New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 15 - CHILD CARE SERVICES
Subchapter 6 - CONTRACTED CHILD CARE CENTERS
Section 10:15-6.5 - Siblings and children with special needs and special circumstances
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:15-6.5
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Within Tiers A, B and C, higher priority placement consideration shall also be given to a Priority 2 or 3 child defined in N.J.A.C. 10:15-6.4. Child care arrangements may be required to help stabilize or ameliorate the situation and/or prevent the placement of the child or other family member(s) outside the home. The conditions specified below shall be rated equally.
1. A child on the waiting list who is the
sibling of another child currently enrolled in a contracted space and for whom
subsidized child care services or service had been requested and indicated on
the child care eligibility application form.
2. A child considered for subsidized child
care services or service is identified and determined as having special needs
due to a serious physical, medical, emotional, mental, cognitive, or
developmental condition that may include, but is not limited to, a child who
has been classified by a child study team as having a handicapping condition
and the child's individual educational plan indicates that the child care
placement is an appropriate educational setting.
3. A child with special circumstances is
determined and identified through a written referral from the CP & P, DFD,
CWA/BSS; legal, medical or social service agency; emergency shelter; or public
school. The referral shall delineate the medical or social problem or adverse
living condition of the family and specify that child care services are needed
to help ameliorate the situation and/or prevent the placement of the child or
other family member(s) outside of the family. Priority consideration for a
child with special circumstances is limited to:
i. One parent/applicant is employed or
attends class full-time and the other parent/co-applicant (or the applicant in
a single parent family) shall provide full-time care for a child or dependent
that is physically incapacitated or mentally challenged;
ii. A parent/applicant is a victim of
domestic violence;
iii. One or both
parents/applicants are adolescent parents not receiving TANF benefits, enrolled
in school, employed, or participating in a job training program leading to
employment on a full-time basis, and at risk of going on welfare; or
iv. Circumstances involving individuals who
are not the birth parents, but who have voluntarily assumed responsibility for
the care of a child or who have legal custody of a child and for whom child
care services are needed. In these situations, one or more of the following
conditions shall be met:
(1) The applicant(s)
requesting subsidized child care on behalf of the child has voluntarily assumed
responsibility for the care of a child or has legal custody and control of a
child and has elected not to receive the CP & P foster care benefits for
that dependent child or deemed not eligible for the same;
(2) Failure to obtain subsidized child care
services will cause undue hardship to the family and the CP & P
intervention and provision of a CP & P out-of-home maintenance payments may
be required/requested for that dependent child;
(3) The dependent child and family of the
caregiver meet the eligibility criteria for the TANF Program, excluding income,
and because of income, TANF child care subsidy assistance has been denied
because of the non-needy status of the caregiver;
(4) The income of the dependent child and
family of the caregiver meet the income eligibility criteria for child care
services. (See Appendix B, Client Income Eligibility and Co-Payment Schedule
for Subsidized Child Care Assistance or Services.); or
(5) Child care subsidy assistance is needed
because:
(A) The applicant/caregiver (or
applicant and co-applicant in a two-parent family) works full-time, attends
school full-time or participates in a job training program leading to
employment on a full-time basis;
(B) One applicant/caregiver is employed
full-time, attending school full-time, or participating in a job training
program leading to employment on a full-time basis and the co-applicant is
physically incapacitated or mentally challenged (or the applicant in a single
parent family is physically incapacitated or mentally challenged) and because
of the disability or handicap, is unable to care for the child or assistance is
required;
(C) One
applicant/caregiver is employed full-time, attending school full-time, or
participating in a job training program leading to employment on a full-time
basis and the co-applicant is responsible for the care of a dependent in the
home who is physically incapacitated or mentally challenged and because of the
disability or handicap of the dependent, is unable to care for the child or
assistance is required;
(D) The
applicant/caregiver (or applicant and co-applicant in a two-parent family) is
over the age of 50 and is the relative caregiver for a drug exposed infant;
or
(E) The applicant/caregiver (or
applicant and co-applicant in a two-parent family) is over the age of 60 and
the relative caregiver is unable or significantly limited in his or her ability
to provide normal care or meet the developmental needs of the child.
4. For
foster parents requesting subsidized child care services or service for their
birth children, the foster children shall not be counted in the family size nor
shall the maintenance payments made by the CP & P be considered part of the
foster parents' income.
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