DYFS definition

DYFS means Division of Youth and Family Services within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families.
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DYFS means the Division of Youth and Family Services within the Department of Children and Families.
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Examples of DYFS in a sentence

  • The DYFS Child Abuse Hotline is to be contacted at 1-877-NJABUSE.

  • Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a student has been subjected to child abuse or neglect must immediately report the matter to DYFS by telephone or otherwise, pursuant to N.J.S.A.9:6-8.10 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-11.1(a)2.

  • While DYFS allows anonymous child abuse reporting for the general public, school staff may not be entitled to anonymity for these reports.

  • Individuals in the following Home and Community-based Waiver programs: Model Waiver I, Model Waiver II, Model Waiver III, Enhanced Community Options Waiver, Aids Community Care Alternative Program (ACCAP), Community Care Program for Elderly and Disabled (CCPED), assisted living programs, ABC Waiver for Children, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and DYFS Code 65 children.

  • However, if after documented, reasonable outreach (i.e., mailers, certified mail, use of MEDM system provided by the State, contact with the Medical Assistance Customer Center (MACC), DDD, or DYFS to confirm addresses and/or to request assistance in locating the enrollee) the enrollee fails to respond within 20 working days of certified mail, the contractor may cease paying for the pre-existing service until the enrollee or, where applicable, authorized person, contacts the contractor for re-evaluation.

  • The claim is for a child who is in a DYFS supported out of home placement.

  • It is not necessary for the same person to contact law enforcement and DYFS.

  • All individuals eligible through DYFS shall be considered a unique Medicaid case and shall be issued an individual 12 digit Medicaid identification number, and may be enrolled in his/her own contractor.

  • The survey shall be stratified to capture statistically significant results for all categories of New Jersey Care 2000+ enrollees including AFDC/TANF, DYFS, SSI and New Jersey Care Aged, Blind and Disabled, NJ FamilyCare, pregnant and parenting women, and racial and linguistic minorities.

  • Pursuant to the DCF/Law Enforcement Model Coordinated Response Protocol promulgated February 2007 by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, a law enforcement agency receiving a report of child abuse from the designated school official, need not notify the DYFS Hotline when the school official confirms that the DYFS Hotline has been contacted by school staff.