New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.3 - Information to parents and staff members

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The home or agency
				shall provide to every parent within five working days of his or her child's
				placement, and to every person upon becoming a staff member, a written document
				indicating that the home or agency is required to:
1. Secure a certificate of approval to operate
				from the Office of Licensing;
2. Comply
				with all applicable provisions of the manual;
3. Retain a current copy of the manual and make it
				available for review by parents of resident children;
4. Indicate how parents may secure a copy of the
				manual by contacting the Office of Licensing, Department of Children and Families,
				PO Box 717, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0717;
5. Afford parents the opportunity and time to
				review and discuss with the home or agency director any questions or concerns about
				policies, requirements, provisions, or alleged violations of the manual;
6. Advise parents that if they believe or suspect
				that the home or agency is in violation of any provision of the manual, they may
				report such alleged violations to the Office of Licensing;
7. Make available, upon request, for parents'
				review the Office's Inspection/Violation and Complaint Reports on the home or
				agency, as well as any letters of enforcement or other actions taken against the
				home or agency during the current certificate of approval period;
8. Inform parents that they may request a copy of
				the home's or agency's behavior management policy, as specified in
N.J.A.C. 3A:56-6.13
and
6.14
;
9. Inform parents
				that the home or agency is required to provide the child's parents with copies of
				the home's or agency's visitation and communication policies, a copy of the
				procedure for expressing concern or registering complaints regarding their child's
				placement, a copy of the search and seizure policy, if any, and a description of its
				religious policies, including a statement that the child has a right to practice his
				or her religion;
10. Indicate through
				this document that any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child
				residing in the home has been or is being subjected to any form of hitting, corporal
				punishment, abusive language, ridicule, or harsh, humiliating, or frightening
				treatment, or any other kind of child abuse, neglect or exploitation by any person,
				whether working at the home or not, is required by State law to report such
				allegations to the Department's State Central Registry at 1-877-NJ-ABUSE
				(1-877-652-2873) immediately, and indicate that such reports may be made
				anonymously;
11. Indicate through this
				document that parents and staff members may secure information about the prevention
				and reporting of child abuse and neglect from the Department of Children and
				Families online at
www.nj.gov/dcf/reporting
;
12. Inform parents that the home or agency must
				secure written consent from the child's parents before the home or agency may
				involve the child in fund-raising, publicity, or audiovisual activities related to
				the home or agency;
13. Inform parents
				that the home will develop a visitation schedule for parents and children, as
				specified in
N.J.A.C. 3A:56-6.6
,
9.20
, and
10.13
; and
14. Inform parents that the home or agency shall
				obtain written consent from the child's parent for the use of any restrictive
				behavior management practice used by the home and to administer psychotropic
				medication.