N.J. Admin. Code § 10:2-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:2-1.6 - Procedural requirements

(a) County Human Services Advisory Councils shall:

1. Maintain a clearly identified structure and operational procedures specified in the by-laws;

2. Maintain an allocation process for increases, reductions or reallocation of available funding, which, at a minimum, includes a request for proposals process (in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:3-3), a proposal review process, an appeals process, and a conflict of interest policy. These processes should be documented in writing, and be available to the public in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-2:

i. The appeals process shall, at a minimum, be sent to each applicant agency responding to a CHSAC's Request for Proposal for Department of Human Services' and Department of Children and Families' funding. The appeals committee shall consist of membership that is devoid of conflict of interest;

ii. The conflict of interest policy shall, at a minimum, preclude CHSAC members from participating in their official capacity in discussions and/or decision making regarding funding or monitoring of, programs for which they are employed, serve as a board member or as a volunteer, have family ties or have a financial interest. Members should review the potential for conflict on an annual basis and, as needed, provide full disclosure pertaining to ties to service providers relative to themselves and family members; and

3. Maintain a contract review policy for all renewals of purchase-of-service contracts funded through the CHSAC allocation recommendation process, to determine continued compliance with the County Human Services Plan priorities, to assess qualitative aspects of the contracts, and to ensure that the services are still being directed toward the target populations. Renewal recommendations shall be submitted to the appropriate contracting Division and, when appropriate, to the County Freeholder Director or County Executive. State Law (N.J.S.A. 30:4-24.3) concerning confidentiality of client records shall determine their accessibility to the CHSACs for the purposes of contract review.

(b) Membership requirements may be waived by the Departments. Waiver requests shall be presented in writing from the County Human Services Advisory Council to a Department representative. Waiver requests, which violate the policy goal of protection of the interests of at risk, disabled and minority populations or provisions of this chapter shall not be approved. Waivers shall apply for a term of one year.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:2-1.6

Amended by R.1992 d.28, effective 1/6/1992.
See: 23 N.J.R. 3259(a), 24 N.J.R. 95(a).
Added (a) 2 and 3, (b) and (c).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:2-1.7 and amended by R.2002 d.296, effective 9/16/2002.
See: 34 N.J.R. 953(a), 34 N.J.R. 3264(b).
In (a), substituted "shall," for "should" in 2i, rewrote 2ii, deleted former 3, recodified former 4 as 3 and rewrote the paragraph. Former N.J.A.C. 10:2-1.6, Membership waiver requests, repealed.
Amended by R.2008 d.83, effective 4/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3864(a), 40 N.J.R. 1864(a).
In (a)1, inserted "the"; in the introductory paragraph of (a)2, inserted a comma following "funding"; in (a)2i, inserted "and Department of Children and Families' " and substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; in (a)2ii, substituted "; and" for a period at the end; in (a)3, substituted "ensure" for "insure" and "toward" for "towards", and deleted commas following "(N.J.S.A. 30:4-24.3)" and "records"; and added (b).