• What's New
    • New Construction
    • Creative Writings
    • Fine Art Academy
    • Pet Therapy
    • OCJS Home page
    • Nintendo Wii Recreation
    • Alcohol and Drug Hotline
  • Administration & Staff
    • John P Kelly
    • Gerald Bowden
    • Walter Hopson
    • Annual Staff Awards
    • 25-Year Awards
    • Organization Table (PDF)
    • Spotlight on Staff
    • Training
    • Internships
    • Employment
    • Custody Promotions
  • Services
    • Children's Shelter
    • Juvenile Detention
    • Behavior & Anger
    • Community Service
    • Electronic Monitoring
    • Mentoring Program
    • R.A.I.S.E. Programs
    • Social Services
    • Substance Abuse
    • Youth Services
  • The Facility
    • Map to the facility
    • Community Events
    • History
    • Photo Gallery
    • Personal Services
    • Resident Handbook
    • Visiting Rules (PDF)
    • What our kids say...
  • Links of interest

Directory of Services

 The Juvenile Detention Center
 Electronic Monitoring
 Ocean County Children’s Shelter
 Youth Services Commission
 R.A.I.S.E. Evening program
 Community Service Program
 School Mentoring Program
 Gang Awareness (TAG)
 Freeholder Kelly video message

 Juvenile Services Home page
 Ocean County Home page

Contact Information

Juvenile Services
  Gerald Bowden, Director
 P.O. Box 2191
 165 Sunset Ave.
 Toms River, NJ 08754
  Google Map for 165 Sunset Ave

Juvenile Dentention Center
  Gerald Bowden, Director
 165 Sunset Ave.
 P.O. Box 2191
 Toms River, NJ 08754
  (732) 341-1365
  GBowden@co.ocean.nj.us
  Google Map for 165 Sunset Ave

Children's Shelter
 155 Sunset Ave.
 Toms River, NJ 08754
  (732) 286-6763
  GBowden@co.ocean.nj.us
  Google Map for 155 Sunset Ave


Juvenile Justice Sites
  • Office of Juvenile Justice
  • Juvenile Crime, California
  • Residential Facilities for Juveniles, MN
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  • NJ Juvenile Justice Commission
  • OJJDP
  • OJJDP Publications
  • Juvenile Justice Trainers Association
  • New Jersey Juvenile Detention Association
  • National Juvenile Detention Association

Ocean County Department of Juvenile Services | 165 Sunset Ave, Toms River, NJ | (732) 288-7705 | Email us