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General Information
Application Name Family Assistance Management Information System 
Application Acronym FAMIS 
State NEW JERSEY 
ACF Region Region II 
Federal Program TANF Program 
Profile Last Updated 8/13/2004 14:59:41 

State Information
Administration State Supervised, County Administered 
Additional State Programs TANF/Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) 
Responsible Program Agency Division of Family Development (DFD) 
Responsible System Agency Office of Information Systems (OIS) under DFD and Office of Information Technology (OIT) 
Other Contributing Agencies   

Application Information
Maintained By State Maintained 
Development Source Custom 
If Transfered, from which State   
Application Status Operational 
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational   
Functional Description The Application includes eligibility determination, benefit calculation, monthly processes, including benefit checkwrite and generation of related management and fiscal reports. 
Interfaces Within Division: work activity case management, child care issuances, and other work supports(OMEGA), child support enforcement (ACSES); LIHEAP; IEVS; QUALITY CONTROL; within Department: medical assistance eligibility file (DMAHS); outside contracts: electronic benefit processing (Deluxe). 
No. of System Users 6,000 
No. of Clients Served 125,000 
Certifications/Assessments   
Application Future Plans Consolidated Assistance and Support System (CASS) - Part of the re-engineering effort to integrate all of DFD support systems thru utilizing an Enterprise Architecture and Framework Approach. 
Other Relevant Information Both TANF client benefits and Food Stamps are generated via EBT. 

Contractor Usage
Planning   
Implementation   
Operations   
Monitoring   
Other   

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application Single Database 
Type of Platform Single Platform 
Hardware Platform BULL Olympus Mainframe 
Operating System GCOS 8; AIX 
Languages COBOL 
DBMS DM IV 

Programs and Services Information
Other Programs and Services Supported (Note: Check boxes below are images that are for information purposes and not real controls)
unchecked boxAdoption unchecked boxAdult Protective Services unchecked boxChild Care
unchecked boxChild Care Licensing unchecked boxChild Care Resource Referral checked boxChild Care Subsidy
unchecked boxChild Family Services checked boxChild Protective Services unchecked boxChild Support Enforcement
unchecked boxChild Welfare unchecked boxEmployment Services unchecked boxFamily Preservation Support
unchecked boxFood Stamp unchecked boxFoster Care unchecked boxIndependent Living
unchecked boxInterstate Compact unchecked boxJuvenile Justice checked boxLIHEAP
checked boxMedicaid unchecked boxProvider Services checked boxTANF
Additional Program or Services Information    

Contact Information
Program Contact
Name Barbara DeGraaf 
Address PO Box 716
 
Trenton    NJ    08625-0716 
Telephone 609-588-2405  
Fax 609-588-3369  
Email barbara.degraaf@dhs.state.nj.us
Website www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd 
IT Contact
Name Richard Ambrass 
Address Division of Family Development
PO Box 716
Trenton    NJ    08625-0716 
Telephone 609-588-2223  
Fax 609-588-2299  
Email rich.ambrass@dhs.state.nj.us
Website http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd 

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