Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The family
support program shall be monitored by the Division and administered by a Family
Support Coordinator working under the direction of a Statewide family advocacy
organization designated by the Division to administer the program. The
Statewide family advocacy organization shall not be under contract with the
Division to provide Intensive Family Support Services.
(b) The Family Support Coordinator shall be
qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of this position,
pursuant to
30:4-177.4 7, as demonstrated by
the following:
1. A master's level degree in
social work, psychology, public health or other similar advanced
degrees.
2. Five years experience
in the planning, coordination and implementation of services for people with
serious mental illness and their families.
3. Experience in the development of needs
assessments.
4. Experience in the
development of family support services.
5. Ability to facilitate workgroups
consisting of family members.
(c) The Family Support Coordinator, in
conjunction with the Statewide family advocacy organization and local family
advocacy groups, shall work to expand and establish family support services
throughout the State, in accordance with (c)1 through 3 below.
1. In conjunction with the three regional
family working groups and the Statewide family working group, established
pursuant to
30:4-177.48
, the Family
Support Coordinator shall adopt, review, and revise as needed, a State Family
Support Services Plan for Families of Persons with a Serious Mental Illness.
The Plan shall identify:
i. The needs, goals
and family priorities for the provision of family support services;
ii. Strategies to provide outreach and
coordinated delivery of support services; and
iii. Identification of additional funding
needs for the program to supplement funds appropriated pursuant to and
available for the purposes of this chapter.
2. The Family Support Coordinator shall
coordinate efforts by public and private agencies and local family advocacy
groups. Coordination shall include, but not be limited to:
i. The identification of services provided by
different agencies to avoid duplication;
ii. Planning with all agencies to ensure that
gaps in services are filled; and
iii. The coordination of activities for
receiving and adopting input from local family advocacy groups.
3. At least annually, the Family
Support Coordinator shall report in writing to the Statewide family advocacy
organization and the Division on the efforts of the regional family working
groups to effectuate the purposes of P.L. 1995, c.314 (30:4-177.4 3 et seq.).
