State of New Jersey CP&P 5-70

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (rev. 11/2016)

Child Protection and Permanency

Youth First Name:Youth Last Name:

Case ID: ______Person ID: ______Date of Birth: / / .

National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)

Follow-up Survey

Youth Was in Placement on 17th Birthday

(Youth is currently 19 or 21 years of age)

Note that item #s will not be sequential. Some of the NYTD item responses are generated directly from NJ SPIRIT.

Date survey is completed (mm/dd/yyyy):_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _

Instructions: Items #5 through #18 provide demographic and identifying information.

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

5What is your gender?____ Male

____ Female

____ Declined

What is your Race? Please check all that apply.

6American Indian or Alaska Native____

7Asian____

8Black or African American____

9Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander____

10White____

11Unknown____

12Declined____

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

13Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin?____ Yes

____ No

____ Unknown

____ Declined

16Are you a member of a Federally-recognized tribe?____ Yes

____ No

____ Declined

17Are you or have you beenan____ Yes

adjudicated delinquent? ____ No

(Under a court's jurisdiction____ Declined

usually as a result ofhaving

engaged in delinquent behavior)

18Education level: What is the____ Less than 6th grade

last grade you completed?____ 6th grade

____ 7th grade

____ 8th grade

____ 9th grade

____ 10th grade

____ 11th grade

____ 12th grade

____ Postsecondary education or

training

____College, at least one semester

____ Declined

Instructions: Please check only one response for each of the areas in the following survey.

Responses to items #37 through #58 need to reflect the young adult’s perspective. Questions about meaning of key terms in this survey can be found after Item #58.

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

37Are you currently employed full-time: Working____ Yes

at least 35 hours per week at one or multiple jobs?____ No

____ Declined

38Are you currently employed part-time: Working____ Yes

1-34 hours per week at one or multiple jobs?____ No

____ Declined

39In the past year, did you complete an apprenticeship,____ Yes

internship, or other on-the-job training,____ No

either paid or unpaid?____ Declined

40Are you currently receiving Social Security payments____ Yes

(Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security____ No

Disability Insurance (SSDI), or dependents' payments)?____ Declined

41Are you currently receiving a scholarship, grant, stipend,____ Yes

student loan, voucher, or other type of educational____ No

financial aid to cover any educational expenses? ____ Declined

42Are you currently receiving ongoing welfare payments____ Yes

from New Jersey to support your basic needs?____ No

(If you are in placement, please check not applicable)____ Not applicable

____ Declined

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

43Are you currently receiving public food assistance?____ Yes

(If you are in placement, please check not applicable)____ No

____ Not applicable

____ Declined

44Are you currently receiving any sort of housing assistance____ Yes

from the government, such as living in public housing____ No

or receiving a housing voucher?____ Not applicable

(If you are in placement, please check not applicable)____ Declined

45Are you currently receiving any periodic and/or____ Yes

significant financial resources or support from another____ No

sourcenot previously indicated, excludingpaid ____ Declined

employment?

46What is the highest educational degree,____High school diploma or GED certification or licensure that you have ____ Vocational Certificate

received?____ Vocational license

____ Associate's degree

____ Bachelor's degree

____ Higher degree

____ None of the above

____ Declined

47Are you currently enrolled in and attending high school,____ Yes

GED classes, post-high school vocationaltraining, or____ No

college?____ Declined

48Is there currently at least one adult in your life, other____ Yes

than your Caseworker, to whom you can go for advice____ No

or emotional support?____ Declined

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

49In the past two years, were you homeless____ Yes

at any time?____ No

____ Declined

50In the past two years, did you refer yourself, or had____ Yes

someone else referred you for an alcohol or drug abuse____ No

assessment or counseling?____ Declined

51In the past two years, were you confined in a jail,____ Yes

prison,correctional facility,or juvenile or community____ No

detention facility, in connection with allegedly____ Declinedcommitting a crime?

52In the past two years, did you give birth to or father____ Yes

a child(ren) that was born?____ No

____ Declined

***If you answered “No,” or “Declined” to Question #52, Check “Not Applicable”***

53If you responded “Yes” to the previous question, were____ Yes

you married to the child's other parent at the time each____ No

child was born? ____ Not applicable

____ Declined

54Are you currently on Medicaid?____ Yes

____ No

____ Don't know

____ Declined

Item # Survey AreaSurvey Response

55Other than Medicaid, do you currently____ Yes

have health insurance? ____ No

____ Don't know

____ Declined

***If you answered “No,” “Don’t Know,” or “Declined” to Question #55, Check “Not Applicable”***

56Does your health insurance include coverage____ Yes

for medical services?____ No

____ Don't know

____ Not applicable

____ Declined

***If you answered “No,” “Don’t Know,” or “Declined” to Question #55, Check “Not Applicable”***

57Does your health insurance include coverage____ Yes

for mental health services? ____ No

____ Don't know

. ____ Not applicable

____ Declined

***If you answered “No,” “Don’t Know,” or “Declined” to Question #55, Check “Not Applicable”***

58Does your health insurance include coverage____ Yes

for prescription drugs? ____ No

____ Don't know

____ Not applicable

____ Declined

Consent for 19 year olds only: We would like to contact you again when you are 21. In the event that you are not at your current address, we would like your permission to search for you. Please indicate those people or agencies that you authorize to provide CP&P with your contact information only:

Motor Vehicle Agencies Y NColleges/Trade Schools Y N

Board of Social Services (Welfare) Y NCorrections Y N

Friend: Name ______Phone #: ______

e-mail address: ______

Signature ______
Definitions

Current full-time employment (37)

“Full-time” means working at least 35 hours per week at one or multiple jobs.

Current part-time employment (38)

“Part-time” means working 1–34 hours per week at one or multiple jobs.

Employment-related skills (39)

This means apprenticeships, internships, or other on-the-job trainings, either paid or unpaid, that helped you acquire employment-related skills (which can include specific trade skills such as carpentry or auto mechanics, or office skills such as word processing or use of office equipment).

Social Security (40)

These are payments from the government to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter of a person with a disability. You may be receiving these payments because of a parent’s or guardian's disability, rather than your own.

Educational Aid (41)

Scholarships, grants, and stipends are funds awarded for spending on expenses related to gaining an education. “Student loan” means a government-guaranteed, low-interest loan for students in post-secondary education.

Public financial assistance (42)

This refers to ongoing welfare payments from the government to support your basic needs. Do not consider payments or subsidies for specific purposes, such as unemployment insurance, child care subsidies, education assistance, food stamps or housing assistance in this category.

Public food assistance (43)

Public food assistance includes food stamps, which are government-issued coupons or debit cards that you can use to buy eligible food at authorized stores. Public food assistance also includes assistance from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.

Public housing assistance (44)

Public housing is rental housing provided by the government to keep rents affordable, and a housing voucher which allows you to choose your own housing while the government pays part of the housing costs. This does not include payments from the child welfare agency for room and board payments.

Other financial support (45)

This means periodic and/or significant financial support from a spouse or family member (biological, foster or adoptive), child support that you receive, or funds from a legal settlement. This does not include occasional gifts, such as birthday or graduation checks or small donations of food or personal incidentals, child care subsidies, child support foryour child, or other financial help that does not benefit you directly in supporting yourself.

Highest educational certification received (46)

Vocational certificate means a document stating that you received education or training that qualifies you for a particular job, e.g., auto mechanics or cosmetology. “Vocational license” means a document that indicates that the State or local government recognizes you as a qualified professional in a particular trade or business. An Associate's degree is generally a two-year degree from a community college, and a Bachelor's degree is a four-year degree from a college or university. “Higher degree” indicates a graduate degree, such as a Masters or Doctorate degree. “None of the above” means that the youhave not received any of the above educational certifications.

Current enrollment and attendance (47)

This means both enrolled in and attending high school, GED classes, or postsecondary vocational training or college. You are still considered enrolled in and attending school if you would otherwise be enrolled in and attending a school that is currently out of session (e.g., spring break, summer vacation, etc.).

Connection to adult (48)

This refers to an adult who you can go to for advice or guidance when there is a decision to make or a problem to solve, or for companionship to share personal achievements. This can include, but is not limited to, adult relatives, parents or foster parents. The definition excludes spouses, partners, boyfriends or girlfriends and current Caseworkers. The adult must be easily accessible to you, either by telephone or in person.

Homelessness (49)

“Homeless” means that you had no regular or adequate place to live. This includes living in a car, on the street, or staying in a homeless or other temporary shelter.

Substance abuse referral (50)

This includes either self-referring or being referred by a social worker, school staff, physician, mental health worker, foster parent, or other adult for an alcohol or drug abuse assessment or counseling. Alcohol or drug abuse assessment is a process designed to determine if someone has a problem with alcohol or drug use.

Incarceration (51)

This means that youwere confined in a jail, prison, correctional facility, or juvenile or community detention facility in connection with a crime (misdemeanor or felony) you allegedly committed.

Children (52)

This means giving birth to or fathering at least one child that was born. If males do not know, answer “No.”

Marriage at Child's Birth (53)

This means that when every child was born,youwere married to the other parent of the child.

Medicaid (54)

Medicaid (or the State medical assistance program) is a health insurance program funded by the government. When young adult is in a CP&P paid placement, the answer to this item should be “Yes”.

Other Health insurance Coverage (55)

“Health insurance” means having a third party pay for all or part of health care. You might have health insurance such as group coverage offered by employers or schools, or individual policies that cover medical and/or mental health care and/or prescription drugs, or you might be covered under your parents' insurance. This also could include access to free health care through a college, Indian Tribe, or other source.

Health insurance type—medical (56)

This means that your health insurance covers at least some medical services or procedures. This question applies only if you responded “Yes” to having health insurance.

Health insurance type—mental health (57)

This means that your health insurance covers at least some mental health services. This question applies only if you responded “Yes” to having health insurance with medical coverage.

Health insurance type—prescription drugs (58)

This means that your health insurance covers at least some prescription drugs. This question applies only if you responded “Yes” to having health insurance with medical coverage.

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