New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 46C - COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM WAITING LIST PROCEDURES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:46C-1.1 - Purpose

(a) This chapter establishes criteria and procedures for allocating limited community-based services, based on the relative needs of the individuals waiting for Division services. In accordance with the Developmentally Disabled Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 30:6D-1et seq., such services shall be designed to maximize the developmental potential of the individual in a manner least restrictive of personal liberty.

(b) The availability of such services shall be limited to the Division's funding in a given fiscal year. The basis of this chapter is to establish a means to prioritize service needs when there are insufficient funds, in order to provide the most appropriate services. The chapter represents an administrative process for the allocation of scarce resources among many individuals with similar needs and circumstances.

(c) The waiting list assignment shall indicate only the need for services. The assignment shall not reflect the specific type of services needed. The individual's need for services changes over the course of the individual's life. The intent of this chapter is not to establish specific services to be provided, but to reflect only a general service need. Waiting list categories are general groupings based upon the level of priority. The date that the individual is assigned to the waiting list category shall be recorded.