DCP&P Resources
Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) staff resources
DCP&P staff can work with PerformCare to help identify appropriate behavioral health treatment services for child welfare involved youth, including youth in foster care. Call PerformCare at 877-652-7624 and listen for the prompt for DCP&P.
DCP&P authorizations
PerformCare’s 24/7 call center assesses and provides authorization for the following services:
- Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS).
- BioPsychoSocial (BPS) assessments.
- Care management organization (CMO).
- Intensive in community (IIC)/behavioral assistant (IIC services are available as a part of a behavioral health plan for children enrolled in CMO or MRSS).
- Partial hospitalization (PHP).
- Court-ordered 14 day plans.
- Multi-systemic therapy (MST).
- Functional family therapy (FFT).
- CSOC out of home treatment (for example: Treatment Home, Group Home, Psychiatric Community Home).
How does it work?
- Contact PerformCare at 877-652-7624 and listen for the prompt for DCP&P.
- A Member Service Specialist will register the youth or confirm the youth’s details.
- You will be connected to a Care Coordinator (a NJ licensed clinician). Please stay on the line while you are transferred to the next available Care Coordinator.
- The Care Coordinator will gather information about the youth’s current behaviors and your reason for calling. This information will be utilized to determine the most appropriate clinical services.
For child welfare services
If services are for a family receiving Child Welfare Services, please consider making the call with the family as parental consent for services is required.
Substance use treatment services
If DCP&P-involved youth require substance use treatment (SUT) services, please refer them directly to CSOC-contracted SUT agencies.
You can also contact PerformCare to access SUT services. The youth must sign the Informed Consent Form for Sharing Protected Health and Substance Use Information (PDF) before services can be authorized.
Informed Consent Forms for Sharing Protected Health and Substance Use Information
| Language | Links |
|---|---|
| English | Authorization Form for Sharing Protected Health and Substance Use Information (PDF) Explanation of Informed Consent Form for Sharing Protected Health and Substance Use Information (PDF) |
| Español (Spanish) | Formulario de consentimiento informado para compartir información médica protegida y de uso de sustancias (PDF) |
| Português (Portuguese) | Formulário de Consentimento Informado para Compartilhamento de Informações Protegidas sobre Saúde e Uso de Substâncias (PDF) |
| 中文（普通话） (Chinese (Mandarin)) | 知情同意书: 共享受保护健康及物质使用信息 (PDF) |
| 中文（粵語） (Chinese (Cantonese)) | 分享受保護健康及藥物使用資訊之知情同意書 (PDF) |
| 한국어 (Korean) | |
| ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) | સુરક્ષિત સ્વાસ્થ્ય અને માદક પદાર્થના સેવનની માહિતી શેર કરવા માટે જાણકાર સંમતિ ફોર્મ (PDF) |
| عربي (Arabic) | نموذج موافقة مستنيرة لمشاركة المعلومات الصحية المحمية ومعلومات تعاطي المواد (PDF) |
| kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole) | Fòm konsantman eklere pou pataj enfòmasyon ki pwoteje sou sante ak abi sibstans (PDF) |
When should a DCP&P worker contact PerformCare?
Contact PerformCare when you or a caregiver has concerns about the child’s emotional and behavioral well-being. For example:
- Symptoms of depression.
- School refusal.
- Peer conflict.
- Family conflict (domestic violence, substance use, refusal to comply with rules).
- Hopelessness/helplessness.
- Grief (loss of family, death).
- Physical and/or verbal aggression.
- Traumatic event (multiple placements, house fire, family and community violence, etc).
- Initial placement, threat of disruption in living situation.
*For out-of-home treatment, see telephonic review guidelines (PDF).
Additional information
Your clinical consultant can explain clinical evaluations such as a psychiatric or psychological evaluation, the diagnosis, and what services would best fit the youth and family.