N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.4

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

Section 3A:58-1.4 - Program services

(a) Agencies operating children's partial care programs shall provide a comprehensive range of services to address the individual needs of the youth. These programs shall be available daily five days per week. Additional planned activities may be provided during evening or weekend hours or both, as needed.

1. Services shall be available for all youth and provided to the extent required by the individual treatment plan. Evidence of the actual provision of services shall be documented in the clinical record. Services shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

i. Individual and group counseling and support;

ii. Therapeutic activities to address daily living (ADL) skills, recreation and socialization needs;

iii. Medication management, including counseling, monitoring, and safe storage;

iv. Family support services such as: family therapy, family psycho-education, family supportive counseling, or parenting skills development;

v. Psychiatric assessment;

vi. Case coordination, including obtaining authorizations and consents;

vii. Referral, advocacy, and service linkages, including to drug/alcohol programs, as needed;

viii. Liaison with the educational system, if parents consent; and

ix. Therapeutic milieu activities such as community meetings, behavior management programs, and related programming.

2. For services arranged through non-partial care providers, the partial care program shall provide referral, case coordination, and advocacy for all such services not provided. These service needs and their appropriate provision shall be documented in the clinical record.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.4

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:37-12.4by R.2007 d.37, effective 2/5/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2566(a), 39 N.J.R. 450(b).
Amended by R.2013 d.135, effective 11/18/2013.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2431(a), 45 N.J.R. 2429(d).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a) and of (a)1; in (a)1iii, inserted ", including counseling, monitoring, and safe storage"; in (a)1vi, inserted ", including obtaining authorizations and consents"; in (a)1vii, inserted ", including to drug/alcohol programs, as needed"; and in (a)1viii, inserted ", if parents consent".