New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:56-10.2 - Staff and staff ratio requirements

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:56-10.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The home shall only employ staff members who are at least 21 years of age.

(b) Homes may use student interns and volunteers to support the activities of regular paid staff members. However, student interns and volunteers below the age of 21 years shall not be permitted to provide activities or transportation by themselves.

(c) Homes that serve pregnant or parenting adolescents shall ensure all staff members are certified in infant CPR, as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross).

(d) Treatment homes serving one or two adolescents shall have a child care staff member or house parent on duty whenever an adolescent or infant is present in the home.

(e) Homes serving three or more adolescents shall have a minimum of two staff on duty at all times. Once this minimum is met, the following staff ratios shall be used to determine staff ratio requirements for the actual member of adolescents and infants present in the home:

Adolescents and/or Infants Present in the HomeStaff Ratio Requirement
Waking Hours--Infants only1 staff: 4 infants
Waking Hours--Adolescents only1 staff: 6 adolescents
Waking Hours--Adolescents and their infants1 staff: 6 residents
Sleeping Hours--Adolescents with or without infants1 staff: 6 residents

(f) A home may permit an adolescent to care for another adolescent's infant if the following conditions are met:

1. The adolescent who is assuming the care of another adolescent's infant cares for no more than one other infant in addition to her own at any one time;

2. The adolescents discuss the expectations of the caregiver, including duration of child care, infant's nutritional and toileting needs, and whether the mother will make arrangements for compensation; and

3. The home documents approval of the arrangement.

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