10:15-2.2 Divisional responsibilities

(a) The DFD shall be responsible for the following activities in the administration of the DHS child care service programs: 1. The development and issuance of the "Universal application Form", DHS: CCL, used in the child care service programs; 2. The contract, programmatic and fiscal supervision of the CCR&Rs and contracted centers at the county level; 3. Collaboration with the CP&P in the development of policies and procedures for the child care service programs; 4. Development and implementation of maximum reimbursement rate table for all child care programs (see N.J.A.C. 10:15-10.1(c)); 5. Provision for an administrative review appeals process through divisional proceedings when situations concerning voucher parents/applicants are not resolved at the level of the local CCR&R or contracted centers (see N.J.A.C. 10:15-2.4(a)18); 6. Provision for a fair hearing process, as delineated at N.J.A.C. 10:90-9.3, in situations concerning the provision of child care services for WFNJ or TCC participants; 7. Submission of required reports to the Federal ACF for the DHS administered child care programs and supportive services; 8. Periodically conducting a local market survey of child care costs for the various types of child care arrangements for full or part-time care; 9. The administration and supervision of contracts which are established with quality child care funds set aside to establish, expand or conduct early childhood development and/or school-age child care programs and to improve the quality and availability of child care; 10. The responsibility of the distribution of Pre-K Planning Grant funds and recommendations for the use of funding to all ECPA school districts; 11. The establishment of a co-payment scale as contained in the Appendices to this chapter, based on family income, family size, hours of care needed and number of children in care; and 12. The establishment of income eligibility rules based on the Federal Poverty Level and contained in this chapter. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2009 d.18, effective January 5, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 2637(b), 41 N.J.R. 226(b). In (a)2, substituted "CCR&Rs" for "UCCAs"; and in (a)5, substituted "CCR&R" for "UCCA". Amended by R.2009 d.356, effective December 7, 2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 2545(a), 41 N.J.R. 4436(a). In (a)4, substituted "table" for "tables". Notice of readoption with technical changes. See: 48 N.J.R. 2807(a). Annotations Notes Chapter Notes 2025 RESPONSIBILITIES