New Jersey § 30:5b-28

§ 30:5b-28.

The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education

and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1983,

c. 492 ( C.30:5B-14 ) and the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families , shall establish criteria for assessing the suitability of grant applicants. Each applicant for a grant under this act shall: a. Describe the need for and type of child care services to be furnished; b. Provide assurances that the applicant has knowledge of and experience in the special

nature of child care services for school-age children; c. Provide assurances that each person to be employed by the applicant for child care

has appropriate experience and character including a criminal history records check

of the files of the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

Identification Division; d. Provide evidence that the applicant will be afforded use of an appropriate school

facility or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner, which may

be a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c. 492 ( C.30:5B-1 et seq. ); e. Provide assurances that the program will be in conformity with all appropriate

statutes, regulations, ordinances, and such programs as shall be developed for the

program created by P.L.1987, c. 215 ( C.30:5B-26 et seq. ) ; f. Provide a tentative budget for the program, including a proposed sliding-fee schedule

which should reflect a family's capacity to pay; g. Provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in

the development and implementation of the child care program; and h. Provide such other assurances and information as the commissioner shall reasonably

require to carry out the provisions of P.L.1987, c. 215 .