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NJ Rev Stat § 9:6B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6B-5 - Public information.

9:6B-5 Public information.  5. The Departments of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education shall each prepare and update at least every six months, and shall make available to the public upon request, aggregate non-identifying data about children under their care, custody, or supervision who are placed in out-of-home settings, by category as appropriate. The data shall include the following:  a. The number of children placed outside their homes during the six-month period and the cumulative number of children residing in out-of-home settings;  b. The age, sex, and race of the children residing in out-of-home settings; c. The reasons for placement of these children; d. The types of settings in which these children reside; e. The length of time that these children have resided in these settings; f. The number of placements for those children who have been placed in more than one setting; g. The number of children who have been placed in the same county in which their parents or legal guardians reside and the number who have been placed outside of the State;  h. The number of children who have been permanently placed or returned to their homes during the six-month period, and a projection of the number of children who will be permanently placed or returned to their homes during the following six-month period; and  i. The number of children who have been permanently placed or returned to their homes who are subsequently returned to an out-of-home setting during the six-month period.  L.1991, c.290, s.5; amended 2006, c.47, s.72; 2012, c.17, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6B-6 - Rules, regulations.

9:6B-6 Rules, regulations.  6. The Commissioners of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall each adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1991, c.290, s.6; amended 2006, c.47, s.73; 2012, c.17, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-1 - Consent of Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies

9:7-1. Consent of Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies  A public or private agency of any State accredited in such State for the placement of children, or any person whose home is approved by any such agency for the placement of a child, desiring to bring, send, or receive into this State any dependent child for the purpose of placing such child in any home in this State, may apply for the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies entitling such agency or person to the privilege of bringing, sending, or receiving into this State such child for placement in conformity with such rules and regulations of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies consistent herewith as it may from time to time adopt. Each and every application for consent and approval as provided in this section must be submitted on the form approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the purpose and must be accompanied by a certificate or other available evidence that the applicant has obtained a license or approval as may be granted or required by the State Department of Welfare or similar body, or officer exercising similar authority, of the State from which the child is to be brought or sent into this State. No consent and approval shall be given by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the sending, bringing or receiving of any child into this State for placement for purposes of adoption unless such placement has been approved by an agency approved to place children for adoption under the laws of this State. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 544, s. 1; L.1956, c. 86, p. 176, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-2 - Indemnity bond; conditions

9:7-2. Indemnity bond; conditions  Subject to the further provisions of this chapter, any agency or person as described in section 9:7-1, before obtaining the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for bringing, sending or receiving any such child into this State, shall be required to furnish an indemnity bond, with corporate surety, in favor of the State of New Jersey in the sum of $1,000.00, to be approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, conditioned as follows: That such agency or person will not send or bring, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive into this State any child that is incorrigible, or one that is of unsound mind or body; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to mean that blindness in itself shall act as any barrier to the importation of any such child, subject to all other consistent provisions of this chapter; that if any such child shall, before reaching the age of 18 years, become a public charge such agency or person will, within 30 days after written notice given by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, remove such child from this State; and that if any such child shall be adjudged delinquent within 3 years from the time of arrival within this State, such agency or person will remove from this State such child within 30 days thereafter upon written notice as aforesaid; and that if any such child who shall become a public charge as aforesaid, or who shall be adjudged delinquent as aforementioned, shall not be so removed from this State, then such agency or person shall at once and thereby forfeit such sum as this State, or any county or municipality thereof, shall have expended in the care or maintenance of such child; that such agency or person will make to the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies such reports as such commissioner from time to time may require. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 545, s. 2; L.1956, c. 86, p. 177, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-3 - Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2; responsibility for care and maintenance of child

9:7-3. Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2; responsibility for care and maintenance of child  Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer or agent thereof, who shall bring, or send, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive any dependent child into this State, without having first obtained the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies and furnished an indemnity bond as herein provided, and any other person who then or later receives such child for placement in his or her home, shall, both individually and collectively, be deemed for all purposes responsible for the care, support and maintenance of such child in the same manner and extent as a parent is responsible for the care, support and maintenance of a child under the laws of this State; provided, however, that the sending, bringing or receiving of any dependent child into this State, with or without the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, shall not of itself establish any rights to custody or adoption of such child. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 546, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-4 - Relative may bring child into state; immunity does not pass to others

9:7-4. Relative may bring child into state; immunity does not pass to others  The provisions of sections 9:7-1 to 9:7-3 of this chapter shall not apply to a natural parent, parent by adoption, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or stepparent bringing or receiving a child into this State for the purpose of placement in his or her own home, when such relative is a person responsible under the laws of this State for the support and maintenance of such child, or when, prior to the placement of the child in the home of such relative, such placement has been approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies; provided, however, that the immunity granted by this section shall not pass to any other person who may later receive such child for placement in his or her home. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 4; L.1956, c. 86, p. 178, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-5 - Recovery of penalty in bond

9:7-5. Recovery of penalty in bond  The penalty provided in the bond referred to in section 9:7-2 of this chapter shall be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State of New Jersey; and such bond shall remain in force, and actions may be brought thereon, during any time within which there may be, within this State, any child under the age of 18 years, whose placement is covered by the provisions of such bond, and who shall have been brought, sent or received into this State by the principal obligor of such bond; provided, however, that upon the adoption of any such child the bond may be canceled forthwith. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 5; L.1956, c. 86, p. 179, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-6 - Blanket consents and approvals; agreements; assignment of powers and duties

9:7-6. Blanket consents and approvals; agreements; assignment of powers and duties  In carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, subject to the approval of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, may: (a) grant blanket consents and approvals and approve blanket indemnity bonds with respect to public or private agencies of other States which are accredited in their respective States for the placement of children; and (b) enter into agreements made or approved by the State Department of Welfare or similar body of any other State, or the authorized representative thereof, with respect to the interstate placement of children; which agreements, in proper case, may be made effective in lieu of consents and approvals, or indemnity bonds, or both, as required by this chapter; and (c) assign any or all of the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter for administration by the State Board of Child Welfare. L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 6. Amended by L.1956, c. 86, p. 179, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:7-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:7-7 - Effective date

9:7-7. Effective date  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 161, p. 548, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-1 - Establishment and management

9:10-1. Establishment and management  The board of chosen freeholders of a county having a juvenile and domestic relations court may establish and equip a school of detention for dependent and delinquent children under sixteen years of age whom it may be necessary to detain by order or direction of the County Court and for that purpose may purchase suitable land and buildings or erect buildings on land owned by the county, but the consent of the County Court shall be had before any lands shall be purchased or buildings erected for such purpose. The school of detention with the land belonging thereto shall constitute a special school district in such county and the county superintendent of schools shall apportion and pay to the county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of the school's moneys, such apportionment of State school moneys and interest and surplus revenues as are paid to other school districts. The general management of the detention school when completed shall be vested in a board of directors consisting of the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court, the county superintendent of schools, two members of the board of chosen freeholders selected by the director of such board and such director and the superintendent of schools of the most populous city in the county. Amended by L.1953, c. 9, p. 77, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-2 - Incorrigible, insubordinate and disorderly children and habitual truants

9:10-2. Incorrigible, insubordinate and disorderly children and habitual truants  Children under the age of sixteen who shall be habitual truants from school or habitually insubordinate or incorrigible and disorderly during attendance at school and who have been complained against in accordance with subtitle 5 of this title (s. 9:18-1 et seq.) shall be received by the school of detention. All children under sixteen years of age arrested for any cause, except murder or manslaughter, and school children habitually truant or incorrigible may by order of the juvenile and domestic relations court be held in the detention school until final judgment.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-3 - Scope and purpose of school; personnel

9:10-3. Scope and purpose of school; personnel  9:10-3. A county school of detention shall be arranged and conducted so far as practicable for the safe custody of the inmates and so far as duration of commitment permits for their training for good citizenship and self-support. There shall be ample ground for farming or gardening and shops or other means for industrial training and the institution shall be maintained or conducted as a home.  To this end a superintendent and such teachers, matrons, masters, farmers and other employees shall be employed by the board of directors as in their judgment may be necessary for the proper maintenance of the school and grounds and the proper care, instruction and training of the children.  The superintendent shall be a competent person of good moral character and shall reside in the school. The superintendent or principal teacher shall prepare and adopt a course of study and training for the pupils of the school subject to approval of the board of directors and the State Board of Education. The teachers shall have the qualifications and certificates of public school teachers in the public schools of this State. The principal teacher shall be the supervising principal and the school shall be entitled to apportionment of school moneys as a school district under the supervision of a supervising principal. The teachers and principals shall make such reports and keep such records as are required in other school districts in the county. The superintendent shall employ, subject to the approval of the board of directors, such additional help as may be necessary for the maintenance of buildings and grounds. The compensation and terms of service of superintendent and other employees shall be fixed by the board of directors. Whatever sum in addition to money received from the State is necessary to operate the school shall be appropriated by the governing body of the county. All bills shall be paid by the custodian of the school's moneys on order signed by the president and secretary of the board of directors.  Amended L.1990,c.26,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-4 - Superintendents of detention house or school in certain counties

9:10-4. Superintendents of detention house or school in certain counties  The board of chosen freeholders of a county of the second class, the third class or the fifth class, which has a detention school or a detention house may by resolution appoint a superintendent therefor who in addition to his duties as superintendent shall be an assistant county probation officer with all the powers and duties prescribed by law for an assistant probation officer. He shall perform such duties as shall be fixed by the board or by statutes relating to detention houses or schools. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and his salary shall be fixed by the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-5 - Records and reports

9:10-5. Records and reports  The superintendent of a county school of detention shall keep a complete record of children committed thereto, containing the name, address and age of each child, cause of detention, time of detention, offense alleged to have been committed if any, and any other useful data or information the juvenile and domestic relations court may direct to be kept. He shall also keep a record of all expenditures made by the county for the care and maintenance of the school. He shall make a report to the board of chosen freeholders between the first and thirty-first of December in each year containing an itemized statement of all such expense necessary to maintain the school and the number of inmates during each month. The juvenile and domestic relations court at any time may require the superintendent to furnish information concerning the conduct, maintenance or inmates of the school. Amended by L.1953, c. 9, p. 78, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:10-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:10-6 - Bonds

9:10-6. Bonds  For the purpose of obtaining means for the purchase of lands and buildings or the erection of buildings as authorized by section 9:10-1 of this title a county may issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one-half of one per cent of the ratables of the county for the purpose of establishing a detention school.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:11-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:11-1 - Appointment of trustees; number; term; other offices; vacancies

9:11-1. Appointment of trustees; number; term; other offices; vacancies  9:11-1. In counties of the first class, whenever in its judgment it shall be necessary or proper, the governing body of the county shall appoint 8 persons who shall constitute a board to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Youth House of the county of ............... . They shall serve without compensation and shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until their successors are appointed, except that of the 8 members first appointed, 2 shall hold office for 4 years, 2 shall hold office for 3 years, 2 shall hold office for 2 years, and 2 shall hold office for 1 year. The holding of any other public office by any member of said board of trustees shall not be held to be incompatible with the office as member of such board of trustees. A vacancy caused by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the governing body of the county for the unexpired term.  Amended 1950,c.121; 1957,c.46,s.1; 1957,c.144; 1990,c.26,s.7; 1991,c.91,s.208.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:11-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:11-2 - Organization and powers of trustees; contracts

9:11-2. Organization and powers of trustees; contracts  The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this title shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued and to use a common seal. It shall annually choose from among its members a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. Such board with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders may take in its own name by purchase, gift or devise title to the lands necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Such board of trustees in its own name may enter into and execute all necessary and appropriate contracts for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, including the lodging and victualing of its officers, agents and employees, and the care, keep and victualing of persons committed to the youth house, and the purchase of necessary and proper supplies, furniture and equipment for the education and manual training of persons committed to such youth house. Any contract for the doing of work or the furnishing of materials or supplies of any kind exceeding $1,000.00 in amount shall be awarded only after public advertisement as required by law and to the lowest responsible bidder. Amended by L.1957, c. 46, p. 80, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:11-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:11-3 - Acquisition of site; erection of building

9:11-3. Acquisition of site; erection of building  9:11-3. The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this Title may acquire lands by gift, purchase or condemnation and erect buildings thereon suitable for the detention of persons, male or female, under 18 years of age adjudged delinquent, or convicted of violating a criminal statute, or detained to testify in a pending criminal prosecution or under commitment for appearance in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part pending final hearing of any cause.  The board of trustees with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders may select for a building site land owned by the county and not already devoted to other purposes inconsistent with the establishment of a youth house thereon. The board of trustees may also appoint such architect or engineers or both as in their judgment may be proper to prepare plans and specifications and supervise the erection of buildings.  The board of trustees of any youth house organized under this chapter and the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein said youth house is situate may enter into and perform an agreement for the exchange of real estate owned respectively by the said board of trustees and said county.  Amended 1957,c.46,s.3; 1957,c.141; 1958,c.73; 1991,c.91,s.209.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:11-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:11-4 - Master, matron, teachers and employees; rules

9:11-4. Master, matron, teachers and employees; rules  Upon the completion of the youth house buildings the board of trustees may appoint 2 suitable persons as master and matron and such other suitable teachers, attendants, officers and employees as in their judgment may be necessary and proper and with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders fix their compensation and the compensation of the secretary. Each appointee shall hold his office or position at the pleasure of the board of trustees. Each person appointed as a teacher shall hold a teacher's certificate equal or superior to a first grade county certificate. The board of trustees shall make proper and necessary rules for the conduct and management of the youth house and care of the inmates and shall prescribe the duties and powers of the employees. The purpose of the youth house is to provide for the education and the moral and intellectual improvement of persons committed thereto. The board of trustees may, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, prescribe a course of education and manual instruction and training for persons committed to the youth house, giving special attention to courses in industrial training and agriculture. Amended by L.1957, c. 46, p. 82, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:11-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:11-5 - Places of detention

9:11-5. Places of detention  A county youth house may be the place of detention for all persons under the age of 16 years who come within the class mentioned in section 9:11-3 of this Title, but nothing in this article shall forbid imprisonment in a county jail or other county or State institution, or detention in the county jail awaiting trial, or commitment to the care of probation officers under authority of law. Amended by L.1957, c. 46, p. 82, s. 5.