Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) To receive and maintain the Departments' approval, County Human Services Advisory Councils shall contain the required membership delineated in (a)1 through 3 below. The categories of membership in (a)4 through 7 below are strongly recommended. All categories of membership may be included as voting members with the exceptions noted below.
1. Public and private provider representation shall be comprised of both public and private human services provider representatives. Provider representation shall include employees, board members, or volunteers of an entity, which holds a contract with the Departments. Provider representative membership shall represent as many target populations and service areas encompassed by the Departments as possible and it shall not exceed 49 percent of the total membership. Representation shall include:
i. The County Freeholder or County Executive, or a designee, as an ex-officio, voting or non-voting member (county choice);
ii. The county welfare agency (or its county equivalent) Director or designee;
iii. The Departments' representatives assigned to the county to oversee/monitor CHSAC contracted activities, as ex-officio, non-voting members;
iv. Representatives from various Divisions of the Departments, as ex-officio, non-voting members; and
v. A representative from the Workforce Investment Board;
2. Consumer, consumer advocate and family member representation shall be at least 25 percent of the total council membership. Consumer, consumer advocates and family members shall represent a cross-section of the local human services community and target populations, as defined in 10:2-1.2. A consumer member of a provider Board will be considered a "consumer," as long as that provider does not hold a seat on the CHSAC. No provider agency shall have more than one vote on a CHSAC;
3. Voting members shall reflect the county's ethnic and racial populations as determined by the latest census data and service population;
4. Representation may include voluntary sectors, such as private planning councils, faith-based organizations and major donors or funders of local human services and major geographic subdivisions;
5. Representation for youth concerns is strongly recommended to include representatives of boards and commissions, which represent the needs of at-risk children and youth (such as the County Youth Services Commissions, the County Inter-Agency Coordinating Councils (CIACCs), Children's Behavioral Health Service System-Care Management Organization (CMO), County Commissions on Child Abuse and Missing Children or representatives of youth organizations;
6. Representatives from other county-level advisory boards and commissions; and
7. Non-New Jersey Department of Human Services' service network representation may include a local public housing agency representative and may include the areas of employment, aging (area agency on aging), health (county and local health offices), substance abuse, education, community action and community development organizations, legal aid and vocational rehabilitation. Other representation may include those who the county believes would provide a valuable contribution to human services planning (for example: labor unions, private businesses, and foundations).
(b) Only voting members of the CHSAC shall be counted in the determination of the demographic composition of the Council.
(c) CHSACs shall establish staggered terms for members, including a provision to ensure that no member subject to term limits holds more than two consecutive three-year terms. After serving six years, a member can be re-appointed after a period of one year has elapsed. Term limits shall not apply to the following categories: County Freeholder or County Executive, county welfare agency (CWA) Director or equivalent, Department Representative, or Departments' Division representatives. Consumers, consumer advocates and family members may also be exempted from term limits (county choice).
