President & CEO of Children's Aid and Family Services
Robert Jones, Ph.D., is president & CEO of Children's Aid and Family Services. Dr. Jones has extensive experience in the fields of child welfare, family services and mental health. He serves on the board of the Alliance for Children and Families and is chair of the Resource Development Initiative (RDI) Task Force. Dr. Jones was selected as the recipient of the Alliance for Children and Families' 2003 Samuel Gerson Nordlinger Child Welfare Leadership Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the field of child health and welfare and the national public policy process to advance the cause of quality services for children and families. He is a former board member of the Council on Accreditation, former chair of their Central Accreditation Commission, and presently serves as a peer reviewer. Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
Dr. Jones' major accomplishments while leading Children's Aid and Family Services include:
- Growth of small local family service provider, with a staff of 15 and a budget of $200,000, to one of the largest integrated child welfare, family and community service systems in northern NJ.
- Led merger of Children's Aid and Adoption Society of New Jersey and Family Counseling Service of Ridgewood and Vicinity (prior to the merger, he served as the Executive Director of the latter agency).
- Launch of endowment, presently exceeding $15 million in planned gift, bequest and pledge commitments.
- Acquisition, financing, renovation, and occupancy of flagship, 28,800 square foot, childcare and early childhood education program service center.
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