State of New Jersey CP&P 5-69
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (rev. 11/2016)
Child Protection and Permanency
Youth Last Name: Youth First Name:
Case ID: ______Person ID: ______Date of Birth: / / .
National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD )
Baseline Survey
Youth in Placement on 17th Birthday
(or placed within 45 days of turning 17)
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 about the youth.
Item # Survey Area Survey Response
5 What is your gender? ____ Male
____ Female
____ Declined
What is your Race? Please check all that apply.
6 American Indian or Alaska Native ____
7 Asian ____
8 Black or African American ____
9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ____
10 White ____
11 Unknown ____
12 Declined ____
Item # Survey Area Survey Response
13 Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin? ____ Yes
____ No
____ Unknown
____ Declined
16 Are you a member of, or eligible for ____ Yes
membership in, a Federally-recognized tribe? ____ No
____ Declined
17 Are you or have you been an ____ Yes
adjudicated delinquent? ____ No
(Under a court's jurisdiction ____ Declined
usually as a result of having
engaged in delinquent behavior)
18 Education 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 youth’s perspective. Questions about meaning of key terms in this survey can be found after Item #58.
Item # Survey Area Survey Response
37 Are you currently employed full-time: Working ____ Yes
at least 35 hours per week at one or multiple jobs? ____ No
____ Declined
38 Are you currently employed part-time: Working ____ Yes
1-34 hours per week at one or multiple jobs? ____ No
____ Declined
39 In the past year, did you complete an apprenticeship, ____ Yes
internship, or other on-the-job training, ____ No
either paid or unpaid? ____ Declined
40 Are you currently receiving Social Security payments ____ Yes
(Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security ____ No
Disability Insurance (SSDI), or dependents' payments)? ____ Declined
41 Are 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
42 Are 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 Area Survey Response
43 Are you currently receiving public food assistance? ____ Yes
(If you are in placement, please check not applicable) ____ No
____ Not applicable
____ Declined
44 Are 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
45 Excluding paid employment, are you currently receiving ____ Yes
any periodic and/or significant financial resources or ____ No
support from another source not previously indicated? ____ Declined
46 What 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
47 Are you currently enrolled in and attending high school, ____ Yes
GED classes, post-high school vocational training, or ____ No
college? ____ Declined
48 Is 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 Area Survey Response
49 Have you ever been homeless ? ____ Yes
____ No
____ Declined
50 Have you ever referred yourself or has someone else ____ Yes
referred you for an alcohol or drug abuse assessment ____ No
or counseling? ____ Declined
51 Have you ever been confined in a jail, prison, ____ Yes
correctional facility, or juvenile or community ____ No
detention facility, in connection with allegedly ____ Declined committing a crime?
52 To your knowledge, have you ever given birth or ____ Yes
fathered any child that was born? ____ No ____ Declined
***If you answered “No” or “Declined” to Question #52, check “Not Applicable”***
53 If 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
54 Are you currently on Medicaid? ____ Yes
____ No
____ Don't know
____ Declined
Item # Survey Area Survey Response
55 Other 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”***
56 Does 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”***
57 Does 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”***
58 Does your health insurance include coverage ____ Yes
for prescription drugs? ____ No
____ Don't know
____ Not applicable
____ Declined
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 for your 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 you have 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 you were 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, you were 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 youth 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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