New Jersey § 2a:4a-70

§ 2a:4a-70.

a. Each county shall establish a court intake service which shall have among its responsibilities

the screening of juvenile delinquency complaints and juvenile-family crisis referrals. The intake service shall operate in compliance with standards established by the

Supreme Court, but in no instance shall the standards for personnel employed as counselors be less

than a master's degree from an accredited institution in mental health or social or

behavioral science discipline including degrees in social work, counseling, counseling

psychology, mental health counseling or education. Equivalent experience is acceptable when it consists of a minimum of an associate's

degree with a concentration in one of the behavioral sciences and a minimum of five

years' experience working with troubled youth and their families or a bachelor's degree

in one of the behavioral sciences and two year's experience working with troubled

youth and their families. Intake personnel should also receive training in drug and alcohol abuse . b. The court intake service shall make arrangements for the receipt of complaints,

on a continuous basis, in situations where the subject of the complaint is a juvenile,

or referrals through crisis intervention units where a juvenile-family crisis may

exist. It shall assist the court in screening referrals for court intervention, making

referrals to appropriate agencies, reviewing and approving alternative living arrangements

as provided by law, determining that jurisdiction for juvenile-family crisis proceedings

may exist prior to filing a petition, and in monitoring referrals for development

and implementation of family service plans. Every complaint or juvenile-family crisis petition shall be reviewed by the court

intake service unless otherwise ordered by the court. c. The court intake service shall have the responsibility for monitoring, on a 24-hour

a day, 7-day a week basis, the admission of alleged delinquents to the detention or

shelter care facilities and no juvenile may be admitted to a detention or shelter

care facility without its approval. d. The Supreme Court shall have the authority to issue rules governing the duties,

responsibilities, and practices of court intake services as it deems necessary to

effectuate the purposes of this act; establish guidelines and procedures for the

training of intake services staff; establish reporting procedures to be followed

by court intake services in providing data for its evaluation; and conduct, at least

annually, an evaluation of all intake services.