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Rule Proposals

Category

Rule

Effective

Title

Expiration Date:

Proposed Amendments

Proposed Repeal
N.J.A.C. 3A:71

N.J.A.C.
3A:71-4.3, 5.3, and 6.2

1/16/2024

Address Confidentiality Program

Comment period extends from January 16, 2024 to March 16, 2024
Proposed Readoption N.J.A.C. 3A:55

11/6/23

Manual of Requirements for Residential Child Care Facilities   

Comment period extends from November 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024
Proposed Readoption N.J.A.C. 3A:5

7/3/23

Dispute Resolution  

Comment period extends from July 3, 2023 to September 1, 2023
Proposed Readoption N.J.A.C. 3A:20

6/5/23

Legal Guardianship   

Comment period extends to August 4, 2023
Proposed Readoption N.J.A.C. 3A:53

4/17/23

Manual of Standards for Children’s Shelter Facilities and Shelter Homes   

60-day comment period extends from April 17, 2023 to June 16, 2023
Temporary Rule Suspension N.J.A.C. 3A:52

3/16/20 

DCF Rule Waiver/Modification/Suspension

Concurrent with expiration of Executive Order 103
Temporary Rule Modification N.J.A.C. 3A:71

4/16/20

DCF Rule Modification for Division on Women's Address Confidentiality Program

Concurrent with expiration of Executive Order 103
Temporary Rule Suspension

N.J.A.C. 3A:55
N.J.A.C. 3A:56

5/1/20

DCF Rule Waiver for CSOC Congregate Care Provider

Concurrent with expiration of Executive Order 103

 

 

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Rule Adoptions

Category

Rule

Title

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:12

Case Management  

February 1, 2024

February 1, 2031

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:54

Manual of Requirements for Family Child Care Registration  

January 19, 2024

January 19, 2031

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:52

Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers

December 20, 2023

December 20, 2030

Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:5

Dispute Resolution

October 25, 2023

October 25, 2030

Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:20

Legal Guardianship

September 8, 2023

September 8, 2030

Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:53

Manual of Requirements for Children's Shelter Facilities and Shelter Homes

August 11, 2023

August 11, 2030

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:1

Organization of the Department of Children and Families

August 8, 2023

August 8, 2030

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:15

Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement

April 18, 2023

April 18, 2030

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:14

Resource Care

April 14, 2023

April 14, 2030

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:17

Removal of Children in Placement from Resource Family Homes

April 14, 2023

April 14, 2030

Notice of Readoption

N.J.A.C. 3A:50

Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies

March 24, 2023

March 24, 2030

 

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Regulations

Recodification of all Department Rules from Title 10 of the New Jersey Administrative Code to New Title 3A 

49 N.J.R. 98(a)

Take notice that, the Department of Children and Families (Department) was created by the Department of Children and Families Act, N.J.S.A. 9:3A-1 et seq. (the Act), effective July 1, 2006. The Act transferred all functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Children's Services in the Department of Human Services to the newly-created Department of Children and Families. N.J.S.A. 52:27D-43.9a transferred the Division on Women from the Department of Community Affairs to the Department of Children and Families, effective June 29, 2012. The Department of Children and Families requested, and the Office of Administrative Law agreed to permit, the administrative recodification of the Department's rules from Title 10, Human Services, to the newly created Title 3A, Children and Families, of the New Jersey Administrative Code. These recodifications, along with attendant technical changes to the rule text concerning cross-references, agency names, addresses, etc., are effective January 3, 2017, and shall be manifested in the New Jersey Administrative Code beginning with the 01-03-17 Code Update and continuing until all chapters are so recodified. It is anticipated that approximately two to four chapters will be recodified with each Code Update produced. The table below sets forth the Title 10 chapters being recodified along with their chapter headings and new Title 3A codification. Several chapters will be proposed for amendment to update terminology as determined necessary by the Department at a later time. This notice of administrative changes is published in accordance with N.J.A.C. 1:30-2.7.

Click here for all Department regulations.

 

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Federal Grantees

Risk Assessment Tool for Federal Grant Subrecipients  

Information for Federal Grantees  

 

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Funding Opportunities

See the section below where you can download standard documents relating to funding and federal grant opportunities.  

Title

Related Information

Federal Applications Due Date

Announcement of Funding Opportunity from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJ DOL) for the Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equality (CARE) Program    

To learn more about the CARE Grant: nj.gov/labor/grants under the "FY 2024" tab.

Direct Link to Notice of Grant Opportunity: FY24 CARE Grant NGO.pdf (nj.gov)

Link to CARE Program Page: Department of Labor and Workforce Development | Cultivating Access, Rights and Equity (CARE) Grant Program (nj.gov)

 

 

 

NJ DOL has grants available for funding to cover outreach/education and technical assistance and support for Employers and Workers to increase their understanding of laws and programs that ensure equitable access to NJ Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits, NJ Earned Sick Leave and other work-related rights, and Unemployment Insurance.

Community-based organizations with a history of success providing community-centered, culturally relevant, and language-specific programs are encouraged to apply.

The Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) grant program focuses on workers who are less likely to have access to paid leave, including low-wage workers, workers of color, immigrants, women, refugees, and more. Likewise, the program also aims to reduce barriers related to race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity, which can impact awareness of and meaningful access to the rights and benefits for which they are eligible. 

NJ DOL has released $2.2 million in funding to support this program, and award amounts will be between $50,000 to $200,000 depending on the proposal.

Relevant dates for the grant opportunity are below:

  • Monday, March 11th, 5:30 - 7:00 pm and March 12,10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Information sessions (Registration required; Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend).
  • Monday, April 1st by 11:59 pm:Application Interest Form due. 
  • Wednesday, April 3rd by 11:59 pm: Applications due.

 

Grant opportunity offered from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Family Unification Program (FUP)

FR-6600-N-84

Application Due Date: May 25, 2023

DCF recommends that interested parties review the sample MOU provided by HUD, located at this website: PREVIEW.FR-6600-N-84-FUP.pdf (hud.gov) 

Click HERE for more information on this grant opportunity. The NOFO FAQ should be reviewed HERE.

 

The opportunity requires an executed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that includes the Public Child Welfare Agency (PCWA) or DCF.

As part of the MOU DCF, as the PCWA, will:

  1. Establish and implement a system to identify FUP-eligible families and FUP-eligible youth within the agency’s caseload and to review referrals from the Public Housing Authority (PHA) and Continuum of Care (CoC);
  2. Work with the CoC to integrate into the coordinated entry process the identification, prioritization, and referral of FUP-eligible youth not currently within the PCWA’s caseload;
  3. Provide written certification to the PHA that a family or youth is FUP eligible;
  4. Provide or secure a commitment for the provision of required supportive services; (Note, DCF will work closely with the CoC, PHA and community-based Provider Partners to secure supportive services for FUP eligible youth beyond the age of 21 years old. The applicant should strongly consider the required partnerships to support this commitment).
  5. Train PHA and CoC staff on the work of the PCWA as it relates to FUP-eligible youth and families; and
  6. Conduct regular meetings (at least quarterly) with the PHA and CoC.

Note, the MOU execution date must be between the date the NOFO was published and the application deadline (i.e., between April 25, 2023, and May 25, 2023). This is an application threshold requirement and no exceptions or extensions to this requirement are allowed. Grants are due May 25, 2023.

DCF is requesting that PHAs interested in partnering submit a draft MOU/Letter to dcfaskrfp@dcf.nj.gov by May 10, 2023.

 

DCF may, in its discretion, determine it cannot partner with some or all partnership requests from PHAs. 

MOU/Letter drafts due by May 10, 2023.

HUD application due date by May 25, 2023.

Email Address for questions and submissions by May 9, 2023: dcfaskrfp@dcf.nj.gov.

NOTICE OF UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) intends to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to establish the provider network for the first phase of New Jersey's statewide newborn home visiting program. The RFP is anticipated to be released in April 2023 and will seek providers who: 

  • Will maintain a team of Registered Nurses, along with supervisory and support staff, to provide home visits to birth, adoptive and resource families with newborns in the identified catchment area with cultural and linguistic competence,  
  • Will comply with requirements of the Family Connects International (FCI) evidence-based model, including, but not limited to: training, maintenance of certification, data collection and reporting, participation in community alignment activities and participation in performance monitoring and continuous quality improvement activities, and 
  • Will accept Medicaid, in addition to commercial insurance as forms of payment. 

DCF intends to release a second, subsequent RFP to establish the provider network for a second phase of implementation.   

 

Additional information regarding the FCI model can be found here: Home - Family Connects International.  

Additional information regarding the NJ universal newborn home visiting program can be found here:

https://www.nj.gov/dcf/providers/fcp/uhvp/ 

 

 

The RFP is anticipated to be released in April 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notice to Providers Regarding Fraud Prevention

Sandy Fraud Prevention and Notice 

 

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Proposed Amendment to New Jersey Medicaid State Plan for Health Home Services in Mercer County

Click HERE for public notice regarding proposed amendment to New Jersey Medicaid State Plan for health home services in Mercer County.

 

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