Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Request NJCAT reassessment and an updated NJISP
Document changed needs and request the assessment and plan changes required to respond.
Official sources checked 2026-07-25
Start here
Review the NJCAT reassessment processBefore you start
- What changed, when, current risk, caregiver or housing change, service failures, medical or behavioral records, current NJCAT, PCPT, NJISP, and the response requested.
Who to contact
Assigned Support Coordinator and DDD.DDPIAssessmentRequests@dhs.nj.gov for the published assessment-request route.
Step by step
- Notify the Support Coordinator immediately and provide a dated changed-needs summary.
- Update the PCPT and NJISP information supporting the request.
- Use DDD’s reassessment route; the official page warns a reassessment may result in the same, higher, or lower tier.
Expected next
A documented assessment review, reassessment decision, and NJISP update or other written next step.
Save this proof
Changed-needs summary, supporting records, updated PCPT or NJISP, reassessment request, confirmation, assessment result, tier letter, and service response.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Support Coordination Agency supervisor and DDD assessment contact to confirm receipt, owner, required records, and next date.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Changed-needs summary
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the official sources named below.
- What changed?
- When?
- Current risk
- Current supports
- Why insufficient?
- Records
- Requested response
- Owner
- Next date
Derived from Supports Program Policy Manual and Rate Appendix, New Jersey Comprehensive Assessment Tool, Person-Centered Planning
Official resources
Limits
A reassessment can leave the tier unchanged or move it higher or lower; it does not guarantee funding, a service, or provider capacity.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.