Section 30:5B-28 - Applicant requirementsThe Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section 14 of P.L. 1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-14) and the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, shall establish criteria for assessing the suitability of grant applicants. Each applicant for a grant under this act shall:
a. Describe the need for and type of child care services to be furnished;b. Provide assurances that the applicant has knowledge of and experience in the special nature of child care services for school-age children;c. Provide assurances that each person to be employed by the applicant for child care has appropriate experience and character including a criminal history records check of the files of the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division;d. Provide evidence that the applicant will be afforded use of an appropriate school facility or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner, which may be a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L. 1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.);e. Provide assurances that the program will be in conformity with all appropriate statutes, regulations, ordinances, and such programs as shall be developed for the program created by P.L. 1987, c.215 (C.30:5B-26 et seq.);f. Provide a tentative budget for the program, including a proposed sliding-fee schedule which should reflect a family's capacity to pay;g. Provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in the development and implementation of the child care program; andh. Provide such other assurances and information as the commissioner shall reasonably require to carry out the provisions of P.L. 1987, c.215.Amended by L. 2012, c. 16,s. 122, eff. 6/29/2012.