10:15-2.3 CP&P responsibilities

(a) The coordination of the CP&P Area Office/Adoption Resource Center need for child care services with individual child care agencies and in-home care providers is the responsibility of staff designated by the CP&P Area Office Managers as the Child Care Liaisons (CCLs). An alternate liaison should be designated to back up the regular liaison. (b) Unless the CP&P Area Office Manager has assigned some of these responsibilities to other individuals, the responsibilities of the CCL include: 1. Establishing and maintaining open lines of communication and a good working relationship between the CP&P Area Office, individual contracted child care agencies, and the CCR&R, including procedure for problem resolution; 2. Assisting in clarifying child care-related policies and procedures to the CP&P staff, the CCR&R and contracted child care center staff and implement the CP&P Area Office procedures for referral and admission; 3. Determining or ruling out the availability of a child care placement in other publicly or privately funded programs that are reasonably accessible to the family; 4. Notifying a child care agency or the CCR&R within five working days of any change in child care status, including case transfers to other CP&P Area Offices, changes in the child's placement, changes in assessed co-payments, discontinuance of child care service, and termination of the CP&P case; 5. Maintaining accurate records for both the CP&P Area Office and child care agency (that is, referral and placement of eligible CPS children and tracking of vacant contracted child care spaces held for the CP&P Area Office use, as notified by each child care agency); 6. Reconciling Priority 1 children as defined at N.J.A.C. 10:15-6.3(a)1 identified as receiving child care services on the CP&P client information system with information with Priority 1 children listed on the latest monthly CP&P/CPS voucher payment report from the CCR&R; 7. Assisting the CP&P Case Managers by reviewing application forms and supporting documentation to ensure proper completion prior to submittal to the child care agency or CCR&R; 8. Facilitating the CP&P Area Office child care referrals, placements, and intake of clients referred from a child care agency or the CCR&R, including prioritizing applications, certifying and processing the required paperwork, and, if necessary, obtaining missing required paperwork or supporting documentation (that is, employment/school/training program status or income verification); and 9. Coordinating with other liaisons from other CP&P Area Offices, respond to child care issues and participate in regularly scheduled child care meetings, as required. 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). Substituted "Area" for "Field" and "CCR&R" for "UCCA" throughout; in (a), substituted the first occurrence of "Area" for "District"; and in (b)8, substituted a comma for a semicolon following "necessary". Notice of readoption with technical changes. See: 48 N.J.R. 2807(a). Section was "DYFS responsibilities". Annotations Notes Chapter Notes 2025 RESPONSIBILITIES