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N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.16 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024
NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 5. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
§ 10:90-5.16 TANF Initiative for Parents (TIP) Program
(a) The TIP Program is a performance-based child abuse and neglect prevention initiative that offers comprehensive parenting, nutritional and support services utilizing in- home visitation parenting models of service delivery, one of which includes the Healthy Families America (HFA) model, for families at risk of abuse or neglect. TIP Program services are made available initially based on the in-home visitation service provider's assessed needs of the family. TIP Program participants shall be re-evaluated for continued program services, by the service provider, at three-month intervals. (b) The purposes of the TIP Program are to: 1. Promote the safety, permanency and well-being of infants and their siblings while: i. Encouraging healthy parent-child interactions; and ii. Reducing the number of referrals to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (CP&P); 2. Increase healthy child development, rates of immunizations, early identification of development delays, and good nutrition; 3. Link families to community based medical, social, nutritional and employment services; and 4. Provide TANF parents an opportunity to acquire parenting skills that will assist the recipient in the pursuit or maintenance of employment while balancing a healthy family environment. (c) Participation in TIP Program services, including the in-home visitation, is not mandatory. The TIP program preferred approach is in-home visitation. However, participants are given a choice of participating in the program services voluntarily, as follows: 1. In their own home; 2. Outside of their own home; or 3. In their own home and outside of their own home.