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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Chapter : 30:4C-2.
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30:4C-2. Definitions.
2. For the purposes of this act the following words and terms shall, unless otherwise indicated, be deemed and taken to have the meanings herein given to them:
(a) The term ~Division of Youth and Family Services,~ or ~division,~ successor to the ~Bureau of Children@s Services~ means the State agency for the care, custody, guardianship, maintenance and protection of children, as more specifically described by the provisions of this act, and succeeding the agency heretofore variously designated by the laws of this State as the State Board of Child Welfare or the State Board of Children@s Guardians.
(b) The word ~child~ includes stepchild and illegitimate child, and further means any person under the age of 18 years.
(c) The term ~care~ means cognizance of a child for the purpose of providing necessary welfare services, or maintenance, or both.
(d) The term ~custody~ means continuing responsibility for the person of a child, as established by a surrender and release of custody or consent to adoption, for the purpose of providing necessary welfare services, or maintenance, or both.
(e) The term ~guardianship~ means control over the person and property of a child as established by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and as more specifically defined by the provisions of this act. Guardianship by the Division of Youth and Family Services shall be treated as guardianship by the Commissioner of Human Services exercised on his behalf wholly by and in the name of the Division of Youth and Family Services, acting through the chief executive officer of the division or his authorized representative. Such exercise of guardianship by the division shall be at all times and in all respects subject to the supervision of the commissioner.
(f) The term ~maintenance~ means moneys expended by the Division of Youth and Family Services to procure board, lodging, clothing, medical, dental, and hospital care, or any other similar or specialized commodity or service furnished to, on behalf of, or for a child pursuant to the provisions of this act; maintenance also includes but is not limited to moneys expended for shelter, utilities, food, repairs, essential household equipment, and other expenditures to remedy situations of an emergent nature to permit, as far as practicable, children to continue to live with their families.
(g) The term ~welfare services~ means consultation, counseling, and referral to or utilization of available resources, for the purpose of determining and correcting or adjusting matters and circumstances which are endangering the welfare of a child, and for the purpose of promoting his proper development and adjustment in the family and the community.
(h) The term ~resource family parent~ means any person other than a natural or adoptive parent with whom a child in the care, custody or guardianship of the Department of Human Services is placed by the department, or with its approval, for care, and shall include any person with whom a child is placed by the division for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized.
(i) The term ~resource family home~ means and includes private residences wherein any child in the care, custody or guardianship of the Department of Human Services may be placed by the department, or with its approval, for care, and shall include any private residence maintained by persons with whom any such child is placed by the division for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized.
(j) The singular includes the plural form.
(k) The masculine noun and pronoun include the feminine.
(l) The word ~may~ shall be construed to be permissive.
(m) The term ~group home~ means and includes any single family dwelling used in the placement of 12 children or less pursuant to law, recognized as a group home by the Department of Human Services in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Human Services; provided, however, that no group home shall contain more than 12 children.
(n) The term ~youth facility~ means a facility within this State used to house or provide services to children under this act, including but not limited to group homes, residential facilities, day care centers, and day treatment centers.
(o) The term ~youth facility aid~ means aid provided by the Division of Youth and Family Services to public, private or voluntary agencies to purchase, construct, renovate, repair, upgrade or otherwise improve a youth facility in consideration for an agreement for the agency to provide residential care, day treatment or other youth services for children in need of such services.
(p) The term ~day treatment center~ means a facility used to provide counseling, supplemental educational services, therapy, and other related services to children for whom it has been determined that such services are necessary, but is not used to house these children in a residential setting.
(q) The term ~residential facility~ means a facility used to house and provide treatment and other related services on a 24-hour basis to children determined to be in need of such housing and services.
(r) The term ~legally responsible person~ means the natural or adoptive parent, or the spouse of a child receiving maintenance from or through the Division of Youth and Family Services.
(s) ~Commissioner~ means the Commissioner of Human Services.
(t) ~Department~ means the Department of Human Services.
L.1951,c.138,s.2; amended 1962, c.197, ss.8,49; 1974, c.178, s.1; 1979, c.208; 1979, c.309, s.2; 1980, c.105, s.6; 1985, c.8, s.1; 2004, c.130, s.47; 2005, c.169, s.4.
30:4C-2.1. Bureau of Childrens Services as continuation of Board of Childrens Guardians, etc.
Except as otherwise provided by this act, the Bureau of Childrens Services shall in all respects and for all purposes be deemed a continuation of the agency heretofore known as the State Board of Children@s Guardians or the State Board of Child Welfare.
L.1962, c. 197, s. 39.
30:4C-2.2 Office of Children@s Services.
2. There is established the Office of Children@s Services in the Department of Human Services, which shall be under the direction of the Deputy Commissioner for Children@s Services. The office shall oversee such entities within the department as are designated by the Commissioner of Human Services, including, but not limited to, the Division of Youth and Family Services, the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services and the Division of Prevention and Community Partnerships.
L.2004,c.130,s.2.
30:4C-2.3 Provision of services to certain individuals aged 18 to 21.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Human Services, through the Office of Children@s Services or as otherwise designated by the Commissioner of Human Services, shall provide services to individuals who are between 18 and 21 years of age and meet the following conditions:
a. The individual was receiving services from the Office of Children@s Services, or otherwise from the department as designated by the commissioner, on or after the individual@s 16th birthday;
b. The individual, on or after the individual@s 18th birthday, has not refused or requested that these services be terminated, as applicable; and
c. The Office of Children@s Services or another entity designated by the commissioner determines that a continuation of services would be in the individual@s best interest and would assist the individual to become an independent and productive adult.
L.2004,c.130,s.3.
30:4C-2.4 New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy.
4. a. There is established the New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy in the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing a training program to meet the needs of the child welfare system Statewide. The training program shall provide:
(1) pre-service and in-service training for public employees of the child welfare system;
(2) training opportunities for community-based entities and other child welfare system stakeholders as designated by the commissioner; and
(3) pre-service and in-service training for resource families.
b. The academy shall be responsible for developing and managing the training activities provided under this program, for which purpose it shall:
(1) administer, coordinate and evaluate all training activities under the program;
(2) seek to partner with social work and other professionals to ensure that the training provided under the program reflects best practices;
(3) develop training curricula, resources and products;
(4) schedule and provide notice of training events and provide training materials for those events;
(5) employ and compensate training event instructors as necessary;
(6) create mechanisms and processes to assess, identify and monitor training needs for public employees of the child welfare system, including competency-based training;
(7) create mechanisms and processes to evaluate the effectiveness of the training provided under the program;
(8) provide for the development of multimedia training tools to inform, educate and train public agency staff, resource families and others in the child welfare system;
(9) determine the minimum number of pre-service and in-service training hours required of, and ensure the availability of sufficient training opportunities for, public agency staff Statewide; and
(10) conduct any other activities necessary to develop, implement and manage the training program.
c. The training provided to resource families pursuant to this section shall include courses in the role of caregivers as part of the care and treatment of children requiring out-of-home placement. A resource family parent shall be required to complete the number of hours of pre-service and in-service training prescribed under the training program as a condition of licensure under P.L.2001, c.419 (C.30:4C-27.3 et seq.).
L.2004,c.130,s.4.
30:4C-2.5 Rules, regulations.
126. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the ~Administrative Procedure Act,~ P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
L.2004,c.130,s.126.
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