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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.8 - Parenting education

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(a) The facility shall
				have a written curriculum or guidelines for providing parenting education that shall
				include the following topics:
1. Infant and child
				development including alternatives to punishment and options for toilet
				training;
2. Age-appropriate
				stimulation, games and other recreational activities for children;
3. Infant safety issues, such as care for the
				infant while bathing;
4. Providing for
				child care;
5. Health and nutritional
				care including an explanation of the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants
				and Children (WIC);
6. Relationships
				with the adolescent mother's family;
7.
				Dealing with feelings about the adolescent's relationship with the infant's father;
				and
8. Options for placing the infant in
				a separate foster care placement or for adoption.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.9 - Infant stimulation

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(a) The facility shall ensure that all infants
				under three months of age are held and spoken to, and placed in a position to
				observe group activity when they are awake during daytime hours.
(b) The facility shall ensure that infants up to
				six months of age are held by their mother or staff members throughout all bottle
				feedings and that older infants are held if they are incapable of holding a bottle
				on their own.
(c) The facility shall
				ensure that all infants have toys that are available to them in their
				bedrooms.
(d) The facility shall ensure
				that when adolescent mothers are in school or working, their infants are cared for,
				either in the facility, in a licensed child care center, or in a registered family
				child care home.
(e) Facilities that
				provide services to adolescent mothers and infants between three and 18 months of
				age shall ensure that the adolescent mothers engage in at least four of the
				following activities with their infants for at least a total of 45 minutes each day:
1. Sensory activities;
2. Language activities;
3. Manipulative activities;
4. Building activities;
5. Large muscle activities; or
6. Music activities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.10 - Infant toys and equipment

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(a) The facility shall
				only use infant and play equipment that is sturdy and of safe construction,
				non-toxic and free of hazards.
(b) The
				facility shall use a choker tube or similar device to ensure that all parts of all
				toys used by infants under three years of age are large enough so they cannot be
				swallowed by the infants.
(c) The Office
				of Licensing may also require the facility to take other necessary precautions to
				promote toy and equipment safety in keeping with recommendations of the United
				States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.11 - Recreation

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(a) In addition to the
				requirements specified in 3A:55-6.8, the facility shall encourage each adolescent to
				use her leisure time productively by documenting in the adolescent's case management
				plan the facility's efforts to:
1. Inform the
				adolescent of appropriate activities for herself and her infant in the
				community;
2. Teach the adolescent how
				to manage time and money, and to be able to participate in recreational activities;
				and
3. Teach the adolescent how to use
				public transportation so she and her infant can go to activities in the
				community.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.12 - Money and allowance

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(a) The facility shall provide opportunities for
				all adolescents to earn an allowance, unless doing so would compromise her
				eligibility for benefits that she receives or may receive.
(b) The facility shall not require an adolescent
				to assume responsibility for expenses for her care or that of her infant, except for
				amounts needed to pay for damage done to the facility by the adolescent or her
				infant.
1. When an adolescent damages the building
				or the facility's property, the facility shall identify who damaged the building or
				property in an incident report before requiring the adolescent to pay
				restitution.
2. When an infant damages
				the building or the facility's property, the facility shall identify who damaged the
				property and that the damage resulted from a lack of supervision by the adolescent
				mother, before requiring the adolescent mother to pay restitution.
3. The restitution payments shall not exceed 50
				percent of an adolescent's weekly income from allowance and earnings.
4. Adolescents who are working or have a savings
				account shall have the option to make a lump sum payment for damages.
5. The facility may offer the adolescent the
				option of performing additional chores in lieu of restitution payments.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.13 - Visiting and communication

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that the adolescents and infants are allowed to have regular contact with
				family members, including the infant's father.
1.
				The facility may designate hours for family visits provided that there are at least
				three opportunities for families to visit each week.
2. The facility may limit family members' visits
				to designated places within the facility provided that family members visiting with
				the infant have access to equipment and toys that can foster communication with the
				infant.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.14 - Behavior management

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(a) Staff members shall
				follow all the requirements as specified in 3A:55-6.14.
(b) The facility shall assign responsibility for
				the use of restrictive behavior management practices and the discipline, control,
				and supervision of adolescents to staff members and not delegate that responsibility
				to other adolescents.
(c) The facility
				shall prohibit adolescents from using the practices and punishments specified in
				3A:55-6.14 on their own infants or on another infant for whom they are
				caring.
(d) The facility shall ensure
				that no staff member or adolescent mother disciplines an infant for refusing to eat
				or sleep, or for crying or soiling.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.15 - Comprehensive health plan for pregnant adolescents

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that all pregnant adolescents receive comprehensive prenatal care including,
				but not limited to:
1. Monthly visits to an
				obstetrician or certified nurse mid-wife during the first 28 weeks of
				gestation;
2. Biweekly visits to an
				obstetrician or certified nurse mid-wife from the 29th to 36th week of
				gestation;
3. Weekly visits to an
				obstetrician or certified nurse mid-wife from the 36th week of gestation until
				delivery;
4. Child birth classes
				provided by a registered nurse or child birth educator; and
5. A postpartum visit within six weeks of
				delivery.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.16 - Comprehensive health plan for infants

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that infants are referred to the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women,
				Infants and Children (WIC) and make necessary follow-up, or document that the infant
				was ineligible for WIC.
(b) Unless
				contraindicated by the infant's physician, the facility shall ensure that adolescent
				mothers adhere to the following schedule in obtaining health care for infants:
1. At age one month, the infant receives:
i. A physical examination including height,
				weight, temperature check, and measurement of head and chest circumference;
				and
ii. A check for phenylketonuria
				(PKU), if indicated, (unless completed prior to the infant's discharge from the
				hospital);
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.17 - Comprehensive health care for adolescent mothers who are not pregnant

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(a) The facility
				shall ensure that all adolescent mothers who are not pregnant and who have not had a
				comprehensive health examination within 30 days prior to admission, receive a
				comprehensive health examination within 72 hours after admission. This comprehensive
				health examination shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of:
1. Height and weight;
2. Blood count;
3. Urinalysis;
4. Vision;
5. Hearing; and
6. Gynecological exam.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.18 - Care of sick infants

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(a) When an infant at
				the facility has an illness or symptom of illness including, but not limited to,
				those specified below, the facility shall ensure that the adolescent mother or a
				staff member contacts a licensed physician:
1.
				Severe pain or discomfort;
2. Acute
				diarrhea, characterized as twice the child's usual frequency of bowel movements with
				a change to a looser consistency within a period of 24 hours;
3. Two or more episodes of acute vomiting within a
				period of 24 hours;
4. Elevated oral
				temperature of 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit or over, or axillary temperature of 100.5
				degrees Fahrenheit or over in conjunction with behavior changes;
5. Sore throat or severe coughing;
6. Yellow eyes or jaundiced skin;
7. Red eyes with discharge;
8. Infected, untreated skin patches;
9. Difficult or rapid breathing;
10. Skin rashes, excluding diaper rash, lasting
				more than one day;
11. Weeping or
				bleeding skin lesions that have not been treated by a physician or nurse;
12. Swollen joints;
13. Visibly enlarged lymph nodes;
14. Stiff neck; or
15. Blood in urine.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.19 - General medical practices

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that:
1. Any medical, dental, psychological
				or psychiatric treatment, or medication administered to an adolescent is explained
				to the adolescent;
2. Any medical,
				dental, psychological or psychiatric treatment, or medication administered to an
				infant is explained to the adolescent mother; and
3. The facility shall document all of these
				explanations in the adolescent's record.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.20 - Medication

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that adolescents use only prescription and non-prescription medication that
				is authorized by a physician.
1. The facility
				shall permit adolescents to administer medication to their infants and themselves,
				unless a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist advises otherwise; in such cases,
				the facility shall document the reasons in the adolescent's record.
2. The facility shall ensure that adolescents
				follow the advice of the infant's physician for administering medication to their
				infants.
3. The facility shall supervise
				the adolescent's administration of all medication she gives to her infant and may
				require the adolescent to record the information specified in (b) below.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.21 - Environmental sanitation requirements for disinfecting

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(a) The facility
				shall first wash with soap and water and then disinfect those items specified below
				with a solution that shall either be:
1. A
				commercially prepared disinfectant that indicates it kills bacteria, viruses and
				parasites. This solution shall be used in accordance with label instructions;
				or
2. A self-made solution consisting of
				1/4 cup of household bleach to each gallon of water (one tablespoon per quart),
				which shall be prepared daily and placed in a labeled, sealed container. This
				self-made solution shall not be utilized with those items specified in (d)2
				below.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.22 - Personal hygiene requirements

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that adolescents and staff members wash their hands with soap and running
				water immediately:
1. Before preparing or serving
				food;
2. After diapering a
				child;
3. After toileting;
4. After assisting a child in toileting;
5. After caring for a child who appears to be
				sick;
6. After handling animals or their
				equipment or after coming in contact with an animal's body secretions; and
7. After coming into contact with blood, fecal
				matter, urine, vomit, saliva, nasal secretions or other body fluids or
				secretions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.23 - Health education and physical care for adolescents and infants

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that adolescents receive training in personal care, hygiene, and grooming
				habits.
1. The facility shall discuss the
				physiological changes experienced during adolescent pregnancy and childbearing with
				adolescents in the facility.
2. The
				facility shall instruct adolescents about sexually responsible behavior, including
				how to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including
				AIDS.
3. The facility shall instruct all
				adolescents about the health and social consequences of cigarette smoking and
				alcohol and drug use.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.24 - Food and nutrition for infants

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(a) In addition to the
				requirements specified in 3A:55-6.11, the facility shall ensure that each adolescent
				mother obtains and follows a written plan developed with the infant's health care
				provider regarding the feeding schedule, specific formula, nutritional needs and
				introduction of new food for each infant.
1. The
				facility shall maintain on file the feeding schedule of each infant residing in the
				facility in the infant's record.
2. The
				facility shall ensure that the adolescent makes the feeding schedule available to
				all of the infant's caregivers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS › Section 3A:55-10.25 - Life skills development

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(a) The facility shall
				ensure that the adolescent mothers receive instruction and experience in the
				following:
1. Meal planning and meal
				preparation;
2. Food shopping;
3. Locating affordable housing;
4. Securing appropriate medical and dental
				services;
5. Utilization of public
				transportation;
6. Home safety
				guidelines, including but not limited to:
i.
				Notifying the local public service or utility company when gas leaks are
				suspected;
ii. Keeping the child away
				from a hot stove;
iii. The dangers of
				open windows when infants are present;
iv. The appropriate methods to rid the home of
				pests;
v. Fire prevention; and
vi. Contacting the appropriate community agency
				when an emergency occurs;
7.
				Banking; and
8. Applying for public
				assistance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-1.1 - Legal authority

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(a) This manual is promulgated pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				30:1-14 and 15, 30:4C-4, and 30:11B-4, as applied
				by
				N.J.S.A.
				9:3A-9.
(b) Under
				N.J.S.A.
				30:1-14,
				30:4C-4,
				and
				30:11B-4, the
				Department of Children and Families is authorized to inspect, evaluate, and approve
				publicly or privately operated homes that provide board, lodging, care, and
				treatment services for children who are placed and/or financed by the Division of
				Child Protection and Permanency, Division of Children's System of Care, or any other
				New Jersey State agency.
(c) Under
				N.J.S.A.
				30:1-14 and
				30:11B-4, the
				following homes shall be subject to inspection, evaluation, and approval by the
				Department of Children and Families:
1. New
				Jersey-based children's group homes, as defined in this chapter, except homes that
				are licensed, approved, or regulated pursuant to State law by the State Department
				of Health, by the State Department of Education, by the State Department of
				Corrections, by the State Department of Human Services, or by any other New Jersey
				State agency; and
2. Out-of-State
				children's group homes, as defined in this chapter, that serve children under the
				supervision of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency or the Division of
				Children's System of Care. As a condition of approval by the Department, such group
				homes shall be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved to operate in the state
				where the home is located.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.1 - Application for a certificate of approval

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(a) No person shall
				operate a children's group home that provides board, lodging, care and treatment
				services for children who are placed or financed by the Department or any other New
				Jersey State agency without first securing a certificate of approval from the Office
				of Licensing, except for homes that are subject to licensing or regulatory approval
				pursuant to State law by any other New Jersey State agency.
1. Each group home, supervised transitional living
				home serving six or more children, teaching family home regardless of capacity, and
				psychiatric community home for children shall obtain an individual certificate of
				approval.
2. Each agency operating more
				than one treatment home or alternative care home, or more than one supervised
				transitional living home serving five or fewer children, shall secure and maintain a
				single certificate for all such homes in its program, along with a certificate for
				each approved home. The agency shall ensure and document that individual treatment
				homes, alternative care homes and supervised transitional living homes serving five
				or fewer children comply with the provisions of this manual.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.2 - Issuance of a certificate of approval

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(a) The Office of
				Licensing shall issue a certificate of approval to a home or agency that has
				achieved substantial or full compliance with all applicable provisions of this
				chapter.
(b) If the Office of Licensing
				determines that a home or agency cannot be issued a certificate of approval because
				there is serious or imminent hazard to the education, health, safety, well-being or
				treatment needs of the children, the Office shall issue a written notification to
				the home or agency indicating the steps the home or agency must take to secure a
				certificate of approval.
(c) Each
				certificate period shall be two years.
1. In
				determining the expiration date of the first certificate of approval, the Office of
				Licensing shall compute the two-year approval period from the date of issuance of
				the first certificate.
2. In determining
				the expiration date of a renewed certificate, the Office of Licensing shall compute
				the two-year approval period from the date on which the previous certificate
				expired. If, however, the home or agency has ceased to operate for a period of one
				year following the expiration date of its previous certificate, the Office shall
				compute the date of expiration from the date of issuance of a new
				certificate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.4 - Administrative hearings

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(a) If a home or agency fails to comply with all
				applicable provisions of this manual, the Office of Licensing shall issue a
				directive ordering compliance. Prior to the Office's decision to deny, suspend,
				refuse to renew or revoke a home's or agency's certificate of approval, the home or
				agency shall have the opportunity to request an administrative hearing, pursuant to
				the Administrative Procedure Act,
				N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.,
				and the Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1.
(b) As long as the Department determines that
				children are not at risk and that no imminent dangers exist, the Office of Licensing
				may permit a home or agency that has requested an administrative hearing, as
				specified in (a) above, to continue to operate until a final decision is rendered as
				a result of the hearing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.5 - Complaints

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(a) Whenever the Office of Licensing receives a
				report questioning the approval status or compliance of a home or agency or alleging
				a violation of this manual, the Office shall ensure that the allegation is promptly
				investigated to determine whether the complaint is substantiated.
(b) After the report of the investigation has been
				completed, the Office of Licensing shall notify the home or agency in writing of the
				results of the investigation within 15 days, pursuant to the State Public Records
				Law,
				N.J.S.A.
				47:1A-1 et seq., with the exception of any
				information not permitted to be disclosed pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect
				Law,
				N.J.S.A.
				9:6-8.10a, or any other State law.
(c) Whenever the Department, through its Office of
				Licensing, Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit or other offices, conducts
				complaint investigations, the home or agency shall cooperate with all Department
				investigators.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.6 - Public access to licensing records

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Licensing files maintained by the Office of Licensing are public
				  records and shall be readily accessible for examination by any person, under the
				  direction and supervision of the Office, except when public access to records is
				  restricted, in keeping with the State Public Records Law,
				  N.J.S.A.
				  47:1A-1 et seq., or other applicable
				  statutes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.1 - Statement of purpose

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(a) The home or agency
				shall maintain on file a written statement of purpose that shall identify the
				following:
1. The home's philosophy, goals, and
				objectives;
2. Characteristics of the
				children to be served;
3. Types of
				treatment services provided to the children, including those provided directly by
				the home and those provided in cooperation with community agencies or outside
				individuals;
4. Procedures for
				implementing those services; and
5.
				Criteria for successful completion of the program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.2 - Rights of children

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(a) The home or agency shall prepare a list of
				children's rights and shall post it in a prominent location in each home and give it
				to the children and document such in each child's record. At a minimum, the list
				shall specify the children's right to:
1. Receive
				prompt medical treatment;
2. Have access
				to an appropriate education;
3. Live in
				a safe, clean and healthy environment;
4. Be free of physical, emotional, or sexual
				harassment or abuse and corporal punishment;
5. Attend religious services of their choice;
				and
6. Have unimpeded communication to
				the Department.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.4 - Community participation

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(a) Every agency, group home, psychiatric
				community home for children, and supervised transitional living home shall develop a
				governing board that offers advice and counsel to the home on its policies, staff
				recruitment, selection and training, physical environment, and program activities.
				Such a committee shall include representatives from the civic, business, or
				educational community.
(b) The governing
				board shall establish policies that encourage and enhance community relations, such
				as having the home sponsor an open house.
(c) The director of the home shall ensure that
				community activities have been scheduled or completed and provide updates on
				community involvement to the governing board on a quarterly basis.
(d) The governing board shall meet at least
				quarterly. The home shall keep on file a list of current membership of the governing
				board and a record of its meetings.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.5 - Conflict of interest

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(a) Any home or agency receiving funds from the
				Department shall adopt a written conflict of interest policy, as required by the
				home's or agency's contract with the Department of Children and Families.
1. The home or agency shall ensure that a copy of
				the adopted policy, with its effective date, is forwarded to all governing board
				members and staff members and is posted in a prominent location or kept on file at
				the home or agency.
2. The governing
				board shall ensure that the conflict of interest policy is adhered to by home or
				agency directors through the governing board's review of the home's or agency's
				policies involving the purchasing of goods or services and hiring
				practices.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.6 - Intake and admissions

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(a) The home or agency shall ensure that the child
				and his or her parents have an opportunity to visit the home prior to the child's
				placement.
(b) For all placements, the
				home or agency shall have the following information on file in the child's record
				upon the child's admission:
1. The child's full
				name, nicknames, if any, gender, date of birth, religion, and race;
2. The name, address, telephone number, and
				relationship to the child of the persons with whom the child was living at the time
				of admission;
3. The name, address, and
				telephone number of father, mother, foster parents, or legal guardians, if different
				from (b)2 above;
4. The name, address,
				and telephone number of the worker of the Department's local office or other placing
				agency;
5. The name, address, and
				telephone number of the person to notify in an emergency;
6. The names of siblings, their ages, and
				gender;
7. The reason for placement of
				the child;
8. A Medicaid card, if
				applicable; and
9. A statement signed by
				the parents or legal guardian, granting consent for emergency medical or surgical
				care, semi-annual dental care and annual physical examinations for the
				child.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.7 - Reporting requirements

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(a) The director or any staff member shall notify
				verbally the Departments State Central Registry at 1-877-NJ-ABUSE (1-877-652-2873)
				immediately whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child has been or
				is being abused or neglected by staff members, children, or any other person, as
				required by the New Jersey Child Abuse and Neglect Law, 9:6-8.9, 8.10, 8.13, and
				8.14. Copies of the law and information about it are available online from the
				Department of Children and Families at
www.nj.gov/dcf/reporting
.
(b) The home or agency shall notify the Office of
				Licensing verbally of any of the following changes or events by the next working day
				after the home or agency learns of their occurrence, to be followed by written
				notification to the Office within five working days:
1. Injury, accident or illness that results in the
				admittance of a child to a hospital;
2.
				The death of a child while admitted to the home;
3. Temporary or permanent closing or temporary
				relocation of a home or agency due to an emergency;
4. Any convictions or guilty pleas of any agency
				or home staff members that involve or affect any child or the operation of the home
				or agency, as specified in
N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.1(b)
;
				and
5. Evidence of the presence of bed
				bugs.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.8 - Records

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(a) The home's or agency's records shall be open
				for inspection by authorized representatives of the Office of Licensing, the
				Division of Children's System of Care, the Department's Institutional Abuse
				Investigation Unit (IAIU), the Department's contracting units, Division workers,
				provided that they may only secure information about children under the Department's
				supervision, and other departmental units as warranted.
(b) The home or agency shall maintain on file the
				following administrative records until the expiration of its certificate of
				approval:
1. The following records shall be
				maintained in files located either at an agency's administrative office or at the
				home:
i. A record of comprehensive general
				liability insurance, as specified in 3A:56-3.9;
ii. A record of performance of required monthly
				fire drills and/or evacuation drills, as specified in 3A:56-4.5(c);
iii. A record of training sessions for staff
				members on evacuation procedures, the use of fire extinguishers, the location of
				fire alarms, and emergency medical procedures, as specified in
				3A:56-5.4(a)3;
iv. A copy of the home's
				or agency's vehicle insurance policy, as specified in 3A:56-8.2; and
v. Transportation records, if transportation is
				provided to children residing in the home, as specified in 3A:56-8.4.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.9 - Comprehensive general liability insurance

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A home or agency shall secure comprehensive general liability
				  insurance coverage and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 3A:56-3.10 - Quality assurance (QA) for psychiatric community homes for children

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(a) Each psychiatric
				community home for children shall maintain an ongoing and systematic process to
				monitor and evaluate important aspects of care with participation by all levels of
				staff. This process shall be written and referred to as the QA plan.
1. The QA plan shall describe outcome indicators,
				evaluation criteria and procedures for monitoring problem correction.
2. The QA plan shall include the review of open
				and closed records to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of treatment and
				compliance with documentation requirements.
3. The QA plan shall describe the process,
				frequency and criteria for case selection.
4. The QA plan shall identify the persons
				responsible for QA activities and the administrative structure for QA oversight and
				implementation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.1 - Physical facility initial approval requirements for all homes located in New Jersey

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(a)
				An applicant seeking an initial certificate of approval, as specified in
N.J.A.C. 3A:56-2.1
, to
				operate a home shall comply with all applicable provisions of the New Jersey Uniform
				Construction Code, as specified in
N.J.A.C. 5:23
(hereinafter
				referred to as the "NJUCC").
1. For newly
				constructed buildings, for existing buildings whose construction code use group
				classification would change from that which it had been, or for existing buildings
				that require major alteration or renovation, the home or agency shall submit to the
				Office of Licensing a copy of a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) issued by the
				municipality in which it is located, reflecting the home's compliance with
				provisions of the NJUCC, for one of the following use group classifications:
i. I-1 (Institutional) for buildings accommodating
				children 2 1/2 years of age and older for more than 30 calendar days and having a
				total occupancy of more than five and fewer than 13 children, except that existing
				homes with an R-2 CO issued prior to May 5, 2003, may continue to operate as allowed
				by the NJUCC;
ii. I-2 (Institutional)
				for buildings accommodating six or more children less than 2 1/2 years of age;
				or
iii. R-3/R-5 (Residential) for homes
				having a total occupancy of five or fewer children.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.2 - Physical facility initial approval requirements for all homes located outside of New Jersey

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(a) A home located in a
				state other than New Jersey shall submit with each application documentation that
				the home meets the provisions of all applicable codes governing building, fire,
				safety and health requirements in the state, county and municipality in which the
				home is located.
(b) All homes located
				in a state other than New Jersey shall also comply with the physical facility and
				life-safety requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:56-4, with the exception of
				3A:56-4.4(c), (f)3, (g), (h), (i), and (
l
).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.3 - Maintenance and sanitation requirements for all homes

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(a) The home shall
				maintain all indoor areas in a safe and sanitary manner by ensuring that:
1. The home is free of moisture resulting from
				water leaks or seepage;
2. All lally
				columns in areas used by the children have protective padding from the floor to a
				height of at least 72 inches;
3. Floors,
				walls, ceilings and other surfaces are kept clean and in good repair;
4. Stairways are free of hazards such as boxes,
				loose steps, torn carpeting or raised strips;
5. Carpeting is secured to the floor;
6. Garbage and food receptacles are:
i. Made of durable, leakproof and nonabsorbent
				materials;
ii. Covered in a secure
				manner;
iii. Emptied to the outdoor
				garbage receptacle when filled; and
iv.
				Lined and maintained in a sanitary manner;
7. The home is free of rodent or insect
				infestation. If there is evidence of rodent or insect infestation, immediate action
				shall be taken to remove such infestation. In the event of an infestation of bed
				bugs, the home or agency shall implement an 18-month corrective action plan, with
				updates submitted to the Office of Licensing every six months during this period.
				The home shall maintain on file a record documenting the use of extermination
				services in these incidences;
8.
				Toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks, and other plumbing are maintained in good
				operating and sanitary condition;
9. All
				corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under
				pressure in an aerosol can, and any toxic substance are stored in a locked cabinet
				or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to children under six years of
				age;
10. Ventilation outlets are clean
				and free from obstructions, and filters are replaced when saturated;
11. Walls are painted or otherwise covered
				whenever there is evidence of:
i. Excessive
				peeling or chipped paint; or
ii. Heavily
				soiled conditions;
12. All
				shelving is secured and not overloaded; and
13. Electrical wiring, accessories, and appliances
				are maintained in good operating and safe condition:
i. Extension cords shall not be used and only UL
				approved surge protection power outlet strips may be permitted; and
ii. Major appliances shall be plugged directly
				into a wall electrical outlet.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.4 - Additional maintenance and sanitation requirements for all homes located in New Jersey

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(a)
				The home shall meet the following lighting requirements:
1. All fluorescent tubes and incandescent light
				bulbs shall have protective covers or shields.
2. During activities in the home, at least 20
				foot-candles of natural or artificial light shall be provided in all rooms used by
				the children. This illumination shall be measured three feet above the floor at the
				farthest point from the light source.
3.
				Parking areas, pedestrian walkways, or other exterior portions of the premises
				subject to use by home occupants at night shall be illuminated to provide safe
				entrance to and egress from the home.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.5 - Emergency evacuation instructions, medical emergencies, fire prevention, first aid, and equipment

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(a) The home shall prepare and post on each floor
				written emergency evacuation instructions that include:
1. A diagram showing how the home is to be
				evacuated in the event of an emergency; and
2. The location of fire alarms and fire
				extinguishers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 4 - PHYSICAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-4.6 - Prohibition on the use of tobacco products

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(a) The home shall
				prohibit the smoking of tobacco products or the use of smokeless tobacco or
				electronic smoking devices by children.
(b) The home shall ensure that staff members
				comply with the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51
.4, which prohibits
				any person from directly or indirectly selling, giving, or furnishing to a minor
				under 21 years of age any cigarettes made of tobacco or any matter or substance that
				can be smoked, or any cigarette paper or tobacco in any form, including smokeless
				tobacco and electronic smoking devices.
(c) The home shall maintain a smoke free
				environment in all buildings on the group home premises and in all vehicles used to
				transport children.
(d) The home may
				permit staff members, parents and adult visitors to smoke in a designated area
				outside the building(s) on the premises of the group home or in vehicles that are
				not used to transport children.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 5 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-5.1 - General requirements for director and all staff members

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(a) The director and
				every staff member shall:
1. Be of good character
				and reputation;
2. Be in sufficient
				physical, mental and emotional health to perform his or her job duties
				satisfactorily; and
3. Possess skills,
				attributes and characteristics conducive to and suitable for operating a home or
				dealing with children, as applicable.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 5 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-5.3 - Staff-to-child ratios

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(a) Group homes and supervised transitional living
				homes, except psychiatric community homes for children as specified in (c) below,
				shall meet the following staff-to-child ratios:
1.
				The home shall have at least one staff member present in the home or reachable by
				telephone when the home is in operation but the children are not in the home on a
				particular day.
2. The home shall have
				at least one staff member for every six or fewer children when the children are
				awake and present in the home and when the children are participating in an activity
				organized by the home.
3. The home shall
				have at least one staff member on duty when there are 12 or fewer children in the
				home and the children are asleep.
i. In a
				single-sex home, the staff member may be asleep.
ii. In a coed home, the staff member shall be
				awake.
iii. An additional staff member
				shall be available to provide emergency in-person coverage within 30
				minutes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 5 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS › Section 3A:56-5.4 - Staff training and development

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(a) The home shall
				develop a training plan and the director shall ensure that all staff members, upon
				employment, are trained in:
1. The home's
				statement of purpose, as specified in 3A:56-3.1;
2. The home's behavior management policy and
				search and seizure policy, if any, as specified in 3A:56-6.14 and 6.15;
3. Emergency procedures, as specified in
				3A:56-4.5(a), (b) and (c);
4. Protocols
				for medication, as specified in 3A:56-7.4 and 7.5;
5. Infection control procedures, as specified in
				3A:56-7.8;
6. The home's techniques for
				safe physical restraint, if applicable, as specified in
N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-6.13(e)
6;
7. Cultural sensitivity and
				diversity;
8. Characteristics and needs
				of any specialized population served;
9.
				Appropriate methods of verbal and physical interactions with children, including
				recognizing and establishing boundaries; and
10. Recognizing and managing job-related stress,
				before, during, and after a behavioral crisis.