New Jersey Statutes 30:4C-27.5. Definitions relative to resource family care
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4C-27.5
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Child” means a person who: is either under the age of 18 or meets the criteria set forth in subsection f. of section 2 of P.L.1972, c.81 (C. 9:17B-2); and is under the care or custody of the division or another public or private agency authorized to place children in New Jersey.
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Children and Families.
“Department” means the Department of Children and Families.
“Division” means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families.
“Resource family home” or “home” means a private residence, other than a children’s group home or shelter home, in which board, lodging, care, and temporary out-of-home placement services are provided by a resource family parent on a 24-hour basis to a child under the auspices of the division or any public or private agency authorized to place children in New Jersey.
“Resource family parent” means a person who has been licensed pursuant to P.L.2001, c.419 to provide resource family care to five or fewer children, including a child who has been placed by the division with the person for the purpose of adoption, except that the department may license a resource family parent to provide care for more than five children, if necessary, to keep sibling groups intact or to serve the best interests of the children in the home.
“License” means a document issued by the department to a person who meets the requirements of P.L.2001, c.419 to provide resource family care to children in the person’s home.
L.2001, c.419, s.3; amended 2004, c.130, s.72; 2005, c.169, s.11; 2006, c.47, s.138; 2012, c.16, s.89.