N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:14-1.5 - Nondiscrimination

(a) Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(18), neither the Division nor a contract agency providing resource care services shall deny to any individual the opportunity to become a resource parent on the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the individual or of the child involved; or delay or deny the placement of a child into resource care on the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the resource parent or child involved.

(b) Neither the Division nor any contract agency providing resource care services shall discriminate with regards to the licensing of a resource parent or to providing resource care in accordance with N.J.A.C. 3A:51-2.1(b)1, on the basis of age; disability; gender; religion; sexual orientation; parental status; or birth status, against:

1. Any person who requests information about becoming a resource parent;

2. A resource parent applicant;

3. A licensed resource parent;

4. A child needing placement in a resource home; or

5. A child placed in a resource home.

(c) Neither the Division nor any contract agency providing resource care services shall deny an individual the opportunity to become a resource parent on the basis of marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status.

(d) When a couple lives together, both partners shall be considered to be resource parents who shall meet the standards contained in N.J.A.C. 3A:51.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:14-1.5

New Rule, R.1998 d.61, effective 1/20/1998.
See: 29 N.J.R. 4268(a), 30 N.J.R. 491(a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:122B-1.6 and amended by R.2003 d.254, effective 7/7/2003.
See: 35 N.J.R. 516(a), 35 N.J.R. 2922(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10:122B-1.5, Service limitations, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:122B-1.4.
Amended by R.2009 d.4, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 3924(a), 41 N.J.R. 247(a).
Substituted "resource" for "foster" throughout; in (a), substituted "§ 671(a)(18)" for "§ 671(a)(18)"; in the introductory paragraph of (b), updated the N.J.A.C. reference; and in (c), inserted ", civil union, or domestic partnership".