Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4C-46 Payments in subsidization of adoption; qualifications. 2. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall make payments to adoptive parents on behalf of a child placed for adoption by the division whenever: a. The child because of physical or mental condition, race…

30:4C-47 Costs and expenses covered. 3. Payments in subsidization of adoption shall include but are not limited to the maintenance costs, medical and surgical expenses, and other costs incidental to the care, training and education of the child. Such payments may not exceed the c…

30:4C-48 Qualifications; original and annual determination. 4. Qualification for payments in subsidization of adoption shall be determined and approved by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency prior to the completion of the adoption proceeding, and may be redetermined a…

30:4C-49 Rules and regulations. 5. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall make all necessary rules and regulations for administering the program for payments in subsidization of adoptions. L.1973, c.81, s.5; amended 1983, c.484, s.4; 2012, c.16, s.105.

30:4C-50. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Placement Review Act." L.1977, c. 424, s. 1.

30:4C-51 Legislative declarations. 2. The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest, whereby the safety of children shall be of paramount concern, to afford every child placed outside his home by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency with the opportunity fo…

30:4C-52 Definitions. 3. As used in P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-50 et seq.), unless the context indicates otherwise: a. "Child" means any person less than 18 years of age; b. "Child placed outside his home" means a child under the care, custody, or guardianship of the division who r…

30:4C-53 Filing notice of placement of child outside home. 4. Within five calendar days after the placement of a child outside his home pursuant to a voluntary agreement, the division or the designated agency, as the case may be, shall file notice of such placement with the Famil…

30:4C-53.1 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest, whereby the safety of children shall be of paramount concern, to afford every child placed outside the child's home by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in th…

30:4C-53.2 Definition of "repeated placement in resource family care," "placed again into resource family care." 2. For purposes of P.L.1991, c.448 (C.30:4C-53.1 et seq.), the terms "repeated placement into resource family care" and "placed again into resource family care" shall …

30:4C-53.3 Revised, repeated placement plans, requisites. 3. a. The division shall not treat a child's repeated placement into resource family care as an initial placement. The child's revised placement plan, updated at the time of the child's repeated placement, shall summarize …

30:4C-53.4 Petition to terminate parental rights. 4. If the division is required to provide reasonable efforts toward family reunification, and if the parents or guardian of the child are unwilling or unable to remedy the problems or conditions outlined in the child's repeated pl…

30:4C-53.5 Rules, regulations. 5. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1991, c.448, s.5; amended 20…

30:4C-54 Determination by court as to placement. 5. The court shall, within 15 days following receipt of the notice of the initial placement pursuant to a voluntary agreement, determine, based solely upon the petition and other affidavits and written materials submitted to the co…

30:4C-55 Placement plans, requirements. 6. The division shall prepare and revise, when necessary, in consultation with the child's parents or legal guardian and, when appropriate, the child, a placement plan for each child placed outside his home. The placement plan shall include…

30:4C-56. Administrative procedures to provide for needs of children and to obtain federal aid The division shall be responsible for establishing such administrative procedures as will enable it to effectively provide for the needs of children placed outside their homes and to se…

30:4C-57. Child placement review boards a. The assignment judge in each county shall establish as an arm of the family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court one or more child placement review boards. The number of review boards in each county shall be based on the n…

30:4C-58 Review of placements. 9. Each board shall act on behalf of the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court in reviewing the case of every child placed outside the child's home pursuant to a voluntary agreement, to determine whether the best interests and s…

30:4C-58.1. Placement for adoption When a child is placed in a home for the purpose of adoption, the division shall notify the family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court in the child's county of supervision in writing of the placement. Upon receipt of the notice, …

30:4C-59 Written notice in advance of review. 10. Each board shall provide written notice of the date, time and place of each review at least 15 days in advance to the following, each of whom shall be entitled to attend the review and to submit information in writing to the board…

30:4C-6 Recipients of payments not deemed paupers; certain treatments permitted. 6. No person to whom or for whom payments for maintenance are made under P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) shall be deemed to be or classified as a pauper by reason thereof. The provisions of P.L.1…

30:4C-60 Submission of report. 11. Within 10 days after the completion of such review, the board shall submit a written report to the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court and the division. Such report shall offer one of the following findings, stating the sp…

30:4C-61 Issuance of order by court. 12. a. Upon review of the board's report, the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court shall issue an order concerning the child's placement which it deems will best serve the health, safety and interests of the child. The co…

30:4C-61.1 Proposal to return child home. 8. a. If the division proposes to return a child home, although the return home is either prohibited by the placement plan approved by the court or expressly contingent upon certain conditions in the placement plan that have not been met,…

30:4C-61.2 Permanency hearing. 50. a. A permanency hearing shall be held that provides review and approval by the court of the placement plan: (1) within 30 days after the determination of an exception to the reasonable effort requirement to reunify the child with the parent in a…

30:4C-62. Child Placement Advisory Council 13. There is hereby established a Child Placement Advisory Council to consist of one member from each of the child placement review boards to be selected annually by the chairman of each review board. The Director of the Administrative O…

30:4C-62.1. Grants or contributions; acceptance The Child Placement Advisory Council may accept from any governmental department or agency, public or private body or any other source, grants or contributions to be used for carrying out its responsibilities under P.L.1977, c. 424 …

30:4C-63. Rules for conduct of review boards; promulgation by Supreme Court The Supreme Court, in consultation with the Child Placement Advisory Council, shall: issue such rules governing the duties, responsibilities and practices of the board as it deems necessary to effectuate …

30:4C-64. Joint legislative committee to monitor and evaluate act; report The Institutions, Health and Welfare committees of the Senate and General Assembly, or their respective successors, are constituted a joint committee for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating the effect…

30:4C-65. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of the act and application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1977, c. 424, s. 16.

30:4C-66. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bring Our Children Home Act." L.1992,c.111,s.1.

30:4C-67 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to preserve the sanctity of the family unit, to the extent that the preservation does not jeopardize the safety of children, which shall be of paramount concern, and to…

30:4C-68. Definitions 3. As used in this act: "Case Assessment Resource Team" or "CART" means an entity that reviews the needs of every child in the defined target population and recommends a service plan that best meets the needs of that child and his family; "County Inter-Agenc…

30:4C-69 Development of interdepartmental plan. 4. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall develop an interdepartmental plan for the implementation of an individualized, appropriate child and family driven care system for children with special emotional needs and for the …

30:4C-7 Issuance of certain certificates free of charge. 7. All birth, death, and marriage certificates which may be required under the provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), or under any rule or regulation issued by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, sh…

30:4C-70 Establishment of CART, CIACC. 5. A county may establish a CART and CIACC in accordance with the provisions of this act. In the event that a county does not establish a CART or CIACC, the Department of Children and Families may establish a CART or CIACC for that county. L…

30:4C-71 Contents of plan. 6. The plan shall: a. Assess current policies and activities of all divisions in the Department of Children and Families in the implementation of the individualized, appropriate child and family driven care system; b. Assess the implementation of the po…

30:4C-72. Principles of system of care 7. The individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care may embody the following principles: a. Services are to be child and family driven, with priority given to keeping children in their own homes. A child and his family …

30:4C-73 Use of monies saved. 8. Any monies saved by the Department of Children and Families in preventing the out-of-home placement of children pursuant to this act shall be used by the department to provide services pursuant to the interdepartmental plan developed pursuant to t…

30:4C-74. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The obligation of the State to preserve the sanctity of the family and prevent the placement of children outside the home should be fulfilled in the context of a clear and consistent policy which emph…

30:4C-75. "Family preservation services program" defined 2. For the purposes of this act, "family preservation services program" means an intensive, in-home family education and crisis intervention program and "family preservation direct services worker" means an individual emplo…

30:4C-76 Establishment of family preservation services program; objectives. 3. a. The Department of Children and Families may establish, through purchase of service contracts with community-based organizations, at least one family preservation services program in each county in t…

30:4C-77. Referrals to program, requirements for family preservation services 4. a. Subject to the guidelines and policies of the specific contracts entered into by providers of family preservation services, agencies authorized to place children in the State may refer a family to…

30:4C-78. Required credentials for direct services worker, supervisor 5. A family preservation services direct services worker shall possess a master's degree in the social sciences or shall have graduated from a fully accredited college or university and have at least one and ha…

30:4C-79 Development of manual of standards. 6. The Department of Children and Families shall develop a manual of standards on the operation and programmatic aspects of family preservation services. L.1993, c.157, s.6; amended 2006, c.47, s.149.

30:4C-8. Payments for maintenance exempt from tax All amounts paid for maintenance under the provisions of this act, except such amounts as are paid for medical, dental and hospital care, shall be exempt from any tax levied by the State or by any subdivision thereof. L.1951, c. 1…