New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 84 - PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter 1 - EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS › Section 10:84-1.3 - Corrective action plans

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall afford a county welfare administrative agency reasonable opportunity to
				correct identified deficiencies before assuming administration for violations
				as set forth in
				10:84-1.2.
(b) The corrective action or resolution
				procedure will be comprised of a multi-step process to include, but which is
				not limited to:
1. Identification of
				Departmental findings of deficiencies and notification to the county agency of
				the need to take corrective action;
2. Convening of one or more conferences of
				Departmental and county agency personnel to identify possible causes of the
				deficiencies in CWA operations and negotiation of appropriate corrective
				actions;
3. Development, submittal
				and implementation of an approved corrective action plan by the CWA to improve
				CWA operations, within the time periods specified by the Department, to correct
				the identified deficiencies;
4.
				Upon implementation of the corrective action plan, monitoring of CWA operations
				by the Department to verify that planned corrective actions are taking place as
				stipulated; and
5. Reassessment by
				Department staff of the CWA's operations at the end of the designated period.
i. CWAs that have effected the corrective
				actions required for the identified deficiency shall be so notified and shall
				be regarded as having met the corrective action requirement for that deficiency
				which has been satisfactorily resolved.
ii. CWAs which have failed to effect required
				corrective action within the specified time frame or failed to show a good
				faith effort toward corrective action shall be subject to the following:
(1) The Department shall provide written
				notification of its findings and convene a meeting with representatives of the
				CWA, county welfare board or other appropriate CWA governing body, and the
				county governing authority to discuss any unresolved deficiencies.
(2) When it is determined that, after meeting
				with representatives of the CWA, county welfare board or other appropriate CWA
				governing body, and the county governing authority, barriers for improvement
				remain and cannot be resolved, the Department shall advise, in writing, all
				parties involved of its intent to assume direct administration of county
				operations in accordance with
				10:84-1.4. That written
				notification shall include:
(A) The basis for
				the assumption action;
(B) The date
				the assumption will commence;
(C) A
				statement advising the county that it shall be responsible for the payment of
				reasonable expenses incurred by the Department to make administrative and/or
				programmatic changes necessary to ensure that the CWA's operations are provided
				in an effective and efficient manner and comply with State and Federal law and
				regulations; and
(D) A statement
				concerning county appeal rights advising the CWA of its right to request a
				State fair hearing in writing, which must be postmarked within 10 days of the
				mailing date of the notice of assumption (see
				10:84-1.5 concerning State fair
				hearings).