New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 95 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 14 - SERVICES TO CLIENTS' FAMILIES
Section 10:95-14.1 - General purpose and scope

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:95-14.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Services shall be provided to family members when such services are necessary to the adjustment or rehabilitation of the client. The objective of the client's successful rehabilitation is carried out by helping the family recognize its responsibilities to use its own resources for contributing to the rehabilitation of the client, and supplementing or supporting as necessary the family's own resources or the resources available in the community.

(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, a family member is any relative of the client by blood or marriage, or legally responsible person or other individual(s) living in the same household with whom the client has a close interpersonal relationship.

(c) An individual who meets the definition of family member in (b) above may receive services after the client has been determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, during any active phase of the client's case (see 10:91-2.3, 2.7, and 10:95-3.3 and 13.1).

(d) The Commission shall provide services to a client's family only if it is necessary for the rehabilitation of the client and the services are not otherwise available through existing community agencies.

(e) The Commission, the client and the client's family member(s) shall jointly determine the need for Commission services based on the following criteria:

1. The services to the client's family will have a substantial impact on the client;

2. The service will allow or increase the opportunities for the client to use vocational rehabilitation services;

3. Without the services the client would be unable to begin or continue his or her individualized plan for employment; or

4. The individualized plan for employment would be jeopardized or interfered with to the extent that employment would be unnecessarily delayed or could not be achieved.

(f) The Commission shall apply its financial needs test as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-3 to the provision of services to a client's family. Any participation in the costs of services to families, whether by the client or other family member, is considered participation by the client. The Commission shall also apply its comparable services and benefits rules as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-3 to the provision of services to a client's family.

(g) The Commission shall provide to the client's family only those goods or services which are necessary to the adjustment or rehabilitation of the client as stipulated in the client's individualized written rehabilitation program. These services may include:

1. Group or individual counseling to help family member(s) understand the needs of the client;

2. Day care services for children which would enable the client to pursue his or her individualized written rehabilitation program;

3. Genetic or marital counseling services when indicated; and

4. Housing services to assist the family in locating adequate living quarters as appropriate to meet the needs of the client in promoting his or her rehabilitation program.

(h) The Commission will terminate services to a client's family when:

1. The service(s) no longer makes a substantial contribution to the client's rehabilitation;

2. The client is not accepted for vocational rehabilitation services or the client's case is closed as not rehabilitated either before or after the initiation of an individualized plan for employment; or

3. The client is rehabilitated and the case is closed.

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