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The Office of Community Programs requires five (5)
distinct units to effectively manage the various aspects of the
New Jersey Department of Corrections' Residential Community Release
Programs.
Assignment Unit
- Collaborate with the Institutional Community Release Coordinators
to obtain appropriate applications
- Screen RCRP applications to ensure appropriateness of inmates
- Assign inmates to appropriate RCRP placement (including Assessment
Centers)
- Develop and maintain necessary databases for accurate tracking
of inmates
- Track RCRP Inmate movement through the NJDOC continuum of care
- Reconcile bi-weekly and monthly billing invoices
Contract Compliance Unit
- Oversee and Monitor the Residential Community Release Programs
(RCRPs)
- Assign Contract Administrators to specific RCRP facilities
- Conduct routine contract compliance monitoring for immediate
corrective action, culminating in an annual performance evaluation
- Develop and maintain essential databases
- Collect all required documents for annual facility recertification
- Monitor to ensure RCRPs provide adequate drug testing
- Monitor to ensure inmates have access to medical services
- Review/clearance of pre-employment background checks for potential
RCRP staff
- Update and maintain Inmate Employment Rosters
Contract Administration Unit
- Develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Contracts
- Research "best practices" and legal issues associated
with the development of the RFP
- Review proposals submitted in response to the RFP
- Prepare contracts and contract addenda
- Act as a Legislative liaison for the OCP and as the Division
back-up liaison for the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
- Develop and review all Policies and Procedures
- Coordinate staff training functions
Special Projects Unit
- Program Development
- Coordinate with public and private agencies/foundations to develop
effective programs for RCRP inmates
- Act as the NJDOC representative for recruitment of inmates to
the New Community Workforce Development Center in Newark, NJ for
vocational training purposes
- Provide professional Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Masters
in Social Work (LCSW/MSW) consulting services for special programming
initiatives and projects for the special needs' inmate population
- Act as the office liaison to the State Correctional Institutions
for special needs inmates
Intensive Supervision Program Unit (ISP)
- Act as the NJDOC liaison to other departments, governmental
subdivisions and agencies, most notably with the Administrative
Office of the Courts
- Act as the NJDOC liaison to ensure coordination of services
between NJDOC and ISP, which is administered by the Administrative
Office of the Courts
- Represent NJDOC with the Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)
review of application, interview and participate in decision making
process
- Reclassify and assign inmates to appropriate programs and/or
institutions as needed
The Intensive Supervision Program program is located in the
judicial branch of government under the auspices of Probation
Services in the Administrative Office of the Courts. A Department
of Corrections representative serves as a member of the review
panel, which screens, evaluates and recommends applicants to
re-sentencing judges for acceptance into the Intensive Supervision
Program. For additional information about the Intensive Supervision Program, you may call (609) 984-0076 or go to the link below. http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/probsup/isp_intro.htm
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