Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) An emergency need for services or
placement shall be deemed established when the person is homeless or in
imminent peril, as defined in this chapter. Supports may be provided to the
person where he or she is currently living to avoid homelessness or imminent
peril. Where supports can be provided, the Division shall not declare a need
for an emergency services or placement.
(b) When the Division has determined that an
emergency exists, the Division shall offer emergency services, if available.
Emergency services shall meet the individual's basic needs.
1. The individual or his or her legal
guardian shall be notified by telephone which agency will provide emergency
services and where to take the eligible individual.
2. The Division shall confirm in writing the
offer of emergency services.
3.
Emergency services shall be provided for 30 days during which time the provider
agency shall conduct an assessment to determine:
i. Whether the individual may return home
with or without supports; or
ii. If
the provider agency shall offer a long-term placement.
4. Emergency services may be continued for an
additional 30 days in order to transition the individual to return back to his
or her home or to the long-term placement arranged by the agency in
coordination with the Division.
5.
When emergency services are provided, an IHP shall be developed prior to the
individual's return home or to the provision of a long-term
placement.
(c) When the
Division determines that an emergency exists and no emergency services are
available, the individual shall be offered a placement in a funded vacancy
which can meet his or her basic needs as defined in N.J.A.C.
10:46B-1.3. The Division may provide
additional supports in the funded vacancy to meet the individual's basic needs.
1. The individual or legal guardian shall be
notified by telephone by the case manager of the offer of emergency
placement.
2. The individual or
legal guardian shall be required to accept or reject the offer of placement
within three working days.
3. The
individual or legal guardian may visit the proposed emergency placement, so
long as the visit occurs before the response to the offer of emergency
placement is due.
4. If there is no
response within the required time period, the offer of emergency placement
shall be deemed by the Division to be rejected.
5. The Division shall confirm in writing the
circumstances of the emergency, the offer of placement and the final
disposition of the matter.
6. If an
offer of emergency placement is declined, the Division may reevaluate whether
there is a need for an emergency placement.
7. When the Division determines that the need
for an emergency placement exists, the development of an IHP shall not be
required prior to placement.
8. An
IHP shall be developed within 30 calendar days following an emergency
placement, to plan for an orderly transition to a more permanent placement,
unless the IDT confirms the placement will meet the needs of this individual as
a long-term placement. If the IDT determines that the placement is
inappropriate, the individual shall be placed in the next appropriate Division
funded vacancy that becomes available. If no Division funded vacancy becomes
available beforehand, the individual shall be added when the Division receives
an appropriation for placement.
