MISSION:
The mission of the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center is to promote the safety and well-being of Hudson County children by providing programs and services which develop and strengthen the community's capacity to nurture children and prevent child abuse in all forms.
HUDSON COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER
Executive Director: Sylvia Ridlen, Ph.D., LCSW
Sylvia Ridlen has been active with HCCAPC since 1986, first on the Board of Directors and, since September, 2011 as Executive Director. She is a NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Sylvia's career has been in social work. She has extensive experience as a professor of social work, administrator, researcher, psychotherapist, caseworker, and consultant with non-profit organizations and their boards. Sylvia has worked with and for diverse and disadvantaged people her whole career.
Core Prevention
Now administered by Visiting Homemaker Services
586 Newark Avenue, Jersey City T. 201-659-0384
Program Director: Kimberly Rhock
West Hudson Family Success Center
655 Kearny Avenue, Kearny T. 201-998-0803
Director: NalaEvy Ortiz
Program Specialists:
Maite Biggan, MSW, LSW, Dorys Murillo, MSW, LSW
Board of Directors:
John Sullivan, Esq., President; Mindy Sovel, Martha Lewin
