{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-2.4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-2.4","heading":"New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy.","body":"4. a. There is established the New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy in the Department of  Children and Families for the purpose of providing a training program to meet the needs of the child welfare system Statewide.  The training program shall provide:\n(1)\tpre-service and in-service training for public employees of the child welfare system;\n(2)\ttraining opportunities for community-based entities and other child welfare system stakeholders as designated by the commissioner; and\n(3)\tpre-service and in-service training for resource families.\nb.\tThe academy shall be responsible for developing and managing the training activities provided under this program, for which purpose it shall:\n(1)\tadminister, coordinate and evaluate all training activities under the program;\n(2)\tseek to partner with social work and other professionals to ensure that the training provided under the program reflects best practices;\n(3)\tdevelop training curricula, resources and products;\n(4)\tschedule and provide notice of training events and provide training materials for those events;\n(5)\t employ and compensate training event instructors as necessary;\n(6)\tcreate mechanisms and processes to assess, identify and monitor training needs for public employees of the child welfare system, including competency-based training;\n(7)\t create mechanisms and processes to evaluate the effectiveness of the training provided under the program;\n(8)\tprovide for the development of multimedia training tools to inform, educate and train public agency staff, resource families and others in the child welfare system;\n(9)\tdetermine the minimum number of pre-service and in-service training hours required of, and ensure the availability of sufficient training opportunities for, public agency staff Statewide; and\n(10) conduct any other activities necessary to develop, implement and manage the training program.\nc.\tThe training provided to resource families pursuant to this section shall include courses in the role of caregivers as part of the care and treatment of children requiring out-of-home placement.  A resource family parent shall be required to complete the number of hours of pre-service and in-service training prescribed under the training program as a condition of licensure under P.L.2001, c.419 (C.30:4C-27.3 et seq.).\nL.2004, c.130, s.4; amended 2006, c.47, s.115.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"ce2761a3cbc030133ae3d53d80d7022a45529130b680860306d7fc2f233277dc","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-2.3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-2.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}