New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 73 - CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter 3 - CARE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION SERVICES › Section 10:73-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates
				  otherwise:
"Adult" means a beneficiary age 21 years or older.
"Care management organization (CMO)" means an independent,
				  community-based organization that combines advocacy, service planning and
				  delivery, and care coordination into a single, integrated, cross-system process
				  that assesses, designs, implements and manages child-centered and
				  family-focused individual service plans (ISPs) for children, youth and young
				  adults transitioning into the adult system whose needs are complex, and who
				  require intensive care management techniques that cross multiple service
				  systems.
"Child" means an individual under 18 years of age.
"County Interagency Coordinating Council (CIACC)" means the
				  county-based planning and advisory groups composed of individuals from
				  governmental and private agencies that advise the county and the Department of
				  Children and Families regarding children with serious emotional and behavioral
				  health challenges.
"Department of Children and Families (DCF) Children's
				  Implementation Team (DCF CI Team)" means a team consisting of staff from the
				  Department of Children and Families, facilitated by the Children's System of
				  Care, with representation from the Child Protection and Permanency and other
				  DCF representatives, as needed. Other team members include staff from the
				  Department of Human Services, with representation from the Division of Medical
				  Assistance and Health Services and the Division of Mental Health and Addiction
				  Services, as well as representatives from other child serving systems,
				  including, but not limited to, the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Juvenile
				  Justice system. The team assists the CMO in working with other systems
				  partners.
"Family-friendly services" means services that are
				  accessible, convenient, culturally competent, meet family defined objectives
				  and goals, and are reasonably available to families in the communities in which
				  they live.
"Family support organization (FSO)" means an independent
				  community-based organization providing services through a contract with the
				  Department of Children and Families. The FSOs are comprised of family members
				  who are involved or have been involved in the system and who provide direct
				  peer support and advocacy to children and families receiving CMO services, as
				  well as provide advocacy and support for other children and families in the
				  community who may need services under CSOC.
"Individual Service Plan (ISP)" means the plan developed by
				  the child/family team that incorporates formal and informal services and
				  supports into an integrated plan that, using the identified strengths of the
				  youth and family, addresses the needs of the youth and family across life
				  domains in order to support the youth and family in remaining in, or returning
				  to, the community where they live, work and/or attend school.
"Individualized service planning" means a process that wraps
				  services and supports around the child/family and provides access to the
				  services they need, delivered in the communities where they live, work and
				  attend school. ISPs are holistic in nature and address areas of everyday living
				  beyond the treatment of emotional or behavioral health
				  challenges.