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General Information
Application Name Service Information System 
Application Acronym SIS 
State NEW JERSEY 
ACF Region Region II 
Federal Program Child Welfare Program 
Profile Last Updated 8/3/2004 15:16:32 

State Information
Administration State Administered 
Additional State Programs Child Welfare 
Responsible Program Agency Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) 
Responsible System Agency NJ Office of Information Technology (OIT) (state information technology agency provides mainframe computing and programming); DYFS (state child welfare agency provides systems analysis and user interface) 
Other Contributing Agencies N/A 

Application Information
Maintained By State Maintained 
Development Source Transferred 
If Transfered, from which State   
Application Status Operational 
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational March 1981 
Functional Description SIS is the mainframe system used to record demographic information about clients, their families, and their relatives, and to track services provided to the family, including placements and adoption, while under DYFS supervision. Referrals for protective and general social services, protective service investigation, and substantiated perpetrators identified in protective service investigations, are also recorded. Data collected in SIS includes a history of goals, legal status codes, living arrangements and addresses, out-of-home placements, and referrals for protective and general social services. 
Interfaces PCIS- Provider Caretaker Information System - service providers CPAS - Client Payment Accounting System: pays placement providers CFPS - Claim for Payment System: payments and adjustments RMS - Random Moment Study: samples casework activities Medicaid - Title XIX Medicaid eligibility and billing NJCFS - Exchange info with NJ treasury for payments ACSES - IV-E data to Automated Child Support Enforcement System FIPS - maintain records of fingerprinting ALFX - Soundex search of Human Services clients in several systems 
No. of System Users 4000 
No. of Clients Served 53,000 children 
Certifications/Assessments none 
Application Future Plans System will be replaced by SACWIS in the next several years. 
Other Relevant Information n/a 

Contractor Usage
Planning n/a 
Implementation n/a 
Operations n/a 
Monitoring n/a 
Other n/a 

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application Multiple Database 
Type of Platform Single Platform 
Hardware Platform BULL DPS 9000/754-2 
Operating System Bull GCOS 8 
Languages ANS COBOL 74 & 85; QRP (some reports) 
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)
checked boxAdoption checked boxAdult Protective Services checked boxChild Care
unchecked boxChild Care Licensing unchecked boxChild Care Resource Referral unchecked boxChild Care Subsidy
checked boxChild Family Services checked boxChild Protective Services checked boxChild Support Enforcement
checked boxChild Welfare checked boxEmployment Services checked boxFamily Preservation Support
unchecked boxFood Stamp checked boxFoster Care checked boxIndependent Living
checked boxInterstate Compact unchecked boxJuvenile Justice unchecked boxLIHEAP
checked boxMedicaid checked boxProvider Services unchecked boxTANF
Additional Program or Services Information  Permanency tracking system (ASFA data) 

Contact Information
IT Contact
Name Art Hull, Assistant Administrator, Office of Information Services 
Address 50 East State ST
PO Box 717
Trenton    NJ    08625-0717 
Telephone 609-292-4354  
Fax 609-292-4672  
Email ahull@dhs.state.nj.us
Website http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dhsdyfs.html 
Program Contact
Name Jean Marimon 
Address 50 East State ST
PO Box 717
Trenton    NJ    08625-0717 
Telephone (609) 292-4834  
Fax 609-292-4672  
Email jean.marimon@dhs.state.nj.us
Website http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dhsdyfs.html 

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