New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 46A - FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE SYSTEM
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:46A-1.3 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age and older.
"Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:
1. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental or physical impairments;
2. Is manifest before age 22;
3. Is likely to continue indefinitely;
4. Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity, that is:
i. Self-care;
ii. Receptive and expressive language;
iii. Learning;
iv. Mobility;
v. Self-direction;
vi. Capacity for independent living; and/or
vii. Economic self-sufficiency;
5. Reflects the need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated; and
6. Developmental disability includes, but is not limited to, severe disabilities attributable to intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida and other neurological impairments where the above criteria are met. (30:6D-25.)
"DDD Family Support Coordinator" means an employee of DDD designated by the Regional Administrator to coordinate the region's family support service system.
"Division" or "DDD" means the Division of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services.
"Family" means the family member with a developmental disability and his or her parents, siblings, spouse, and/or children, or uncompensated caregiver.
"Functional services" means those services and programs available to provide a person with a developmental disability: education, training, rehabilitation, adjustment, treatment, care and protection. (N.J.S.A. 30:4-23)
"Family support" means a coordinated system of on-going public and private supports, services, resources, and other assistance, which are designed to maintain and enhance the quality of life of a family member with a developmental disability and his or her family.
"Family Support Coordinator" means a coordinator working under the direction of the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his or her office.
"Level of service" means the contracted number of units of service to be delivered and the actual number of units of service delivered.
"New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD)" means the Federally mandated State planning and advisory board composed of 28 members appointed by the Governor.
"Parent" means the biological or adoptive parent or uncompensated foster parent or legal guardian.
"Resident" means a person who is a domiciliary of New Jersey for other than a temporary purpose and who has no present intention of moving from the State.
"Supports" means those services other than residential services provided by the Division which will help the individual remain in his or her living situation.
"Uncompensated caregiver" means the person, including, but not limited to, a parent, sibling, spouse, child, grandparent, step family member, aunt, uncle, cousin or legal guardian, who, without monetary payment, cares for the family member with a developmental disability and with whom the family member with a developmental disability resides.
