New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
Subchapter 5 - PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:37-5.75 - Designation of responsibility
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The goal is to have a SP Program Element in each county, in order to offer SA services to target population clients entering the mental health system. The specific role of the SA program in a particular county shall be outlined in an approved County Plan and/or in the State Mental Health Plan.
(b) Each SA program shall be sponsored by an organization, or a component thereof, independent of a direct mental health or other human service provider. Such an entity might be, but is not limited to a County Mental Health Association, advocacy group, etc. The Division may waive this requirement if an agency presents an organizational structure which demonstrates clear administrative autonomy between the advocacy activities and the provision of direct services.
(c) Counties designated by the Division in the State Plan and determined by the Division to have complied with the funding priorities noted in 10:37-5.1(a), (b) and (c), shall work with the Division to develop a SA Program in the Fiscal Year following that designation.
(d) Each SA program shall be formally affiliated with all mental health provider agencies (including State and county hospitals), the County Mental Health Board, and related human service providers (especially housing and county welfare).
(e) Community education/consultation activities aimed at non-mental health/human service gatekeeper agencies, as appropriate, shall define the role of the SA program if/when a SA client comes into contact with that gatekeeper agency.
(f) The SA program shall participate in client complaint procedures as determined by the Division and consistent with the regulations in 10:37-4.6.
(g) The SA program may work with C & E programs of mental health agencies, volunteer groups, etc. to facilitate the integration of mental health clients into local communities through companionship, community education, and other volunteer programs.
(h) The SA program may periodically site visit mental health agencies and State and county hospitals that serve its area and prepare reports to the County Mental Health Board and the Division, if such a role is identified as appropriate by the county and/or the Division.
(i) SA workers shall provide outreach to boarding homes to assure availability of services to residents, as needed.
(j) The SA Program Element shall not engage in the provision of clinical mental health services.