New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37I - FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10:37I-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age or older and
				  those who are transitioning into adult systems of care.
"Advocacy" means staff activities that, in cooperation with
				  families, help the community and other professionals understand and respond to
				  the needs of families with a mentally ill member (for example, technical
				  assistance to other service providers or community organizations; supporting
				  family members to participate and influence mental health policy formation,
				  assertiveness training for family members on how to present themselves to
				  professionals); or staff activities on behalf of a specific family (for
				  example, meeting with employers to encourage flexible work schedules or
				  emergency leaves).
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Human Services.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Division" means the Division of Mental Health and Addiction
				  Services in the Department of Human Services.
"Engagement" means the process of establishing a
				  collaborative relationship with a family built on caring and trust whereby the
				  IFSS program establishes its value to the family by addressing its immediate
				  needs, conveying a sense of hope and "being there" for the family in times of
				  need.
"Family" means persons related to the family member with a
				  serious mental illness by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship, foster care
				  or other significant care giving relationship.
"Family concern" means the objective and subjective
				  experience of families coping with the acute and long-term responsibilities
				  associated with community care and treatment. Family concerns may include
				  disrupted family life, worry, stigma and sense of loss, as well as tangible
				  costs in savings spent, time lost, and social isolation.
"Family concerns survey" means a valid and reliable
				  instrument that measures objective and subjective pressures that a family
				  experiences in caring for their member with a serious mental illness.
"Family satisfaction with services" means a measurement of a
				  family's experience with a particular PA as to the quality, impact,
				  accessibility and relevance of IFSS.
"Family support group" means a time-limited or ongoing group
				  in which families meet together to provide mutual support, information and
				  opportunity to interact with other families having similar concerns and to help
				  ease the isolation and stigmatization that many families feel.
"Family support services" means a coordinated system of
				  on-going public and private support services which are designed to maintain and
				  enhance the quality of life of a family.
"Family unit" means the family member with a serious mental
				  illness and his or her family.
"Intensive family support services (IFSS)" means a range of
				  family-driven supportive activities designed to improve the overall functioning
				  and quality of life of families with a relative with a serious mental
				  illness.
"Level of family concern" means the results achieved through
				  administration of the Family Concerns Survey.
"NAMI New Jersey" is the name of a New Jersey Statewide
				  self-help and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people
				  with serious mental illnesses and their families.
"NAMI New Jersey Family-to-Family Education Program" means an
				  education program given by families of people with serious mental illness for
				  families of people with serious mental illness.
"Program" means the program of family support services
				  established pursuant to this chapter.
"Provider agency (PA)" means a public or private organization
				  which has a contract with the Division to provide intensive family support
				  services, and which meets the requirements contained in N.J.A.C. 10:37.
"Psychoeducation group" means a multi-family group, which
				  meets the standard delineated at
				  10:37I-5.6(b),
				  and which meets on a regularly scheduled, time-limited basis for the purpose of
				  providing families with a greater knowledge of mental illness, treatment
				  options and skills useful in managing the illness within the family and
				  supporting the recovery process. The psychoeducation group may include the
				  family member with a serious mental illness.
"Referral/service linkage" means staff activities which
				  provide individualized help or guidance to families in procuring needed mental
				  health and non-mental health services or assistance (for example, applications
				  for entitlements, referral to counseling, linkage with home health aide or
				  visiting nurse associations).
"Respite" means non-emergency services designed to allow an
				  individual family planned time away from their member with a serious mental
				  illness.
"Serious mental illness" means a diagnosable mental disorder
				  which is sufficiently severe and enduring to cause periodic or lasting
				  functional impairment in one or more life areas, often recurrent contact with
				  the mental health system, or a significant risk of hospitalization in a State,
				  county or private psychiatric institution.
"Single family consultation" means staff activities related
				  to providing information to and consultation with an individual family on an
				  "as needed" basis in order to enhance the overall functioning of the family
				  with a member who has a serious mental illness.
"Statewide family advocacy organization" means an
				  organization consisting primarily of family members of people with a serious
				  mental illness that is dedicated to improving the lives of persons with serious
				  mental illness and their families through mutual support, education and
				  advocacy.