Healthcare
The age when you have the right to make decisions about your healthcare.
What is 18?
Up until this age you can live in a resource home.
What is 21?
A program to help with going to college, enrolling in a vocational program, or looking for a job.
What is PACES (Pathways to Academic and Career Exploration to Success)?
Protects siblings' relationships in foster care, adoption, or residential placements.
What is the Siblings' Bill of Rights?
Name 1 university/college in NJ.
Rutgers, Seton Hall, Rowan, Fairleigh Dickinson, Ramapo, Montclair, Princeton, Stockton, Monmouth, St. Peter's, Drew, The College of NJ, NJ City University, NJ Institute of Technology, Stevens, etc.,
This covers your healthcare while your DCPP case is open, up to age 21.
What is Medicaid?
The database that assists you with placement in transitional or permanent housing.
What is the Adolescent Housing Hub (AHH or the Hub)?
Emergency funding once your DCPP case is closed.
What is Wraparound Funds?
The Siblings' Bill of Rights Act only applies to biological siblings and not adopted siblings. True or false.
What is FALSE?
The Siblings' Bill of Rights Act in New Jersey is designed to protect the rights of siblings, whether they are biological siblings or adopted siblings
Money that helps youth who have been in foster care in New Jersey go to college or enroll in a vocational program.
What is New Jersey Foster Care Scholars.
TRUE OR FALSE. My Medicaid will automatically continue until I am 26 years old.
What is FALSE.
Housing Program that is available once I turn 18, is semi-supervised, and has some restrictions
What is a transitional living program?
Can help with preparing to find a job, managing money and other community resources.
What is Life Skills Program?
The Siblings' Bill of Rights was developed by NJ Department of Children & Families (NJ DCF) Youth Council. True or false.
What is TRUE?
NJ Foster Care Scholars will typically give me this much after federal and state financial aid has been applied.
What is funding $5,000 ($2,500 per semester)?
The age to which Medicaid Extension for Young Adults (MEYA) covers qualifying participants
What is 26?
You must do this for DCPP to pay for your housing, food and clothing once you turn 18.
What is go to school or work at least 20 hours per week?
These funds will not cover cell phones, court costs, tickets or fines, student loans, and cars or car payments.
What is Wraparound Funds?
The Siblings' Bill of Rights helps maintain strong bonds between siblings despite changes in their living arrangements. True or false.
What is TRUE?
Name of the federal application that you must complete to be eligible for funding through the New Jersey Foster Care Scholars.
What is FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
This ensures that I can pay for hospitals, doctors, medicine, and even going to the dentist after I turn 21.
What is MEYA?
Program that helps young adults, who were in foster care get their own apartment, perhaps with a friend or relative.
What is an Independent Living Stipend?
DCP&P is required to obtain a _______ and ________for youth as part of the case closure process.
What is a birth certificate and a social security card?
This is the year Governor Murphy signed the Siblings' Bill of Rights.
What is 2023?