2A:4A-81 - Other referrals - New Jersey Statutes

2A:4A-81.  Other referrals
    a.  The juvenile-family crisis intervention unit shall also receive referrals on a continuous basis in situations where a juvenile-family crisis exists and there has been either:

    (1) A request by a parent or juvenile for intervention;  or

     (2) A referral by a public or private agency, educational institution, or any other organization serving children, which has contact with the juvenile or  family, and has reasonable cause to believe that a family crisis exists.

    b.  Any agency or organization making such a referral shall indicate whether  their agency is capable of providing the appropriate services to the family or  juvenile and indicate their present ability and willingness to do so in the  particular case referred.

    c.  Any public agency making the referral which is under a legal obligation  to provide services to the family or juvenile, shall, where it is unable to  provide appropriate services in the particular case referred, state the reasons  therefor.

     L.1982, c. 80, s. 6, eff. Dec. 31, 1983.