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30:4C-1. Administration of act in accordance with public policy. 1. This act is to be administered strictly in accordance with the general principles laid down in this section, which are declared to be the public policy of this State, whereby the safety of children shall be of paramount concern: (a) That the preservation and strengthening of family life is a matter of public concern as being in the interests of the general welfare, but the health and safety of the child shall be the State@s paramount concern when making a decision on whether or not it is in the child@s best interest to preserve the family unit; (b) That the prevention and correction of dependency and delinquency among children should be accomplished so far as practicable through welfare services which will seek to continue the living of such children in their own homes; (c) That necessary welfare services to children should be strengthened and extended through the development of private and voluntary agencies qualified to provide such services; (d) That wherever in this State necessary welfare services are not available to children who are dependent or adjudged delinquent by proper judicial tribunal, or in danger of so becoming, then such services should be provided by this State until such times as they are made available by private and voluntary agencies; (e) That the State may assist private, public and voluntary agencies to construct, purchase, upgrade or renovate youth facilities for the residential care or day treatment of children in need of these services; and (f) That each child placed outside his home by the State has the need for permanency: through return to the child@s own home, if the child can be returned home without endangering the child@s health or safety; through adoption, if family reunification is not possible; or through an alternative permanent placement, if termination of parental rights is not appropriate. L.1951,c.138,s.1; amended 1979, c.309, s.1; 1999, c.22; 1999, c.53, s.20. 30:4C-1.1 Findings, declarations relative to child protective services. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey must improve the ability of its child welfare system to protect children from abuse and neglect, and to provide services to at-risk children and families in order to prevent harm to their children; b. Recent data and assessments of the child welfare system in this State demonstrate the need for a new approach to delivering services to this vulnerable population, and the system must therefore be reformed; c. Because the safety of children must always be paramount, allegations of child abuse and neglect must be investigated quickly and thoroughly and protective actions must be taken immediately if necessary; d. Concerns about the safety, permanency and well-being of children require significant changes in: the organization of the child welfare system, the ability to implement best practices within the system; the development of effective services to meet the needs of children and families; and the elimination of impediments to the quick and efficient management of abuse and neglect cases; e. Children need safe, stable and positive relationships with caring adults in order to thrive; and, if their parents are incapable of providing such a caring relationship, the State must look to other families to provide this kind of relationship; f. To ensure the best outcomes for children and their families, these substitute families must be viewed and treated as ~resource families~ and provided with appropriate support, training and responsibilities, which will include: expedited licensure for this purpose, equalized payment rates for care among the various types of resource families, and enhanced access to necessary support services tailored to their respective needs; g. Youths must be provided with supports and services in their communities that will enable them to grow into healthy and productive adults; and those youths who previously received child welfare services must continue to receive those services beyond the age of 18, up to age 21, as appropriate; h. This act is necessary in order to make the initial statutory changes required under a comprehensive child welfare reform plan issued by the Department of Human Services as part of a federal class action settlement, which is designed to address the deficiencies identified in the child welfare system in this State over a five-year period; i. The comprehensive child welfare reform plan calls for changes in the approach taken by the State to case practice, recruitment and support of resource families, partnering with the community, creating and delivering services to children and families, providing support and training to the child welfare system workforce, and ensuring accountability and continuous quality improvement within the system; j. This act is designed to allow the Division of Youth and Family Services to focus its mission on abused and neglected children by creating the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services and the Division of Prevention and Community Partnerships in order to build the capacity to meet the needs of children and families in those respective areas of the child welfare system, with all three divisions operating under a deputy commissioner who is responsible for the Office of Children@s Services established under this act; k. This act is also designed to enable the Division of Youth and Family Services to better focus on issues relating to abused and neglected children by transferring its responsibilities for licensure and investigating institutional abuse to the Department of Human Services, as well as transferring other responsibilities to the department that will be assigned to the new Division of Child Behavioral Health Services and the new Division of Prevention and Community Partnerships; and l. This act will otherwise enhance the quality of the child welfare system in New Jersey by facilitating the transition to other needed long-term systemic changes with regard to out-of-home placements and permanency options for children who cannot live with their birth families. L.2004,c.130,s.1.

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