Browse as ListSearch Within- Section 30:4C-1 - Administration of act in accordance with public policy
- Section 30:4C-1.1 - Findings, declarations relative to child protective services
- Section 30:4C-2 - Definitions
- Section 30:4C-2.1 - Division of Child Protection and Permanency as continuation of former agencies
- Section 30:4C-2.2 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-2.3 - Provision of services to certain individuals aged 18 to 21
- Section 30:4C-2.4 - New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy
- Section 30:4C-2.5 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-3 - Duties of Division of Child Protection and Permanency
- Section 30:4C-3.1 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.2 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.3 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.4 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.5 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.6 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-3.7 - Photographing, fingerprinting of child under custody of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency
- Section 30:4C-3.8 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-3a - Child protection worker caseload, limits, exceptions, temporary
- Section 30:4C-4 - Powers of Department of Children and Families
- Section 30:4C-4.1 - Consent and approval of actions or proceedings
- Section 30:4C-4.2 - Consent, approval of commissioner
- Section 30:4C-4.3 - Copies of rules and regulations; certification of consent and approval
- Section 30:4C-4.4 - Services provided to certain persons with developmental disabilities; rules, procedures; interagency agreement
- Section 30:4C-4.5 - Provision of services for alcoholism, substance use disorder for certain persons; interagency agreement; rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-4.6 - Definitions; Division of Children's System of Care, training program, emergency homeless shelter employees
- Section 30:4C-5 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-6 - Recipients of payments not deemed paupers; certain treatments permitted
- Section 30:4C-7 - Issuance of certain certificates free of charge
- Section 30:4C-8 - Payments for maintenance exempt from tax
- Section 30:4C-9 - Orders of commitment or grants of assistance previously made and other previous actions not affected
- Section 30:4C-10 - Liberal construction; consistent laws not repealed
- Section 30:4C-11 - Application for care and custody; verification, investigation
- Section 30:4C-11.1 - Health, safety of paramount concern in placement of child
- Section 30:4C-11.2 - Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child
- Section 30:4C-11.3 - Exceptions to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent
- Section 30:4C-11.4 - Permanency hearing
- Section 30:4C-11.5 - Commissioner's report to Legislature, Governor
- Section 30:4C-11.6 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-12 - Filing complaint; investigation; application for court order; hearing
- Section 30:4C-12.1 - Search for relatives; assessment of abilities
- Section 30:4C-12.2 - Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard
- Section 30:4C-13 - Referral to legally responsible person or agency
- Section 30:4C-14 - Notice of action taken on application
- Section 30:4C-15 - Petition to terminate parental rights, conditions
- Section 30:4C-15.1 - Termination of parental rights, standards
- Section 30:4C-15.1a - Certain prior statements of child, admissible as evidence
- Section 30:4C-15.2 - Final guardianship hearing
- Section 30:4C-15.3 - Exceptions from requirement to file petition seeking termination of parental rights
- Section 30:4C-15.4 - Notice to parent of right to counsel; public defender appointments; law guardian, selection
- Section 30:4C-15.5 - Short title
- Section 30:4C-15.6 - Findings, declarations relative to abandoned children
- Section 30:4C-15.7 - Designated sites, voluntary relinquishment of child; assumption of care, custody, control by Division of Child Protection and Permanency
- Section 30:4C-15.8 - Responsibilities of division, placement of child
- Section 30:4C-15.9 - Educational public information program, toll free hotline
- Section 30:4C-15.10 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-15.11 - Distribution of information about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" to certain public school students
- Section 30:4C-16 - Association or agency to file summary of records with petition
- Section 30:4C-17 - Petition, notice of hearing; interlocutory, order
- Section 30:4C-18 - Verification of petition; investigation; report of findings
- Section 30:4C-19 - Adjournments
- Section 30:4C-20 - Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship
- Section 30:4C-21 - Guardianship order not to be restrictive
- Section 30:4C-22 - Full guardianship
- Section 30:4C-23 - Voluntary surrenders, releases of custody, consents to adoption
- Section 30:4C-24 - Application for care or custody; complaint; petition
- Section 30:4C-25 - Agents of Division of Child Protection and Permanency to visit children
- Section 30:4C-26 - Placing child in resource family home or institution
- Section 30:4C-26a - Rules and regulations
- Section 30:4C-26b - Child in resource family home, determination of school placement
- Section 30:4C-26.1 - "Resource family home" defined
- Section 30:4C-26.2 - Child care shelters; establishment, maintenance
- Section 30:4C-26.3 - Shelters for care, supervision of children
- Section 30:4C-26.4 - "Resource family parent" defined
- Section 30:4C-26.5 - Adoption of child by resource family parent
- Section 30:4C-26.6 - "Resource family parent" defined
- Section 30:4C-26.7 - Application for adoption of child by resource family parent
- Section 30:4C-26.8 - Adoptive, resource family parent, investigation
- Section 30:4C-26.9 - Provisional approval for resource family parent; definition
- Section 30:4C-26.10 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.11 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.12 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.13 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.14 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.15 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.16 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.17 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.18 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.19 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-26.20 - Minor and child to remain together as family unit
- Section 30:4C-26.21 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-26c - Caregiver liability relative to certain activities; terms defined
- Section 30:4C-27 - Expenses of maintenance chargeable against State funds
- Section 30:4C-27.1 - "Resource family parent" defined
- Section 30:4C-27.2 - Discontinuance of clothing distribution centers; clothing allowance
- Section 30:4C-27.3 - Short title
- Section 30:4C-27.4 - Findings, declarations relative to resource family care
- Section 30:4C-27.5 - Definitions relative to resource family care
- Section 30:4C-27.6 - Licensure required for resource family parents
- Section 30:4C-27.7 - Child abuse record information check
- Section 30:4C-27.8 - Criminal history record background check required for licensure
- Section 30:4C-27.9 - Denial, suspension, revocation of license
- Section 30:4C-27.10 - Notice before denial, suspension, revocation of license, hearing
- Section 30:4C-27.11 - Judicial review
- Section 30:4C-27.12 - Fraud, misrepresentation, fourth degree crime
- Section 30:4C-27.13 - [Repealed]
- Section 30:4C-27.14 - Report to Governor, Legislature
- Section 30:4C-27.15 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-27.16 - Definitions relative to background checks for residential child care staff
- Section 30:4C-27.17 - Background checks required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval
- Section 30:4C-27.18 - Facilities established after effective date; procedures
- Section 30:4C-27.19 - Criteria for permanent disqualification
- Section 30:4C-27.20 - Eligibility for employment for certain rehabilitated offenders; determination
- Section 30:4C-27.21 - Immunity from liability on use of background information
- Section 30:4C-27.22 - Child abuse record information check required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval
- Section 30:4C-27.23 - Facility established after effective date, request for staff background checks
- Section 30:4C-27.24 - Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents
- Section 30:4C-27.25 - Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks
- Section 30:4C-28 - Discharge for care, custody, or guardianship
- Section 30:4C-29 - Payments for maintenance
- Section 30:4C-29.1 - Liability for maintenance costs
- Section 30:4C-29.2 - Lien on real property
- Section 30:4C-29.3 - Books for recording certificates of lien; index
- Section 30:4C-29.4 - Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice
- Section 30:4C-29.5 - Compromise and settlement of claims
- Section 30:4C-29.6 - Discharge of lien; certificate
- Section 30:4C-30 - Sharing of cost of maintenance by State and county
- Section 30:4C-30.1 - Hospital care; total cost to be borne by state
- Section 30:4C-31 - Federal assistance; compliance with requirements of Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- Section 30:4C-32 - Burial of child receiving care; expenses
- Section 30:4C-33 - Compromise and settlement of claims
- Section 30:4C-34 - Recovery, reimbursement of moneys
- Section 30:4C-35 - Contributions
- Section 30:4C-36 - Petty cash fund
- Section 30:4C-37 - Checks, drafts, warrants, procedure if uncashed
- Section 30:4C-38 - Repeal
- Section 30:4C-39 - Continuation of consistent provisions of prior laws; effect of repeal
- Section 30:4C-40 - Effective date
- Section 30:4C-41 - "Approved agency" defined
- Section 30:4C-42 - Adoption Resource Exchange
- Section 30:4C-43 - Purpose of adoption resource exchange
- Section 30:4C-44 - Rules, regulations, and procedures
- Section 30:4C-45 - Legislative intent
- Section 30:4C-46 - Payments in subsidization of adoption; qualifications
- Section 30:4C-47 - Costs and expenses covered
- Section 30:4C-48 - Qualifications; original and annual determination
- Section 30:4C-49 - Rules and regulations
- Section 30:4C-50 - Short title
- Section 30:4C-51 - Legislative declarations
- Section 30:4C-52 - Definitions
- Section 30:4C-53 - Filing notice of placement of child outside home
- Section 30:4C-53.1 - Findings, declarations
- Section 30:4C-53.2 - Definition of "repeated placement in resource family care," "placed again into resource family care."
- Section 30:4C-53.3 - Revised, repeated placement plans, requisites
- Section 30:4C-53.4 - Petition to terminate parental rights
- Section 30:4C-53.5 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-54 - Determination by court as to placement
- Section 30:4C-55 - Placement plans, requirements
- Section 30:4C-56 - Administrative procedures to provide for needs of children and to obtain federal aid
- Section 30:4C-57 - Child placement review boards
- Section 30:4C-58 - Review of placements
- Section 30:4C-58.1 - Placement for adoption
- Section 30:4C-59 - Written notice in advance of review
- Section 30:4C-60 - Submission of report
- Section 30:4C-61 - Issuance of order by court
- Section 30:4C-61.1 - Proposal to return child home
- Section 30:4C-61.2 - Permanency hearing
- Section 30:4C-62 - Child Placement Advisory Council
- Section 30:4C-62.1 - Grants or contributions; acceptance
- Section 30:4C-63 - Rules for conduct of review boards; promulgation by Supreme Court
- Section 30:4C-64 - Joint legislative committee to monitor and evaluate act; report
- Section 30:4C-65 - Severability
- Section 30:4C-66 - Short title
- Section 30:4C-67 - Findings, declarations
- Section 30:4C-68 - Definitions
- Section 30:4C-69 - Development of interdepartmental plan
- Section 30:4C-70 - Establishment of CART, CIACC
- Section 30:4C-71 - Contents of plan
- Section 30:4C-72 - Principles of system of care
- Section 30:4C-73 - Use of monies saved
- Section 30:4C-74 - Findings, declarations
- Section 30:4C-75 - "Family preservation services program" defined
- Section 30:4C-76 - Establishment of family preservation services program; objectives
- Section 30:4C-77 - Referrals to program, requirements for family preservation services
- Section 30:4C-78 - Required credentials for direct services worker, supervisor
- Section 30:4C-79 - Development of manual of standards
- Section 30:4C-80 - Family Preservation Services Coordinating Unit established
- Section 30:4C-81 - Annual report to Governor, Legislature
- Section 30:4C-82 - Use of federal funding, maximize
- Section 30:4C-83 - Transfer of funds
- Section 30:4C-84 - Definitions relative to kinship legal guardianship and State agency action
- Section 30:4C-85 - Conduct of kinship caregiver assessment in certain cases
- Section 30:4C-86 - Checks required prior to submission of petition
- Section 30:4C-87 - Kinship legal guardianship as alternative disposition
- Section 30:4C-88 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-89 - Short title
- Section 30:4C-90 - Findings, declarations relative to kinship legal guardianship
- Section 30:4C-91 - Dissemination of information by DCF
- Section 30:4C-92 - Rules, regulations
- Section 30:4C-101 - "Tuition" defined
- Section 30:4C-102 - "Statewide Tuition Waiver Program."
- Section 30:4C-103 - Eligibility requirements for program
- Section 30:4C-104 - Application procedure, maximum benefit
- Section 30:4C-105 - Rules, regulations