New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 46B - PLACEMENT › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10:46B-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the indicated meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Assistant Commissioner" means the Assistant Commissioner of
				  the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
"Assistant Director" means an employee of the Division with
				  administrative authority over community services.
"Available" means the service may be offered within the
				  limitations of funding in a given fiscal year.
"Basic needs" means food, shelter and personal safety.
"Broker" means to arrange a service for an eligible
				  individual without responsibility to fund that service.
"Bureau of Guardianship" (BGS) means the unit within the
				  Department of Human Services which has the responsibility and authority to
				  provide guardian of the person services to individuals in need of such services
				  in accordance with
N.J.A.C. 10:45
.
"Caregiver" means an individual other than a parent, spouse
				  or child of an eligible person including, but not limited to, sibling,
				  grandparent, step family member, aunt, uncle, cousin or legal guardian who,
				  without monetary payment, cares for the eligible person in his or her own
				  home.
"Challenge grant" means funds provided to an agency which may
				  be used in combination with other resources available to an individual which
				  will meet the individual's needs sufficiently to allow that individual to be
				  removed from the priority waiting list.
"Child" means a person under 18 years of age.
"Congregate setting" means a community residence as defined
				  in N.J.A.C. 10:44A, developmental center, or a nursing home.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of
				  Developmental Disabilities.
"Division" means the Division of Developmental
				  Disabilities.
"Emergency" means that the eligible person is homeless or in
				  imminent peril.
"Emergency services" means a supervised apartment operated by
				  an agency with whom the Division specifically contracts to provide services for
				  up to 60 days when the Division determines that an emergency exists. Services
				  provided include safety, stabilization and assessment prior to a long-term
				  placement or return to the former living arrangement. Emergency services are
				  not considered a residential placement as defined in this rule.
"Funded vacancy" means a residential placement opportunity
				  with a provider agency that is presently funded through a contract with the
				  Division which becomes available when an individual receiving services moves
				  from that placement.
"Homeless" means that the person has no place to live or the
				  person's living arrangement will end on a date certain within 30 days and he or
				  she has no other living arrangements after that date.
"Imminent peril" means a situation which could reasonably be
				  expected to cause serious risk to the health, safety or welfare of the
				  individual receiving services or another person in the current living
				  arrangement. Imminent peril does not exist if the Division can put supports
				  into the living arrangement which eliminate the serious risk to the
				  individual.
"Individual habilitation plan" (IHP) means a written plan of
				  intervention and action that is developed by the interdisciplinary team. (See
				  10:46B-2.1(j).)
"Interdisciplinary team" (IDT) means an individually
				  constituted group responsible for the development of a single, integrated IHP.
				  (See 10:46B-2.1(k).)
"Local education agency" (LEA) means a public board of
				  education or other public authority having administrative control of schools in
				  a city, township or other political subdivision of the State.
"Long-term placement" means a placement which is anticipated
				  to be of one year's duration or longer.
"Office of Education" means the component of the Department
				  of Human Services which supervises the educational programs in all State
				  facilities operated by, or under contract with, the Department.
"Placement" means a waiver service as defined at
				  10:46-1.3 that provides a
				  residence to the individual or day services that are provided out of the
				  residence.
"Private institution" means a private residential facility
				  for the developmentally disabled located in New Jersey which is licensed in
				  accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:47, or any out-of-State institutional
				  placements.
"Private out-of-State placement" (POSP) means an out-of-State
				  placement in a community setting, such as a group home or supervised apartment
				  or other similar placement as defined in N.J.A.C. 10:44A, which is licensed or
				  otherwise approved by the appropriate agency in the state in which it is
				  located. A community program which is operated by an institution is a
				  POSP.
"Regional Assistant Director" means an employee of the
				  Division with administrative authority over community programs and institutions
				  within a specific geographic region of the State.
"Regional Administrator" means an employee of the Division
				  with administrative authority over community programs within a specific
				  geographic region of the State.
"Residential placement funded by the Division of
				  Developmental Disabilities" means a living arrangement that is operated by the
				  Division and certified by the Department of Human Services, licensed by the
				  Department of Human Services under
N.J.A.C. 10:44A, 10:44B,
				  10:44C
, or 10:47.
"Respite services" means a short term arrangement in which an
				  entity licensed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:44A or N.J.A.C. 10:44B provides
				  supports for a person with developmental disabilities when that person's
				  parent, child, spouse or caregiver(s) is temporarily unable to provide care.
				  Such arrangements are not placements.
"Self-Determination Process" means a service delivery system
				  which allows an individual with developmental disabilities, in conjunction with
				  his or her legal guardian, if any, family and selected friends to identify
				  appropriate services and supports and determine how an individual budget, as
				  well as personal, family and community resources, can be used to develop a
				  service plan. The Self-Determination Process is based upon the principles of
				  freedom to plan one's own life, authority to utilize and manage resources,
				  build one's own support system and carries responsibility to contribute back to
				  the community and the appropriate stewardship of public funds.
"Supervised apartment" means apartments that are occupied by
				  individuals with developmental disabilities and leased or owned by an entity
				  licensed under N.J.A.C. 10:44A.
"Supports" means those services other than residential
				  services provided by the Division which will help the individual remain in his
				  or her living situation.