester County
• August 5  Gloucester County CIACC - Location and time TBD
• October 14  Gloucester County CIACC - 10am In-Person
• December 10  Gloucester County CIACC - 10am In-Person

*** All Gloucester County CIACC In-Person meetings are held at 204 East Holly Ave, Sewell NJ 08080 with the exception of the August meeting and Resource Event which is To Be Determined ***

How can I get help for my child with behavioral, intellectual, developmental, or substance use challenges? 

Please call 1-877-652-7624, a 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, toll-free access line with PerformCare. 

Common reasons to call PerformCare include:

• Urgent but not life-threatening situations (if life-threatening, call 911)
• Depression and/or anxiety
• Bullying or being bullied
• Physical or verbal aggression
• Intellectual/developmental disabilities
• Substance Use
• Inattention or hyperactivity
• Oppositional or defiant behavior
• Grief from major trauma
• Concerns from teachers

PerformCare is the single point of access to a wide array of children’s services for behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disability as well as substance use throughout New Jersey.  By way of background, the NJ Children’s System of Care (CSOC), a division of the NJ Department of Children and Families, contracts with PerformCare to provide children and their families with the services, resources, tools, and support they need to optimally participate in treatment within their homes, schools, and community settings. PerformCare provides the avenue for families to request clinically appropriate, needs-based services with a single phone call any time of the day or night.

 Presentations

The Gloucester County CIACC strives to raise awareness about and make connections to services for Gloucester County’s children in need. One way we reach this goal is by offering presentations, both virtual and in-person. Currently, the library includes a brief 15-minute “Introduction of the Gloucester County CIACC” and an hour-long “Overview of Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.” Other topics can be developed upon request. Please contact us to find out more and to schedule a presentation. See below for contact information.

Gloucester County CIACC Member Organizations 

 The Gloucester County CIACC is appointed by the Gloucester County Board of Commissioners on an annual basis and staff is supported by the County and a grant provided by the NJ Department of Children and Families. There are many community-based and service providing organizations that make up the Gloucester County CIACC, examples are listed below:

•  Acenda Integrated Health
• Center for Family Services
• CGS Family Partnership
• Gloucester County Addiction Services
• Gloucester County Special Child Health
• Gloucester County Youth Services Administration
• Inspira Child & Adolescent Partial Hospital Programs
• McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
• NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities
• NJ Department of Children and Families
• Ranch Hope 
• Rowan College South Jersey – Gloucester County, Adult Center for Transitioning
• School Based Youth Services, GCIT
• Southwest Council
• The Arc Gloucester
• Youth Advocate Programs Inc.

Quick Links

To see the Gloucester County Human Services calendar and find meeting locations and/or links: CLICK HERE

For important information on the Gloucester County local System of Care: System of Care Flowchart

Click here to visit NJ Division of Childrens System of Care (NJCSOC) website

Click here to visit New Jersey PerformCare