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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-15.1 - Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.

30:5B-15.1 Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.
5. a. A child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) may not use or have on its premises a children's product deemed unsafe in accordance with section 2 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.2). This subsection does not apply to an antique or collectible children's product if it is not used by, or accessible to, any child in the child care center.
b. The Department of Children and Families shall make the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), available to child care centers by posting the list on the department's website or providing electronic access to the list through its website to the list's posting on the Internet by the Division of Consumer Affairs, so that child care centers may more effectively inspect children's products and identify unsafe children's products.
c. (1) The department shall prepare a certification form and require each center to complete the certification form during the process of licensing, renewal, or periodic updating.
(2) The department shall retain the certification form completed by each center in each respective center's licensing file.
d. Each child care center shall:
(1) as part of the licensing, licensing renewal, or periodic inspection process conducted by the department, certify in writing that it has reviewed the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), and that there are no unsafe products in the center; and
(2) review the list periodically and make the list accessible to the center staff members and to parents of the children who attend the center.
e. The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any child care center, or refuse to issue a license to a center, should the center not comply with any section of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.1 et al.).
L.2007,c.124,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-15.2 - Child care center communication with parent, guardian regarding child's absence.

30:5B-15.2 Child care center communication with parent, guardian regarding child's absence.
1. a. Whenever a child who is enrolled in a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) will be absent from the child care center, the child's parent or guardian shall notify the sponsor of the child care center or the sponsor's designee.
b. If a child who is enrolled in a licensed child care center is determined to be absent without notification from the child's parent or guardian, and if the reason for the child's absence is unknown to child care center staff, the sponsor of the child care center or the sponsor's designee shall immediately attempt to contact the child's parent or guardian to notify the parent or guardian of the absence and to determine the reason for the absence.
L.2020, c.152.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-17 - Findings

30:5B-17. Findings
The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to fund and develop a system for the voluntary registration of family day care providers to assure care, maintenance and supervision for children which will be beneficial to their health, safety, welfare and development.
L. 1987, c. 27, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-18 - Definitions.

30:5B-18 Definitions.
3. As used in this act:
a. "Certificate of registration" means a certificate issued by the department to a family day care provider, acknowledging that the provider is registered pursuant to the provisions of this act.
b. "Department" means the Department of Children and Families.
c. "Family day care home" means a private residence in which child care services are provided for a fee to no less than three and no more than five children at any one time for no less than 15 hours per week; except that the department shall not exclude a family day care home with less than three children from voluntary registration. A child being cared for under the following circumstances is not included in the total number of children receiving child care services:
(1) The child being cared for is legally related to the provider; or
(2) Care is being provided as part of an employment agreement between the family day care provider and an assistant or substitute provider where no payment for the care is being provided.
d. "Family day care provider" means a person at least 18 years of age who is responsible for the operation and management of a family day care home.
e. "Family day care sponsoring organization" means an agency or organization which contracts with the department to assist in the registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area.
f. "Monitor" means to visit a family day care provider to review the provider's compliance with the standards established pursuant to this act.
L.1987, c.27, s.3; amended 1991, c.278, s.3; 1992, c.13, s.2; 2004, c.130, s.103; 2006, c.47, s.166.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-19 - Responsibility; authority; contractual terms.

30:5B-19 Responsibility; authority; contractual terms.
4. a. The department has the responsibility and authority to contract with family day care sponsoring organizations for the voluntary registration of family day care providers and shall adopt regulations for the operation and maintenance of family day care sponsoring organizations.
b. The department shall contract in writing with an agency or organization authorizing the agency or organization to operate as a family day care sponsoring organization to assist in the voluntary registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area and to perform other functions with regard to family day care providers in accordance with the provisions of this act and the regulations adopted thereunder for which purposes the organization shall receive funds from the department based upon a fee for the service. The department shall contract with a family day care sponsoring organization for a period of one year.
c. The department shall contract with one family day care sponsoring organization to serve each county; however, the department may, as it deems appropriate, contract with additional family day care sponsoring organizations in a county, except that the department shall make all necessary arrangements to avoid duplication of effort and to promote a cooperative working relationship among the sponsoring organizations. Within one year following the effective date of this act there shall be a family day care sponsoring organization serving each county in this State.
L.1987,c.27,s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.104.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-20 - Contracting organizations; responsibilities, duties.

30:5B-20 Contracting organizations; responsibilities, duties.
5. a. A family day care sponsoring organization with which the department contracts is authorized to register family day care providers within its designated geographical area and is responsible for providing administrative services, including, but not limited to, training, technical assistance, and consultation to family day care providers and inspection, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of family day care providers.
b. The family day care sponsoring organization shall maintain permanent records for each family day care provider it registers. The sponsoring organization shall also maintain its own staff and administrative and financial records. All records are open to inspection by an authorized representative of the department for the purpose of determining compliance with this act.
c. The family day care sponsoring organization shall provide a program of outreach and public relations to inform providers of the provisions of this act.
L.1987,c.27,s.5; amended 2004, c.130, s.105.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-21 - Evaluation; registration; monitoring

30:5B-21. Evaluation; registration; monitoring
6. a. The family day care sponsoring organization shall evaluate a family day care provider prior to the issuance of a certificate of registration. The evaluation shall include at least one visit to the family day care home in addition to personal and health references, and shall be made part of the family day care sponsoring organization's permanent records for that provider. The certificate of registration shall be renewed every three years. The family day care provider is required to pay a registration fee of $25.00 to the sponsoring organization each time a certificate is granted or renewed.
b. The family day care sponsoring organization shall provide a minimum of one preservice training or orientation session for each applicant for a certificate of registration prior to the issuance of the certificate of registration and shall provide appropriate training, consultation and technical assistance to the family day care provider after the certificate of registration has been issued.
c. The family day care sponsoring organization is authorized to monitor and evaluate each registered family day care provider at least once every two years. In addition, the sponsoring organization shall annually monitor no less than 20% of the family day care providers in its designated geographic area on a random basis to insure compliance with the standards established under this act, provide assistance and insure that corrective action is taken as needed.
d. The family day care provider registered by a family day care sponsoring organization shall post and display the certificate of registration at all times in a prominent location within the home. A certificate of registration issued pursuant to this act is not transferable.
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.13).
f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.13).
L.1987,c.27,s.6; amended 1991,c.278,s.4; 1992,c.13,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-22 - Providers; standards

30:5B-22. Providers; standards
a. Each family day care provider registered by a family day care sponsoring organization shall be of good character with sufficient intelligence, stability, energy and maturity to care for children and shall guarantee that each child being cared for within the provider's home is under competent supervision at all times. The provider shall provide appropriate discipline, excluding physical punishment, as necessary.
b. Each registered family day care home shall meet minimum life safety requirements, including adequate space, light, and ventilation, in addition to providing clean, nonhazardous facilities and furnishings.
L. 1987, c. 27, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-22.1 - Findings, declarations relative to family child care providers.

30:5B-22.1 Findings, declarations relative to family child care providers.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Family child care providers in the State of New Jersey provide an invaluable and essential service to working parents and guardians by providing a healthy, safe and productive environment for their children while they are engaged in work or training;
b. The State recognizes the importance of these services and recognizes the need to continue and improve both the quality of care and the living and working conditions of the providers;
c. The Department of Children and Families is vested with the authority to regulate and set standards for the registration of family child care homes, and the Department of Human Services provides funding for the administration and enforcement of the operation of family child care homes, establishes reimbursement rates, and administers child care subsidy services for the Child Care Development Fund;
d. To ensure quality standards of care, it is in the public interest for New Jersey to maintain a child care delivery system that encourages the recruitment and retention of quality family child care providers to deliver these vital services;
e. In 2006, a majority of family child care providers selected a union to be their representative by individually signed authorization cards, and the State Board of Mediation certified the Child Care Workers Union (CCWU), a union formed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) and the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (CWA) to be the providers' exclusive majority representative; and
f. The State subsequently entered into an agreement with the CCWU in its capacity as exclusive majority representative for the family child care providers.
L.2009, c.299, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-22.2 - Meeting of departments, representative; agreement.

30:5B-22.2 Meeting of departments, representative; agreement.
2. a. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services or, if applicable, the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, shall, in a timely manner, meet in good faith with a recognized exclusive majority representative of all family child care providers who are registered and approved as family day care providers pursuant to P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.), for the purpose of entering into an agreement, or negotiating a renewal or extension, with any agreed upon modifications, of any agreement in effect upon the effective date of this act, regarding reimbursement rates, collection and payment of fees, dispute resolution, reporting procedures, benefits, health and safety conditions, and any other matters that would improve recruitment and retention of qualified family child care providers and the quality of the programs they provide, subject to the provisions of this section. Although family child care providers are not State employees, the subjects which may be included in an agreement shall be consistent with the areas which are considered negotiable for public employees who are subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). Nothing in this act shall require that an agreement be reached on any particular matter, provided the parties act in good faith.
b. The purpose of this section is to permit family child care providers to select an exclusive majority representative to represent them as provided in this section. This act is intended by the Legislature to provide state action immunity under federal and State antitrust laws for any actions of the State, or joint actions of family child care providers and their exclusive majority representative, to the extent those actions are authorized by this act. The protections and prohibitions regarding unfair practices provided by section 1 of P.L.1974, c.123 (C.34:13A-5.4) shall apply to any family child care providers subject to this act, to the State as their employer, and to their employee organizations, representatives or agents.
c. Any agreement entered into, renewed or extended pursuant to this section shall be embodied in writing, shall be binding upon the State of New Jersey, and shall provide for the payment of union dues and representation fees in a manner consistent with the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) which apply to the payment of union dues and representation fees by public employees.
d. For the purposes of this act, "family child care provider" shall include all in-home, voluntary, registered, approved family friend and neighbor caregivers and nationally accredited child care providers included in any agreement entered into under the provisions of Executive Order 23, signed August 2, 2006.
L.2009, c.299, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-22.3 - Construction of act.

30:5B-22.3 Construction of act.
3. No provision of this act or provision of any agreement entered into, renewed or extended pursuant to this act, shall be construed as:
a. Interfering with the rights of parents or guardians to choose family child care providers;
b. Granting family child care providers any right to engage in a strike or collective cessation of the delivery of child care services; or
c. Granting family child care providers status as employees of the State for the purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), the New Jersey "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., and the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., nor status as employees of the State for any other purposes except for the purposes indicated in sections 1 and 2 of this act, including selecting representatives to negotiate and enter into agreements with the State as provided in section 2.
L.2009, c.299, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-22.4 - Limitations of act.

30:5B-22.4 Limitations of act.
4. No action may be taken under this act that would derogate from the status, functions or authority of the Department of Human Services in its capacity as Lead Agency pursuant to the State Plan for Child Care Development Services filed by the Commissioner of Human Services with the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. No provision of this act shall supersede the authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families under the provisions of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.).
L.2009, c.299, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-23 - Certificate of registration, standards, violations.

30:5B-23 Certificate of registration, standards, violations.
8. a. The department shall also establish standards for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension and revocation of a certificate of registration which the family day care sponsoring organization shall apply. In developing the standards, the department shall consult with the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to the "Child Care Center Licensing Act," P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.).
b. A person operating as a registered family day care provider who violates the provisions of this act by failing to adhere to the standards established by the department pursuant to this act shall be notified in writing of the violation of the provisions of this act and provided with an opportunity to comply with those provisions. For a subsequent violation, the person's certificate of registration may be revoked, or the person may be fined in an amount determined by the Commissioner of Human Services, or both. The receipt of excessive complaints by the municipal police or other local or State authorities concerning neglect of children, excessive noise, or property damage resulting from the operation of a family day care home may be considered by the department when renewing, suspending or revoking a certificate of registration.
c. The department, before denying, suspending, revoking or refusing to renew a certificate of registration, shall give notice thereof to the provider personally, or by certified or registered mail to the last known address of the family day care home with return receipt requested. The notice shall afford the provider the opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall take place within 60 days from the receipt of the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
d. If the certificate of registration is suspended or revoked or not renewed, the provider shall so notify the parent of each child attending the family day care home in writing within 10 days of the action.
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.350).
L.1987,c.27,s.8; amended 1991, c.278, ss.5,14; (s.14 amended 1992, c.13, ss.4,5); 1993, c.350, s.6; 2004, c.130, s.106.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-24 - Report

30:5B-24. Report
The division shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report of its findings and recommendations no later than two years after the effective date of this act. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: the number of family day care homes registered; the number of children served and their ages; the estimated number of family day care homes not registered; the number of inquiries by parents or guardians to the family day care sponsoring organizations or to the State-operated child care clearinghouse; and an evaluation of the need for mandatory family day care registration.
L. 1987, c. 27, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25 - Regulations.

30:5B-25 Regulations.
10. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
L.1987, c.27, s.10; amended 2006, c.47, s.167.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.1 - Findings, declarations

30:5B-25.1. Findings, declarations
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. The need for a variety of child care options for families with children between birth and 13 years of age has grown significantly in the past 20 years. As a result, family day care has become one of the most used forms of child care in the State.
b. In 1987, New Jersey implemented a voluntary registration system through the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.). The purpose of the act was to provide Statewide health and safety standards to protect children in family day care homes. Through this voluntary system, providers are able to qualify for the purchase of insurance, enroll in the Child Care Food Program, list their homes with Statewide child care resource and referral agencies, and provide care for children through State-funded programs. Parents were assured that minimum safety standards were met and the training of providers and the monitoring of homes was taking place.
c. When the 1987 law was amended in 1991 to require criminal history record background checks for all adults in the home of a family day care provider, both registrations and renewals dropped significantly. This was due to the cost of criminal history record background checks. Since the family day care registration system is voluntary, providers chose to continue to operate without State supervision. In 1992, the State established an 18 month moratorium on background checks during which time, an alternative procedure for checking the background of prospective family day care providers could be developed.
d. It is therefore in the best interests of the State to find a system of background checks which balances the rights of family day care providers with the State's duty to protect the safety of its youngest citizens.
L.1993,c.350,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.2 - Definitions.

30:5B-25.2 Definitions.
2. As used in sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1993, c.350 (C.30:5B-25.1 through C.30:5B-25.4):
"Child abuse registry" means the child abuse registry of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11).
"Provider" means a family day care provider as defined by section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18) and includes, but is not limited to, a family day care provider's assistant and a substitute family day care provider.
"Family day care sponsoring organization" means an agency or organization which contracts with the Department of Human Services to assist in the registration of family day care providers in a specific geographic area pursuant to P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.).
"Household member" means an individual over 14 years of age who resides in a family day care provider's home.
L.1993, c.350, s.2; amended 2004, c.130, s.107; 2006, c.47, s.168; 2012, c.16, s.120.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.3 - Child abuse registry search.

30:5B-25.3 Child abuse registry search.
3. a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall conduct a search of its child abuse registry to determine if a report of child abuse or neglect has been filed, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.10), involving a person registering as a prospective provider or a household member of the prospective provider or as a current provider or household member of the current provider.
b. The division shall conduct the search only upon receipt of the prospective or current provider or household member's written consent to the search. If the person refuses to provide his consent, the family day care sponsoring organization shall deny the prospective or current provider's application for a certificate or renewal of registration.
c. The division shall advise the sponsoring organization of the results of the child abuse registry search within a time period to be determined by the Department of Children and Families.
d. The department shall not issue a certificate or renewal of registration to a prospective or current provider unless the department has first determined that no substantiated charge of child abuse or neglect against the prospective or current provider or household member is found during the child abuse registry search.
L.1993, c.350, s.3; amended 2004, c.130, s.108; 2006, c.47, s.169; 2012, c.16, s.121.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.4 - Rules, regulations.

30:5B-25.4 Rules, regulations.
4. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Department of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1993, c.350 (C.30:5B-25.1 through C.30:5B-25.4) including, but not limited to:
a. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of the denial of an application for a certificate or for renewal of registration based upon information obtained during a child abuse registry search; and
b. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse registry search and providing a family day care sponsoring organization with the results of the search.
L.1993, c.350, s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.109; 2006, c.47, s.170.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.5 - Definitions relative to family day care homes.

30:5B-25.5 Definitions relative to family day care homes.
1. As used in this act:
"Certificate of registration" means a certificate of registration as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18).
"Family day care home" means a family day care home as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18).
"Family day care provider" means a family day care provider as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18).
"Family day care sponsoring organization" means a family day care sponsoring organization as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18).
"Household member" means a person 18 years of age or older who resides in a family day care home.
L.2017, c.89, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.6 - Criminal history background checks for certain family day care providers.

30:5B-25.6 Criminal history background checks for certain family day care providers.
2. a. By October 1, 2017, and as a condition of issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration thereafter , the Department of Children and Families shall require the following persons to undergo a State and federal criminal history record background check, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7): (1) any person who is a prospective or current family day care provider; (2) any assistant provider, substitute provider, or alternate provider of the prospective or current family day care provider; and (3) any household member of the prospective or current family day care provider. The background check shall be conducted by the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and shall include an examination of State files and the obtaining of a similar examination of federal files by federal authorities.
b. If a criminal history record background check reveals that a person identified in subsection a. of this section has a record of disqualifying convictions, the department shall advise the sponsoring organization , in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.9), of the results of the criminal history record background check, within a time period to be determined by the department.
L.2017, c.89, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.8 - Payment.

30:5B-25.8 Payment.
4. The Commissioner of Human Services shall pay the cost of the criminal history record background checks conducted pursuant to P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.5 et al.) on behalf of the prospective or current family day care providers, as applicable.
L.2017, c.89, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.9 - Exchange of fingerprint data; notification.

30:5B-25.9 Exchange of fingerprint data; notification.
5. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with, and to receive information from, the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
b. Upon receipt of criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police, for each of the parties identified in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.6), the Department of Children and Families shall notify the family day care provider, in writing, of the department's decision to approve or deny the family day care provider's application for a certificate or renewal of registration , or its decision to revoke the family day care provider's existing registration, as the case may be. The department shall also advise the family day care provider, the family day care sponsoring organization, and any person, other than the provider, who was the subject of the criminal history record background check, within a reasonable timeframe, of the results of any criminal history record background check that is conducted under section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7).
c. If the department denies an application for a certificate or renewal of registration, or revokes an existing registration, because the family day care provider, or other relevant party listed in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.6), has been determined to have a disqualifying record of convictions, as provided by section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7), the convictions that constitute the basis for such denial or revocation shall be identified in the written notice of disqualifying convictions that is provided to the family day care provider or other person who was the subject of the criminal history record background check under subsection b. of this section. In such a case, the family day care provider or other person who was the subject of the criminal history record background check shall have 14 days from the date of the written notice to challenge the accuracy of the criminal history record information upon which the denial or revocation was based. If no challenge is filed , or if a challenge is filed, but the denial or revocation is upheld, the department shall notify the family day care sponsoring organization that the family day care provider's registration has been denied or revoked.
d. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the department whenever a person who was the subject of a criminal history record background check under section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7), is convicted of a crime or offense in this State after the date on which the background check was performed. Upon receipt of such notification, the department shall determine whether to revoke the family day care provider's certificate of registration.
L.2017, c.89, s.5; amended 2019, c.182.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-25.10 - Rules, regulations.

30:5B-25.10 Rules, regulations.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families shall, immediately upon filing proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, adopt rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.5 et al.). Such rules and regulations shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed 12 months, and shall, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted by the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.2017, c.89, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-26 - Findings, declarations

30:5B-26. Findings, declarations
The Legislature finds and declares:
a. That the increase in single-parent households and two-career families has resulted in a growing number of young children who are unsupervised from the time school ends until a parent returns from work, with one national study estimating that 6,000,000 children, aged five to 13, are unsupervised daily.
b. That unsupervised children are more likely to engage in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or other delinquent behavior, and are at greater risk of being the victims of criminal acts.
c. That in many communities child care programs to serve these school-age children are nonexistent, too limited to accommodate the demand, or too expensive for some families to utilize.
d. That the State can play a useful and important role in the promotion of quality and adequate day care services which will benefit the well-being of children and families.
L. 1987, c. 215, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-27 - Child care grant program

30:5B-27. Child care grant program
The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a grant program to encourage and support the provision of nonsectarian child care in public and nonpublic school buildings or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner before and after the regular school day for children. Subject to the availability of funds, the commissioner may award annual grants to assist local school boards, public agencies and nonprofit organizations which propose to offer nonsectarian child care to school-age children.
L. 1987, c. 215, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-28 - Applicant requirements.

30:5B-28 Applicant requirements.
3. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-14) and the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, shall establish criteria for assessing the suitability of grant applicants. Each applicant for a grant under this act shall:
a. Describe the need for and type of child care services to be furnished;
b. Provide assurances that the applicant has knowledge of and experience in the special nature of child care services for school-age children;
c. Provide assurances that each person to be employed by the applicant for child care has appropriate experience and character including a criminal history records check of the files of the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division;
d. Provide evidence that the applicant will be afforded use of an appropriate school facility or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner, which may be a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.);
e. Provide assurances that the program will be in conformity with all appropriate statutes, regulations, ordinances, and such programs as shall be developed for the program created by P.L.1987, c.215 (C.30:5B-26 et seq.);
f. Provide a tentative budget for the program, including a proposed sliding-fee schedule which should reflect a family's capacity to pay;
g. Provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in the development and implementation of the child care program; and
h. Provide such other assurances and information as the commissioner shall reasonably require to carry out the provisions of P.L.1987, c.215.
L.1987, c.215, s.3; amended 2012, c.16, s.122.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-29 - Rules, regulations

30:5B-29. Rules, regulations
The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
L. 1987, c. 215, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-30 - Findings, declarations on child care services

30:5B-30. Findings, declarations on child care services
1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to develop comprehensive child care policies in order to establish a uniform system of subsidized child care services and to secure the maximum funding available under federal law authorizing grants to the states for child care services.
L.1993,c.46,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-31 - Authority of commissioner; rules, regulations

30:5B-31. Authority of commissioner; rules, regulations
2. a. The Commissioner of Human Services is authorized to establish criteria for determining financial and programmatic eligibility for child care services subsidized through State and federal funding sources, including provisions for the submission of proof of income and resources, and such other documentation as may be necessary to establish programmatic eligibility.
b. The commissioner is authorized to establish resource limits and a sliding fee scale applicable to participants based on income guidelines for all families eligible for subsidized child care services. In setting such fees, the commissioner shall give consideration to maximizing federal funding and to effectively utilizing all State and federal funding sources available for the purpose of subsidizing child care services in New Jersey.
c. The commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
L.1993,c.46,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-33 - Rules, regulations; procedures.

30:5B-33 Rules, regulations; procedures.
3. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not limited to:
a. Procedures for a unified child care agency to follow in submitting a request for a child abuse record information check on a prospective approved home provider or any adult member of the prospective provider's household;
b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a denial of a prospective approved home provider's application to provide child care services based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; and
c. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing a unified child care agency with the results of the check.
L.2003,c.185,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-35 - School-Linked Services, contract awarding; priority given to applicants expanding mental health counseling student services.

30:5B-35 School-Linked Services, contract awarding; priority given to applicants expanding mental health counseling student services.
1. a. In awarding contracts to provide School-Linked Services, the Department of Children and Families shall give priority to new applicants and applicants seeking to expand current programs that, at minimum, include in their application a center or other entity that focuses on providing individual, family, and group clinical mental health counseling services to students. The center or other entity shall offer to students services that include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) access to mental health counseling services during, before, or after school hours; and
(2) access to clinical mental health professional staff, who may be school district employees, that provide mental health counseling services to students including in-person or telehealth or telemedicine services, as applicable and as permitted by law.
The Department of Children and Families shall give priority consideration to new applicants and applicants seeking to expand current programs that offer the services included in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection immediately upon the effective date of this act.
b. Of the new applicants and applicants seeking to expand current programs that include in their application a center or other entity in accordance with subsection a. of this section, the
Department of Children and Families shall consider factors including but not limited to the following in making a determination when awarding contracts to provide School-Linked Services:
(1) whether the applicant is, currently operates in, or proposes to operate in a school district that is designated as a "high-need" school district, as determined by metrics set by the Commissioner of Children and Families;
(2) the existence of a partnership between the center or other entity and community mental health providers and existing community resources;
(3) whether the applicant has developed a plan for mental health professionals working in its center or other entity to develop curricula to train students and staff on identifying the signs of mental health conditions and addressing risk factors that may impact student mental health; and
(4) whether the center or other entity created by the applicant can ensure access to clinical mental health professional staff who specialize in a variety of mental health areas, or demonstrates a plan to retain the services of clinical mental health professionals in a variety of mental health areas.
c. For purposes of this section, "applicant" means a school district, school, or other eligible entity seeking to be awarded a contract to provide School-Linked Services. The term shall include new applicants as well as a school district, school, or other eligible entity that is seeking to expand current programs under an existing contract to provide School-Linked Services.
L. 2021, c.323.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-37 - Incentivize capacity increase for infant, toddler care.

30:5B-37 Incentivize capacity increase for infant, toddler care.
2. The purpose of this act shall be to incentivize the expansion of capacity for infants and toddlers, provide technical assistance to child care providers for the expansion of child care spaces for infants and toddlers, address shortages in infant and toddler care capacity that is available for working families, and support the developmental needs of young children.
L.2022, c.25, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-38 - Grants; requirements, eligibility.

30:5B-38 Grants; requirements, eligibility.
3. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall award one-time grants, on either a competitive or rolling application basis, to licensed child care providers, registered family day care providers, and Head Start programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section. Providers and programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section shall be eligible for a one-time grant that may be used to renovate, improve, expand, or reconstruct existing facilities in a manner that will have the predominant effect of increasing the number of infant and toddler child care slots or classrooms, as appropriate. The authority may provide technical assistance to assist providers in meeting the requirements of the grant program.
b. To be eligible for consideration for a grant award under this section, a licensed child care provider, registered family day care provider, or Head Start program shall:
(1) submit an application to the authority, in a form and manner as shall be prescribed by the authority and in accordance with criteria established by the authority in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, which application shall outline the purposes for which a grant award would be used;
(2) comply with the current child care licensing standards for infant and toddler child care, including, but not limited to, class size, child-to-staff ratios, and health and safety standards; and
(3) participate or apply to participate in the State's child care quality rating and improvement system, Grow NJ Kids.
c. In awarding grants under this section, the authority shall give preference to providers and programs that:
(1) are located in communities identified as child care deserts with few or no options for high-quality child care for infants and toddlers;
(2) are located in communities with high percentages of low-income families; and
(3) can align their infant and toddler child care programs with high-quality preschool programs, support collaborations for shared services, and build upon existing early childhood education services.
L.2022, c.25, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-40 - Publicizing grant programs, encouraging application, assistance.

30:5B-40 Publicizing grant programs, encouraging application, assistance.
5. The Economic Development Authority and the Department of Human Services shall each publicize the existence of, and encourage licensed child care providers, registered family day care providers, and Head Start programs to apply to participate in, the grant programs established under this act; and shall provide technical assistance to the grant awardees to meet the requirements of the grant program.
L.2022, c.25, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-41 - Report submitted to grant-awarding agency.

30:5B-41 Report submitted to grant-awarding agency.
6. Within one year after receiving a grant award under this act, a licensed child care provider, registered family day care provider, or Head Start program shall submit a report to the agency that awarded the grant to the licensed child care provider, registered family day care provider, or Head Start program containing information on the provider's or program's use of the grant funds. The report shall include, to the extent relevant, information any new infant and toddler child care capacity, including new slots, created using grant funds, any staff recruitment initiatives supported using grant funds, increases or improvements in the provision of child care services as a result of the grant, and any notable changes in child care enrollment and attendance rates or other measures the provider or program observed since receiving the grant.
L.2022, c.25, s.6.