10:122D-2.1 Purpose
(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to identify the services that the Division shall provide to a child in out-of-home placement in its efforts to:
1. Provide the child with safe care while in out-of-home placement;
2. Meet the child's physical, psychological, and other developmental needs;
3. Assure the child's well-being;
4. Help the child to understand the reasons for his or her out-of-home placement, the case goal, and to adjust to being a child in out-of-home placement; and
5. Achieve the case goal, which reflects the permanency plan for the child.
Amended by R. 1998 d. 63, effective January 20, 1998. See: 29 N.J.R. 4273(a), 30 N.J.R. 492(a). Amended by R. 2003 d. 255, effective July 7, 2003. See: 35 N.J.R. 530(a), 35 N.J.R. 2930(a). In (a), added ", which reflects the permanency plan for the foster child" at the end of 5. Amended by R. 2009 d. 5, effective January 5, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 3930(a), 41 N.J.R. 250(a). In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "out-of-home" for "foster home"; in (a)1, (a)4 and (a)5, deleted "foster" preceding "child"; in (a)1, deleted "home" preceding "care" and inserted "while in out-of-home placement"; in (a)2 and (a)3, deleted "foster" preceding "child's"; and in (a)4, substituted "out-of-home" for the first occurrence of "foster home" and the second occurrence of "out-of-home placement" for "a foster home".