**OCSE Child Access & Visitation Program Name of State: New Jersey**

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**Part I: Contact Information**

-   Name of State Program Contact Mary DeLeo

-   Name of Designated State Agency Administrative Office of the Courts

> Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

-   Street Address PO Box 983

-   City, State, & Zipcode Trenton, New Jersey 08625

-   Telephone no. (609) 984-7793

-   E-mail Address <mary_deleo@judiciary.state.nj.us>

-   Fax no. (609) 984-0067

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## Part II: Statistical Profile 

-   No. of minor children under 18 years

> of age living with one biological parent. 395,560
>
> (1990 U. S. Census data)

## Part III: Previous and Current Year Funding Levels

**[Federal \$ Grant]{.underline} [State \$ Match]{.underline} and
[Percentage]{.underline}**

-   FFY 1997 \$202,220 \$22,468 10%

-   FFY 1998 \$202,220 \$22,468 10%

-   FFY 1999 \$179,297 \$49,497 25%

-   FFY 2000 \$179,297 \$25,000 13%

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## Part IV: Summary of State's Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Grant Funds

**[Yes]{.underline} [No]{.underline}**

#### Process for Awarding Funds: 

#### Request for Proposals X

#### (new & continuation)

-   **New only**

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-   **Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Time of Year RFP's are Issued and/or Funding Decisions Are Made:**

Fall \_\_\_\_\_ Winter \_\_\_\_\_ Spring \_\_\_X\_\_ Summer \_\_\_\_\_

**Award of Funds:** Grants \_X\_\_\_\_ Contracts \_\_\_\_X\_ Cooperative
Agreements \_\_\_\_\_

**[Targeted Priority Areas]{.underline}:**

-   **Mediation**

voluntary **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

mandatory **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

-   **Counseling Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Education Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Parenting Plans Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Visitation Enforcement**

monitoring **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

supervision **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

neutral drop-off/pick-up **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Development of Guidelines**

> Visitation **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**
>
> Alternative custody arrangements **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

**Summary Narrative: Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Funds**

**The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has
administrative responsibility for the Federal Child Access and
Visitation Grant Program. AOC continues to support a variety of programs
through this grant that promote access for non-custodial parents and
shared parenting time throughout the state. These programs include
mediation, parent education, children's programs, supervised parenting
time, neutral drop-off/pick-up, and therapeutic services. Several
programs have expanded their services and others have created new and
innovative programs to meet specific needs of the non-custodial parent
population. Noteworthy of mention is a parenting program for unmarried
parents that has begun in a large urban county serving inner city
communities. There also has been an expansion of the "KIDS Count
Program," to one additional county (Passaic). The statutorily mandated
parent education classes for divorcing parents was passed in May, 1999.
This enactment created a mandatory education program for all divorcing
parents to teach parents about the negative effects divorce and parental
conflict may have on their children during and after the process of
divorce. Also noteworthy was the recent formation of a state-level
"Child Access and Parenting Time Advisory Group." The Advisory Group
assisted the AOC in providing a Parenting Time Awareness Conference for
the public and for court personnel. In addition, the Advisory Group
developed a pamphlet entitled "Parenting Time: A Child's Right" that has
since been distributed to all county courthouses, as well as local
police stations. In addition, the Advisory Group met with the Director
of the Office of Educational Support Services with the New Jersey
Department of Education regarding the passage of legislation mandating
parenting education since it assures that both parents will have access
to all of a child's school and medical records.**

**New Jersey's FFY 2000 Child Access and Visitation Grant will enable
the state to continue the following programs. (1) State Parenting Time
Access Coordinator, Administrative Office of the Courts, Trenton, New
Jersey; (2) Parenting Time/Access Parenting Center, Camden County Hall
of Justice, Camden, New Jersey; (3) Parenting Education Workshops for
Unmarried**

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**Parents, Essex County Family Division, Newark, New Jersey; (4)
Parenting Time Resolution and Contractual Supervised Parenting, Hudson
County Administrative bldg., Jersey City, New Jersey; (5) Neutral
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Site/Counseling/Supervised Parenting Time, Mercer
County Civil Court Family Division, Trenton, New Jersey; (6) Supervised
Parenting Time, Middlesex County Courthouse, New BrunsNew Jersey; (7)
Continue Expansion of Supervised Parenting Time, Monmouth County
Courthouse, Freehold, New Jersey; (8) Therapeutic Supervised Parenting
Time Program, Morris County Courthouse, Morristown, New Jersey; (9)
Supervised Parenting Time, Passaic County Courthouse, Paterson, New
Jersey; (10) Co-Parent Effectiveness (COPE), Warren County Courthouse,
Belvedere, New Jersey.**

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## Part V: Projects Funded by States with FFY 98 OCSE Dollars

# 

**Grantee Name, Address Amount of Award & Number of Parents Served:**

& Phone Number Services Provided Total \# % fathers % mothers

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1\. Administrative    | State Parenting Time  | NA                    |
| Office of the Courts  | Access Coordinator    |                       |
|                       | \$62,337 salary &     |                       |
| PO Box 983            | fringe                |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Trenton, NJ 08625     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Paula Andrews (609)   |                       |                       |
| 292-8982              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2\. Camden County     | Parenting Center      | 2,142 50 % 50 %       |
| Hall of Justice101 S. | (Visitation Access)   |                       |
| 5^th^ St., Suite 270  | Family Counseling     |                       |
|                       | Services (\$36,500    |                       |
| Camden, JN 08103-4001 |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Joseph Gunn (856)     |                       |                       |
| 225-7374              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3\. Gloucester County | Kids Court Program    | 38                    |
| Courthouse Annex      | (\$3,000)             |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| PO Box 655            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Broad & Hunter        |                       |                       |
| Streets               |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Woodbury, NJ 08096    |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Paula Montana (856)   |                       |                       |
| 853-3649              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4.Essex County Family | Parenting Education   | 3,569 50 % 50 %       |
| Court                 | Workshop Expansion    |                       |
|                       | (\$16,872)            |                       |
| Robert N. Wilentz     |                       |                       |
| Bldg.                 |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 212 Washington St.    |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Newardk, NJ 07102     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Bernadette Fiore      |                       |                       |
| (973) 693-6667        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5\.                   | Mediation             | 240 50 % 50 %         |
|                       | Center/Parenting      |                       |
| Hudson County Family  | Plans/Visitation      |                       |
| Court                 | Conflict              |                       |
|                       | Resolution/Supervised |                       |
| Administration Bldg.  | Parenting time        |                       |
|                       | (\$28,859)            |                       |
| 595 Newardk Ave.      |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Jersey City, NJ 07306 |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Joseph Mollica (201)  |                       |                       |
| 795-6779              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6\. Mercer County     | Emergent Phone for    | 56 50 % 50 %          |
| Civil Bldg.           | Visitation            |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 175 South Broad St.   | Dispute               |                       |
|                       | Resolution/Neutral    |                       |
| PO Box 8068           | Drop Off & Pick-up    |                       |
|                       | Sites/Supervised      |                       |
| Alfred Federico (609( | Parenting Time        |                       |
| 989-6742              | (\$8,916)             |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 7\. Middlesex County  | Supervised Parenting  | 180 56 % 44%          |
| Family Court          | time overtime for     |                       |
|                       | weekends (\$12,6363)  |                       |
| 120 New Street        |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| PO Box 2691           |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| New Brunswick, NJ     |                       |                       |
| 08903                 |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Charles C. Hager      |                       |                       |
| (732) 981-3295        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 8\. Warren County     | Co-Parent             | 14 50 % 50 %          |
| Courthouse            | Effectiveness Program |                       |
|                       | (\$9,200)             |                       |
| PO Box 900            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Belvedere, NJ 07823   |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Shirley Gurisic (908) |                       |                       |
| 475-6159              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 9\. Passaic County    | Supervised Parenting  | 50 86 % 14 %          |
| Courthouse            | time for Saturdays    |                       |
|                       | (\$15,600)            |                       |
| 401 Grand St. Suite   |                       |                       |
| 819                   |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Patterson, NJ 07505   |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Harry Bradle (973)    |                       |                       |
| 247-8459              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 10\. Morris County    | Therapeutic           | 74 50 % 50%           |
| Courthouse            | Supervised Parenting  |                       |
|                       | Time (\$7,300)        |                       |
| PO Box 910            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Morristown, NJ        |                       |                       |
| 07963-0910            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Edith Larsen (973)    |                       |                       |
| 829-8072              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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# Participant Data: Part A

(by income and marital status)

**Grantee Name & Average Annual Parent Participation Rates:**

#### Program Title Income 

####  divorced separated unwed

+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1\.           | \$        | 20 %        | 10 %        | 70 %        |
|               | 25-30,000 |             |             |             |
| Camden        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 2\.           | Unknown   | 0           | 10 %        | 90 %        |
| Gloucester    |           |             |             |             |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 3\.           | Unknown   | 0           | 10 %        | 90 %        |
|               |           |             |             |             |
| Essex County  |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 4.Passaic     | Unknown   | 15 %        | 0           | 85 %        |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
| Courthouse    |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 5\.           | \$        | 10 %        | 15%         | 75%         |
|               | 20-29,000 |             |             |             |
| Hudson        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 6.Mercer      | Unknown   | 10 %        | 90%         | 0           |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 7.Warren      | \$        | 25 %        | 0           | 75 %        |
| County        | 20-29,000 |             |             |             |
| Courthouse    |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 8\.           | \$        | 35 %        | 25 %        | 40%         |
|               | 20-29,000 |             |             |             |
| Middlesex     |           |             |             |             |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 9\. Morris    | \$        | 20 %        | 35 %        | 45 %        |
| County        | 10-19,000 |             |             |             |
| Courthouse    |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

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# Participant Data: Part B

(by race/ethnicity**)**

**Grantee Name [RACIAL / ETHNIC BREAKOUT:]{.underline}**

**White Black Hispanic Asian Native Pacific**

**American Islander**

+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **1**.         | **50   | **    | **15   | **1    |        |        |
|                | %**    | 34%** | %**    | %**    |        |        |
| **Camden       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **2.**         | **40   | **45  | **15   |        |        |        |
|                | %**    | %**   | %**    |        |        |        |
| **Gloucester   |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **3.**         | **10   | **    | **20   | **5    |        |        |
|                | %**    | 65%** | %**    | %**    |        |        |
| **Essex        |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **4.Warren     | **100  |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       | %**    |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **5.**         | **15   | **39  | **40   | **5    | **1    |        |
|                | %**    | %**   | %**    | %**    | %**    |        |
| **Hudson       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **6.Mercer     |        | **90  | **10   |        |        |        |
| County**       |        | %**   | %**    |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **7.**         | **35   | **25  | **20   | **10   | **2    | **3    |
|                | %**    | %**   | %**    | %**    | %**    | %**    |
| **Middlesex    |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **8. Passaic   | **20   | **35  | **40   |        |        | **5    |
| County**       | %**    | %**   | %**    |        |        | %**    |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **9. Morris    | **45   | **15  | **30   |        |        | **10   |
| County**       | %**    | %**   | %**    |        |        | %**    |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

#### Don't Know \_\_\_\_\_\_ Other, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 

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# Sources of Client Referral

**GRANTEE**

> Self-Referral TANF Child Welfare Child Support Social Services Courts
> Private Agency

  -------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
  1\. **Camden                                                X        
  County**                                                             

  2\.                                                         X        
  **Gloucester                                                         
  County**                                                             

  3\. Essex                                                   X        
  County                                                               

  4.Passaic                                                   X        
  County                                                               

  5.Hudson                                                    X        
  County                                                               

  6\. Morris                                                  X        
  County                                                               

  7\. Warren                                                  X        
  County                                                               

  8.. Mercer                                                  X        
  County                                                               

  9\. Middlesex                                               X        
  County                                                               
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