New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:55-10.12 - Money and allowance
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-10.12
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The facility shall provide opportunities for all adolescents to earn an allowance, unless doing so would compromise her eligibility for benefits that she receives or may receive.
(b) The facility shall not require an adolescent to assume responsibility for expenses for her care or that of her infant, except for amounts needed to pay for damage done to the facility by the adolescent or her infant.
1. When an adolescent damages the building
or the facility's property, the facility shall identify who damaged the building or
property in an incident report before requiring the adolescent to pay
restitution.
2. When an infant damages
the building or the facility's property, the facility shall identify who damaged the
property and that the damage resulted from a lack of supervision by the adolescent
mother, before requiring the adolescent mother to pay restitution.
3. The restitution payments shall not exceed 50
percent of an adolescent's weekly income from allowance and earnings.
4. Adolescents who are working or have a savings
account shall have the option to make a lump sum payment for damages.
5. The facility may offer the adolescent the
option of performing additional chores in lieu of restitution payments.
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