N.J. Stat. § 44:4-94 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-94
Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief
Status: in_force

At the expiration of six months from the time of granting permanent relief in the home, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, or sooner if and when required by the county welfare board, the director of welfare shall render a report disclosing the conditions, circumstances, and changes if any of any such case, and if further relief is deemed by the welfare board to be necessary and advisable in the case, the welfare board shall order the continuance of the relief for a like period of time. The county welfare board may in its discretion summarily revoke any such order so made and thereafter all maintenance and relief for such poor person shall cease forthwith.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-6 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6
Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may purchase and lease real estate for the welfare-house, or acquire such property and easements therein by lease, purchase or condemnation, and the power of eminent domain may be exercised as provided by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-48 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-48
§ 44:4-48
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall make annually a report of the financial management and expenditures and other operations of the welfare-house and the number of persons maintained therein, together with its recommendations to the board of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-107 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-107
Definitions regarding mobile-friendly software and SNAP.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Electronic benefit transfer card or benefit card" means a benefit card utilized by a consumer to gain access to nutrition assistance program benefits. "Mobile-friendly software" means a computer program or web-based software application designed to be used in conjunction with a mobile electronic communication device, as defined herein, and available through multiple software platforms. "Mobile electronic communication device" means any mobile device capable of communication or other transmission of information and includes, but is not limited to, a cellular telephone, wireless tablet, or other device with Internet capability, or other wireless communication device. "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" or "SNAP" means the supplemental nutrition assistance program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.). L.2021, c.245, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-81 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-81
Furnishing transportation to nonresidents.
Status: in_force

44:4-81. No person shall furnish a nonresident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the county until the director of welfare of the county has ascertained the legal residence of the person applying. Any transportation furnished to such person shall be to the person's legal residence unless it shall appear that the person has some valid claim for support or some means of support in some other place to which the person shall ask to be sent. Amended 2017, c.131, s.179.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-122 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-122
Failure to resist removal, review
Status: in_force

44:1-122. On failure to resist the removal the receiving director of welfare may not decline to receive the poor person but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving director may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in the municipality, apply to the Superior Court in the county from whence the person was removed to review the proceeding and make such revised order and disposition for the care and relief of the poor person and his removal, if lawful, as may be proper and necessary. Amended 1953,c.42,s.7; 1991,c.91,s.427.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-47 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-47
Disclosure of applicant information
Status: in_force

4. Information concerning applicants or recipients shall not be disclosed except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the program, in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the commissioner. Any person or entity under contract to provide services to the program shall comply with these regulations. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the exchange of information among agencies, organizations, or other entities as prescribed by the commissioner or pursuant to federal requirements. L.1997,c.14,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 44:6-3 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-3
Appropriations by first-class cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent children
Status: in_force

Whenever a dental association regularly incorporated under the laws of this state shall maintain and conduct in a city of the first class a dental clinic or clinics where indigent children may receive treatment and relief without charge or fee, the board or body having control of the finances of the city may appropriate and pay to that association each year such sum or sums, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in all, as it shall deem advisable, to be used and applied by that association only for the support, maintenance and equipment in the city of a dental clinic or clinics for the free treatment of indigent children not over the age of sixteen years who are residents of the city. The officers of the dental association shall annually at the beginning of each fiscal year furnish to the board or body having control of the finances of the city a report of the number and kind of cases treated by the clinic together with a detailed statement of all expenditures made from any money appropriated by the city for the clinic.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-21 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-21
§ 44:4-21
Status: in_force

Members shall hold their offices for five years, except that the first appointments shall be respectively for one, two, three, four and five years, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-52 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-52
Opportunity for hearing
Status: in_force

9. The commissioner shall assure that an applicant or recipient shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing if the applicant's or recipient's claim for benefits is denied, reduced, suspended, terminated or not acted upon within a reasonable time, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. A recipient shall continue to receive the recipient's current benefits pending the outcome of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted by the Office of Administrative Law in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1997,c.14,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 44:14-1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Welfare Per Capita Cost Limitation Act of 1981." L.1981, c. 60, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-110.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-110.2
Reduction of amount of Payments to Municipalities for Cost of General Assistance funds
Status: in_force

2. The Division of Family Development shall reduce the amount of Payments to Municipalities for Cost of General Assistance funds otherwise obliged to be paid to the municipal welfare department as reimbursement for the public assistance provided while the Supplemental Security Income claim was appealed by the fixed fee amount disbursed to the attorney or to the legal entity representing the recipient of public assistance from that municipal welfare department. L.1996,c.65,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-43 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-43
Resident helpers and municipal advisory committees
Status: in_force

County welfare boards may appoint resident helpers, and municipal advisory committees without pay and without fees, to aid in the relief of poor persons under their direction and jurisdiction, in any municipality or locality, in order that such helpers and advisory committees may observe and ascertain, assist and co-operate with any county welfare board in ascertaining the cause or causes of dependency, and in obtaining employment for poor persons when needed, and assist, advise, and co-operate with any director of welfare or deputy, under the direction and supervision of the county welfare board in instituting and prosecuting to a determination such proceedings as may be necessary through other agencies of the state, or its political subdivisions, for the relief of the poor, the admission of them, or their lawful dependents, to such institution or agency as may be provided for mental or physical disability or otherwise. The county welfare board shall appoint a municipal advisory committee in any municipality upon the request of the governing body of the municipality, the members to be appointed from names of reputable citizens submitted by the governing body. Helpers and members of municipal advisory committees shall be registered on appointment at the office of the county welfare board, and shall be furnished and supplied with such evidence of their appointment and authority as the county welfare board shall determine.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.7a — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.7a
Standard certification period, not less than 12 months within SNAP, conditions; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a standard certification period of not less than 12 months within SNAP, except that the certification period shall be not less than 24 months if all adult household members are elderly or disabled provided that all certified households shall have contact with a State SNAP administering agency at least once every 12 months. These certification periods shall not apply to initial certification periods for expedited benefit issuance or if a shorter certification period is necessary to align with the certification period of another program or to ensure the proper issuance of benefits. b. The Commissioner shall apply to the Food and Nutrition Service within the United States Department of Agriculture for any necessary waivers or approvals to implement the provisions of this section. c. As used in this section: "Certification period" means the period for which households shall be eligible to receive SNAP benefits. "Elderly or disabled" means the same as defined in section 3 of the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2012). "SNAP" means the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.). L.2023, c.145.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-65 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-65
Community, alternative work experience not considered employment
Status: in_force

11. Participation by a recipient in a community work experience or alternative work experience provided by a sponsor pursuant to this act shall not be considered employment for any purpose, except that: a. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.), and the sponsor, not the program, shall be deemed the employer for purposes of any action brought under that act; b. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "New Jersey Public Employees' Occupational Safety and Health Act," P.L.1983, c.516 (C.34:6A-25 et seq.) if the sponsor is a public employer subject to that act; c. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act," P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-1 et seq.), and the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.); d. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, subject to the provisions of section 12 of this act ; and e. The recipient shall be entitled, to the same degree as any similarly-situated employee of the sponsor, to family leave pursuant to the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) and family and medical leave pursuant to federal law. L.1997,c.38,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-64 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-64
Satisfaction of sanction, repayment obligation
Status: in_force

10. a. A person shall be required to satisfy any sanction or repayment obligation incurred pursuant to any federal or State law governing public assistance, including any act repealed by this act, as a condition of eligibility for benefits. b. (1) Whenever a parent or relative with whom a dependent child is living applies for or is receiving benefits for that child, and it appears that there is pending entitlement to a payment to the child or to either or both of his parents of funds arising from a claim or interest legally or equitably owned by the child or by either or both of his parents, other than that portion of a personal injury award which a court specifically awards to a child to make him whole as a result of an injury, the county agency may, as a condition of eligibility or continuation of eligibility for benefits, require either or both parents, or relative, to execute a written promise to repay, from the funds anticipated, the amount of benefits to be granted from the date of entitlement to that payment. Upon any refusal to make repayment, including refusal by any person acting for or on behalf of either or both parents, or relative, in accordance with the written promise, the county agency may take all necessary and proper action under State law to enforce that promise, and the granting or continuing of benefits, as the case may be, shall be deemed due consideration therefor. Any payments from the settlement of the claim or interest legally or equitably owned by the child or by either or both of his parents made by any person acting for or on behalf of either or both parents, or relative, subsequent to notice of claim of the county agency and prior to express written approval by the county agency shall cause that person to be liable to the county agency in the amount of the payment. (2) Whenever any child with respect to whom benefits have been paid pursuant to this act or assistance paid pursuant to any act repealed by this act, shall die prior to the attainment of his 21st birthday, and shall leave an estate, the total amount of benefits paid with respect to that child pursuant to this act and the total amount of assistance paid pursuant to any act repealed by this act, shall be a valid and enforceable claim against that estate, with priority over all other unsecured claims except reasonable funeral expenses and terminal medical and hospital expenses, and the county agency shall take all necessary and proper action under State law to enforce that claim. (3) The county agency may, with the consent and approval of the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services, compromise and settle any claim for repayment of benefits paid pursuant to this act or assistance paid pursuant to any act repealed by this act. (4) The Division of Family Development shall determine and cause to be made such financial adjustments as are necessary to maintain a correct proportional participation in any repayment among the counties and State. L.1997,c.38,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-60 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-60
Requirements for benefits for individuals under 18 with a dependent child
Status: in_force

6. a. If an applicant or recipient is less than 18 years of age, has never married, and is pregnant or is caring for a dependent child, the applicant or recipient shall be required, as a condition of eligibility for benefits for the applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's dependent child to: (1) reside in a home maintained by, and have the benefits paid to, the applicant's or recipient's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative; and (2) regularly attend a high school or equivalency program of study; or (3) engage in a work activity if the applicant or recipient has completed secondary education. b. The commissioner shall exempt from the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section an applicant or recipient who, as determined by the commissioner during the application or eligibility redetermination process, as appropriate, presents evidence that the parent, legal guardian or other adult relative with whom the applicant or recipient would otherwise be required to reside in order to be eligible for benefits: (1) refuses or is unable to allow the applicant or recipient, or that person's dependent child, to reside in that adult's home; (2) poses a threat to the emotional health or physical safety of the applicant or recipient; (3) has physically or sexually abused the applicant or recipient, or the applicant's or recipient's dependent child, or poses a risk of doing so; or (4) has exhibited neglect with respect to the needs of the applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's dependent child. In making the determination to exempt an applicant or recipient who is under 18 years of age pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall obtain information directly from that applicant or recipient when there has been any known circumstance or incident of physical or sexual abuse, or upon the request of that applicant or recipient. c. In the case of an applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's dependent child who are exempted from the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, in accordance with subsection b. of this section, the county agency , pursuant to guidelines established by the commissioner, shall make a determination as to the most appropriate living arrangement that would be in the best interest of the applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's dependent child. d. The commissioner shall exempt from the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section an applicant or recipient whom the commissioner determines, based upon an assessment of the person's ability and aptitude, lacks a reasonable prospect of being able to successfully complete the academic requirements of a high school or equivalency program of study. e. The commissioner may also exempt an applicant or recipient from the provisions of subsection a. of this section, if the commissioner otherwise determines that the exemption would be in the best interest of that applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's dependent child. f. The commissioner shall provide an appropriate appeal mechanism for an applicant or recipient to present evidence that would provide the basis for an exemption pursuant to this section. L.1997,c.38,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-11 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-11
§ 44:4-11
Status: in_force

The expense of maintaining a county welfare-house shall be a charge upon the county as provided in this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-79 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-79
§ 44:4-79
Status: in_force

A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, any poor person into a county from any other county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the county welfare board of the county, or from any other state into any county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the commissioner and furnishing suitable bond, and there leave or attempt to leave the person without first having obtained that consent, in order that the support or maintenance of the person upon the county may be avoided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the poor person shall not gain a legal settlement thereby and shall be returned from whence he came in the manner provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-91 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-91
Transfer of account on death of holder
Status: in_force

6. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in the event of the death of the account holder, the ownership of the individual development account shall be transferred to the ownership of a contingent beneficiary, which the account holder shall name at the time the account is established and may change at any time. If the beneficiary is deceased or otherwise cannot accept the transfer, the moneys in the individual development account derived from the account holder's earned income and any interest accrued thereon shall be transferred to the estate of the account holder. b. If an individual development account is closed pursuant to subsection a. of this section or an account holder withdraws from the individual development account program or forfeits his State matching funds due to an unauthorized withdrawal, any moneys held for matching funds for that account may be retained in the reserve fund for reallocation to be used as matching funds for new individual development accounts. L.2001,c.93,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-135 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-135
Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance in following year
Status: in_force

If any municipality, in which public assistance is being administered by the commissioner in any year, shall give notice in writing to the commissioner, before the first day of January of the next year, of its election to administer its own public assistance in such next year, such municipality shall thereafter, beginning with said first day of January, administer its own public assistance and be entitled to receive State aid in accordance with the formula set forth in section twenty-three of this act, but such municipality may in any succeeding year make application to the commissioner, as provided in this act, to administer its public assistance. L.1947, c. 156, p. 704, s. 29.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-4 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4
Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may purchase and lease real estate for the welfare-house, including any municipal almshouse suitable therefor, or acquire such property and easements therein by lease, purchase or condemnation, and the power of eminent domain may be exercised as provided by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 44:2-8 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-8
Purchase of municipal almshouses by county
Status: in_force

When a board of chosen freeholders of a county in which no county almshouse exists shall determine to purchase or build a county almshouse, and there is then in the county one or more almshouses owned or maintained by a municipality or municipalities therein, the county shall purchase such almshouse or almshouses and its or their equipment at a price to be agreed upon by the board of chosen freeholders and the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities, if they can agree thereupon; except that a municipality or municipalities may retain the almshouse and equipment for any municipal use or purpose, in which case the county need not purchase them. If the board and the governing body or bodies cannot agree upon the price to be paid for an almshouse and its equipment, then the price shall be fixed by three appraisers, one to be appointed by the board of freeholders, one by the governing body or bodies, and a third to be selected by the two appraisers; and the price to be paid shall be that fixed by all or any two of the appraisers in writing, signed by them. Upon the payment by the board of freeholders to the governing body or bodies of the price agreed upon, or the price fixed by the appraisers, the governing body or bodies shall convey and transfer the almshouse and equipment to the county.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-119 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-119
Written notice of removal
Status: in_force

When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement is lawful and necessary, it shall be inaugurated by means of a written notice signed by such official to the officer having jurisdiction in the place to which the person is to be removed, if the removal is to be to a municipality in the county; if otherwise, then the county adjuster shall act for the overseer forthwith on the application of or notice from the overseer, except as otherwise provided by law, that on a day certain not less than ten nor more than twelve days after the date and mailing of the notice an order will be made by the removing overseer, or, if the removal is outside the county, by the county adjuster, that the poor person be removed to the place of his settlement, stating the reasons therefor, the place of his settlement or the place where he became poor prior to his becoming an inhabitant of the municipality from whence he is to be removed.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-102 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-102
Compelling support by relatives
Status: in_force

44:4-102. If any of the relatives mentioned in section 44:4-101 of this Title shall fail to perform the order or directions of the county director of welfare with regard to the support of the poor person, or if the poor person is supported at public expense, the Superior Court, upon the complaint of the director of welfare or two residents of the county may summon the persons chargeable as in other actions and summon witnesses, and may order and adjudge the able relatives to pay such sum as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court for each poor person, as will maintain and relieve him or them, and as will relieve the public of the burden of such care and maintenance. However, where it shall appear that the person or persons sought to be held were the child or children of the poor person and were abandoned and deserted by the poor person who failed to support and maintain them during minority, the Superior Court may revoke the order of the director of welfare or reduce the amount of said order against such child or children, in proportion to the actual support and maintenance rendered by said poor person to the child or children sought to be held. Any child now under an order to support a poor person may apply to the Superior Court which issued said order for the revocation or reduction of said order in accordance with the terms of this proviso. Violations of any such order of the Superior Court shall constitute a contempt of court. The county through its governing body may also bring an appropriate action to recover any sum of money due for the relief, support and maintenance of any poor person against any person chargeable by law therefor. Amended 1940,c.56; 1953,c.42,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.439.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-45 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-45
§ 44:1-45
Status: in_force

The members of a district welfare board shall be paid ten dollars each for attendance at the regular monthly meetings and be reimbursed for their expenses incurred in the performance of duties imposed by this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-62 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-62
§ 44:4-62
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect any person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the right otherwise conferred by law to deport or remove such persons to any other state wherein such person still retains, or may have acquired, a settlement according to the laws of any state or country, and in all such cases no settlement shall be deemed to have been acquired within this state.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-145 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-145
Revision of prior laws, construction as; existing positions not affected
Status: in_force

This act shall be construed as a revision of prior laws and its provisions not inconsistent with those of prior laws shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and neither the enactment of this act, nor the repeal of the acts herein repealed, shall abolish, or in any manner affect, any office, position or employment, or any board, commission or public body existing at the time of the enactment of this act, or the tenure, term or salary of any holder or member thereof. L.1947, c. 156, p. 707, s. 39.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-109 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-109
Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house
Status: in_force

Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in a county in which he has gained a settlement and of a county in which there is no almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house, the overseer shall: a. Commit and remove the person to the municipal almshouse; b. Furnish relief at home as provided in this chapter if the circumstances render that course legal and preferable; or c. Commit and remove the person to such other municipal almshouse in the county as may by contract provide such relief.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-100 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-100
Programmatic functions required by partnering provider.
Status: in_force

6. a. Each partnering provider shall be required to perform the following programmatic functions and to maintain sufficient capacity to perform these functions effectively: (1) assist project participants with obtaining and retaining employment; (2) provide project participants with appropriate NJ SNAP ETP services and participant reimbursements that fulfill the purposes of NJ SNAP ETP and that qualify for federal SNAP ETP reimbursements. These services and participant reimbursements may include, but are not limited to: job search and placement services; job readiness assistance; education or training that improves basic skills and general employability; specific job skills training or vocational education; work experience that improves the employability of project participants; subsidized employment; workfare; self-employment training; services related to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub.L.105-220 (29 U.S.C. s.2801 et seq.); job retention services; or reimbursements for project participant expenses, including dependent care costs, transportation expenses, books or training manuals, fees, uniforms, equipment and tools required for employment, or personal safety items required for program participation; (3) assess and place project participants into appropriate NJ SNAP ETP services, as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection; (4) provide project participants with support services, including case management, early intervention, career counseling, and referrals to additional programs and services; (5) verify whether potential project participants are receiving SNAP benefits and make referrals, as appropriate, to assist potential project participants with applying for SNAP benefits; (6) collaborate with county welfare agencies to develop processes and materials that: inform eligible participants regarding project activities within each county, in accordance with each partnering provider's service area; facilitate eligible participants' communications with partnering providers regarding participation in project activities; and assist eligible participants with rendering decisions regarding their participation in project activities; (7) assist project participants with continuing to meet administrative requirements, work requirements, employment and training requirements, and other requirements for maintaining SNAP eligibility; (8) coordinate with the department and county welfare agencies on a monthly basis to verify that project participants are receiving SNAP benefits and are not receiving Work First New Jersey TANF benefits; (9) coordinate with the county welfare agencies and the department to distinguish eligible participants who are required to register for work and are required to fulfill SNAP work requirements from eligible participants who are exempt from the work registration and work requirements associated with receiving SNAP benefits; (10) provide uninterrupted NJ SNAP ETP services and participant reimbursements to eligible participants through changes in the participants' SNAP work registration and work requirement status, subject to the provisions for terminating project participation pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-99); (11) maintain program records and report to the department and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development the following monthly information for each claimed NJ SNAP ETP participant: program, participant name, participant Social Security number, services and reimbursements received, and weekly hours; (12) prepare and submit to the department invoice and certification letters each quarter for the total non-federal resources and program expenditures qualifying for federal SNAP ETP reimbursements for the quarter; (13) monitor project participants and subcontractors and provide detailed reports of participants, activities, and outcomes to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development on a regular basis; (14) devote sufficient staff time and expertise to fulfill NJ SNAP ETP administrative and reporting requirements; (15) collaborate with the department and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to ensure that federal SNAP ETP reimbursements received under the program are expended in accordance with all applicable federal laws and regulations; and (16) report to the department and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and county welfare agencies on a monthly basis the identities of any eligible participants who are required to register for work and are required to fulfill SNAP work requirements and who are not cooperating with, or participating in, assigned services or work. b. Each partnering provider shall be required to perform the following financial functions and to maintain sufficient capacity to perform the functions effectively: (1) maintain cash flow necessary to manage the delay from program outlays to SNAP ETP reimbursements; (2) manage federal grants, track expenditures, and ensure that non-federal resources and program expenditures qualify for federal SNAP ETP reimbursements; (3) perform cost allocation using multiple funds; (4) track staff time devoted to NJ SNAP ETP activities under this project; and (5) maintain records for State audits. c. Partnering providers may establish agreements with subcontracting organizations to support their NJ SNAP ETP activities under this project. d. The department shall consider educational activities serving eligible participants at community colleges as qualifying for federal SNAP ETP reimbursements to the greatest extent allowable under federal laws and regulations. In accordance with section 273.5 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, individuals enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education who are assigned to, or placed in, an NJ SNAP ETP educational activity and who meet all SNAP eligibility requirements shall be determined eligible for SNAP benefits and shall be eligible for participation in the project. L.2013, c.45, s.6; amended 2019, c.253, s.6; 2022, c.27, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

44:7-1. As used in this chapter: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "State board" means the State Board of Human Services. "State division" means the bureau of assistance as set up within the Department of Human Services. "Director of old age assistance" means the chief of the State bureau of assistance. "Director of welfare" means the director of the county welfare board. "County welfare board" means the boards established within the several counties for the purposes of administering welfare to the needy, whether set up under the authority of this chapter or pursuant to any other laws of this State. "Assistance" means money payments to or on behalf of eligible persons. "Old age assistance" means assistance to aged needy persons as provided by this chapter, and, unless otherwise indicated, includes all programs of assistance for other specified classes of persons authorized to be administered by or through the county welfare boards. "County adjuster" means the official of that designation authorized to act in cases of commitment or admission of persons who have a mental illness to State or county hospitals for the insane. "Federal aid" means grants-in-aid to the State as provided for in the Federal Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended. "Institution" means any establishment, whether in single or multiple dwellings, whether public or private, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether for profit or nonprofit, operated at the direction of or under the management of an individual or individuals, corporation, partnership, society, or association, which furnishes food and shelter for 4 or more persons unrelated to the proprietor and which provides medical or nursing service or any other personal care or service beyond food, shelter, and laundry, to any 1 or more of such persons. amended 1953, c.213, s.1; 1962, c.222, s.9; 2013, c.103, s.119.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-135 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-135
§ 44:1-135
Status: in_force

The care and general supervision of a minor child under the age of eighteen years who is committed to an almshouse or welfare-house shall upon commitment be vested in the board of children's guardians.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

44:1-1. As used in this chapter: "Almshouse" means a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense of a municipality or county, which has not established and does not maintain a welfare-house. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "County adjuster" means the official of that designation authorized to act in the cases of commitment or admission of persons who have a mental illness to state or county psychiatric hospitals. "May" shall be construed to be permissive. "Municipality" shall not include, in meaning, a county, unless otherwise indicated by the context, but shall include a city, borough, township, town, village, or municipality governed by an improvement commission. "Overseer" means a person who is charged with the superintendence and relief or removal of the poor within the overseer's jurisdiction or found in the overseer's municipality, and means superintendent in all cases where a superintendent as defined in this section is authorized to act when there is no overseer. "Permanent or indoor poor" means poor persons who may be better relieved or maintained and supported under the provisions of this chapter by commitment to a welfare-house, almshouse, or, with limitations, in the home. "Poor person" means one who is unable to maintain himself or those dependent upon him. "Public charge" means a person to whom it is necessary to furnish proper relief as provided in this chapter. "Settlement of a person" means a person's right under the provisions of this chapter to relief or maintenance and support in a municipality, county, or counties. "State board" means the State Board of Human Services. "Superintendent" means the employee of a welfare board of a county or district authorized to act for it and under its direction and to act for overseers where there are none. "Temporary or outdoor poor" means poor persons who can be relieved temporarily at their domicile or without being maintained in an almshouse or welfare-house. "Voluntary wards of the county welfare board" means persons admitted to a county welfare-house on application to the county welfare board and not supported entirely at public expense. "Welfare board" means the board of one or more counties authorized to have charge, supervision, and control of a welfare-house and to supervise through a superintendent such work for or in relation to the poor as directed or authorized. "Welfare-house" means a place where persons unable to care for and maintain themselves in whole or in part by reason of age, infirmity or poverty may be cared for and maintained in whole or in part at the expense of a county or municipality under the superintendent of a county welfare board in a county or portion thereof or districts composed of more than one county or portions thereof. "District welfare-house" where so mentioned, means one established and maintained by more than one county or portions thereof. amended 2013, c.103, s.117.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-70 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-70
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

16. The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act and to comply with the requirements of Pub.L.104-193 ; except that, notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the commissioner may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of this act, which shall be effective for a period not to exceed six months and may thereafter be amended, adopted or re-adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The Commissioner of Labor, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations with respect to those responsibilities delegated to him under sections 4 and 8 of P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-58 and C.44:10-62). L.1997,c.38,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-5.9 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5.9
Work First New Jersey program administrators, duties
Status: in_force

30. The director or other chief administrative officer of each agency or office administering assistance under the Work First New Jersey program established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.) shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions provided for under subsections e. and f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at each such agency or office to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided thereby or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the agency or office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the person wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form will be retained by the employee. If the person wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the applicant that the applicant may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and if the applicant chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the Secretary of State. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every agency and office which provides assistance under P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.), 42 U.S.C. s.601 et seq. and the federal "Food Stamp Act of 1977," Pub.L.95-113 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.); c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to the agencies and offices which are located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the agency or office for the transmittal of the forms to the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any person with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an employee of the agency or office; f. inform each employee of the agency or office who assists in registering a person to vote that employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at any agency or office is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1994,c.182,s.30; amended 1997, c.13, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-63.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-63.1
Work First New Jersey Program, failure to cooperate, sanctions.
Status: in_force

2. In an assistance unit with a single adult or couple without dependent children or a single adult or couple with dependent children, the failure of a recipient to actively cooperate with the Work First New Jersey program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.), or participate in work activities under the program, without good cause as determined by the commissioner, shall result in a loss of cash assistance benefits in accordance with the provisions of this section. Prior to the imposition of a sanction, the county or municipal welfare agency shall determine whether good cause for noncompliance exists. Good cause shall include, but is not limited to, disability or other circumstances, as defined by the commissioner, which effectively impair a recipient's ability to actively cooperate with the Work First New Jersey program or participate in work activities under the program. a. Prior to the imposition of a sanction, the county or municipal welfare agency shall ensure that, in consultation with the recipient, an assessment has been given in accordance with subsection f. of section 8 of P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-62), and a determination has been made that barriers do not exist which are likely to prevent the recipient from complying with the work requirements or other activities specified in the individual responsibility plan; provided that, this prerequisite to the imposition of a sanction shall not apply if the recipient, without good cause, has refused to cooperate with the conduct of the assessment. The county or municipal welfare agency shall determine if a sanctionable offense has occurred and whether good cause exists by: (1) reviewing the case record to determine whether a comprehensive assessment or other information in the file indicates that good cause for noncompliance exists, and (2) outreaching to the recipient, to attempt, in consultation with the recipient, to determine the reason for noncompliance and whether it constitutes good cause. If good cause requires that services be provided in order for the recipient to comply, then services shall be provided prior to any reassignment of work activities, as appropriate. The recipient shall be provided with reasonable accommodations in work activities for identified disabilities and, when necessary given the condition, deferred from participation. The recipient shall be advised of the right to contest the sanction if he disagrees with the agency determination to impose the sanction. b. In an assistance unit with one adult, if the adult fails to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities without good cause, the cash assistance benefit provided to the assistance unit shall be reduced by the pro-rata share of the noncompliant adult for one month. (1) If the adult fails to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities by the end of the first-month pro-rata sanction, without good cause, the assistance unit's cash assistance case shall be suspended for one month. If the participant complies by the end of the suspension month, the suspension shall be lifted. (2) If the adult fails to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities by the end of the suspension month, without good cause, the assistance unit's cash assistance case shall be closed for a minimum one-month period, and the assistance unit shall be required to reapply in order to receive further cash assistance benefits. c. In an assistance unit with two adults, if one adult fails to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities without good cause, the cash assistance benefit provided to the assistance unit shall be reduced by the pro-rata share of the noncompliant adult for one month. If the adult fails to comply by the end of the sanction month, the pro-rata reduction shall continue until the recipient demonstrates an intent to comply. If both adults fail to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities without good cause, the cash assistance benefit provided to the assistance unit shall be reduced by the pro-rata share of the noncompliant adults for one month. If both adults fail to actively cooperate with the program or participate in work activities by the end of the sanction month, without good cause, the assistance unit's cash assistance case shall be closed for a minimum one-month period, and the assistance unit shall be required to reapply in order to receive further cash assistance benefits. d. If a dependent child 16 years of age or older fails to comply with the requirement for school attendance or other work activity participation, without good cause, the dependent child shall be subject to a pro-rata reduction of cash assistance benefits for one month. If the dependent child fails to comply by the end of the sanction month, the pro-rata reduction shall continue until the dependent child demonstrates an intent to comply. e. If a cash assistance case is closed due to a sanction, and the recipient is receiving emergency assistance benefits, then the household shall continue to receive emergency assistance benefits for one month immediately following the case closure. If the recipient comes into compliance and reapplies for cash assistance benefits, the emergency assistance benefits shall be reinstated if the emergency still exists. f. If a recipient who is less than 18 years of age is living in a Work First New Jersey-funded appropriate living arrangement because the recipient is unable to live with a parent, guardian, or other adult relative, funding for the living arrangement shall continue for one month immediately following the case closure. g. An adult recipient who voluntarily quits a job without good cause, as defined by regulation of the commissioner, shall render the entire assistance unit ineligible for cash assistance benefits for a period of two months from the date the county agency or municipal welfare agency, as appropriate, makes the determination that the recipient quit the job. L.2007,c.97,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-7 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7
County welfare boards; creation; organization; membership; terms; vacancies; expenses
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of each of the several counties shall cause to be established in the respective counties, where such is not already established, a county welfare board, having as one of its duties the supervision of old age assistance, but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the membership of any welfare board established prior to March 16, 1936, or the term of service of any employee theretofore appointed by any such welfare board. Such boards are hereby created corporate entities, with power to sue and be sued, to use a common seal and to make bylaws. The members of said welfare board shall be appointed by the boards of chosen freeholders in and for the respective counties, and shall be constituted and composed as provided in R.S. 44:1-11. Citizen members shall hold their offices for five years, except that the first appointments shall be respectively for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, which terms, as to duration, shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The holding of any other office by any member of said county welfare board shall not constitute such holding as incompatible with his office as member of such county welfare board. They shall meet regularly once each month, and at such other times as may be necessary or as they may by rule provide. Attendance at any meeting of any such board by four members, at least two of whom shall be citizen members, may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business under this chapter. They shall serve without compensation, but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as other expenses are paid by the county welfare board. Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 904, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1938; L.1972, c. 105, s. 4, eff. July 27, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-75 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-75
Qualifications
Status: in_force

No person shall be appointed as an overseer of a municipality unless he shall: a. Be a citizen of the state and the United States; b. Be able to read and write the English language; c. Be capable of making and keeping such records and reports as are lawfully required of him; and d. Have such knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor as may be satisfactory to the governing body of the municipality in his jurisdiction, and such governing body may ascertain such qualifications of the applicants by written and oral competitive examinations, conducted by the state civil service commission pursuant to the general authority vested in it by statute, and when the results of the examinations have been ascertained the civil service commission shall certify to the governing body the lists of those who are eligible for appointment as superintendent, overseer or deputy, as the case may be. Females, as well as males, of full age shall be eligible to appointment as overseers. In cities governed by commissions under subtitle 4 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), if a member of the governing body, as the head of the department is overseer, he shall not be subject to such qualifications after examination as required in this section, but they shall apply to other overseers and deputies.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-131 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-131
Continuance of relief
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the six months' period for which relief is ordered, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, the overseer may, if further relief is necessary in the case, apply to the court for an order directing the continuance of the relief for a like period, and that relief shall be payable upon the further order of the court.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-19 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-19
Assistance by relatives; enforcement
Status: in_force

44:7-19. The county director of welfare in cases of application for old age assistance shall ascertain, if possible, the relatives and other persons chargeable by law for the support of such applicant, and proceed to obtain their assistance for such applicant or to compel them to render such assistance as is provided by law in such cases, or if such relatives or other persons are not chargeable by law with the support of such applicant but able and willing to do so, in whole or in part, the director of welfare may contract, in writing, with such persons for the support of such applicant. Should any relative or other person responsible for the support of an applicant for old age assistance fail to perform the order or direction of the director of welfare with regard to the support of such applicant, the Superior Court may, upon certification in writing of the director of welfare or of two residents of the municipality or county, summon or otherwise direct the appearance of the persons chargeable and subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of books, records, and other documents as may be pertinent, and shall, in a summary way, inquire into the cause of such failure to perform the order or direction of the director of welfare, and may order and adjudge the able relatives or other persons responsible for the support of such applicant to pay such sum or to deliver to the court or to the director of welfare such other pledge or guaranty as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court for each such applicant. However, where it shall appear that the person or persons sought to be held were the child or children of the applicant for old age assistance and were abandoned and deserted by the applicant who failed to support and maintain them during minority, the Superior Court may revoke the order of the director of welfare or reduce the amount of said order against such child or children, in proportion to the actual support and maintenance rendered by said applicant to the child or children sought to be held. Any child now under an order to support an applicant for old age assistance may apply to the Superior Court which issued said order for the revocation or reduction of said order in accordance with the terms of this provision. Violation of any such order of the court shall be a contempt of said court and punishable as such. The county welfare board may also bring appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover any sum of money due for assistance given any person under this chapter against such person or against any other persons chargeable by law for the support of such person. Amended 1938,c.361,s.13; 1940,c.57; 1943,c.164,s.7; 1953,c.42,s.35; 1991,c.91,s.444.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-69 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-69
§ 44:1-69
Status: in_force

In every almshouse, poorhouse, welfare-house or other institution for the reception and maintenance of poor persons, females shall be kept separate from males at all times in their living rooms, bedrooms, toilets, halls, stairways and outbuildings; except that this provision shall not apply to persons who are lawfully married and living together as man and wife, and who become inmates of such an institution. The accommodations necessary to carry out the intention of this section shall be provided.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-131 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-131
§ 44:4-131
Status: in_force

Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat. The final passage of the resolution may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-84 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-84
Noncitizen federal food stamp recipients not eligible.
Status: in_force

6. A noncitizen who is eligible for the federal food stamp program shall not be eligible for the program. A noncitizen who is ineligible for the federal food stamp program, but is eligible for the program, and who subsequently is made eligible for the federal food stamp program due to changes in federal law, shall lose entitlement to benefits under the program upon receipt of benefits under the federal food stamp program. L.1998,c.32,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-91.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.1
Pledge of property as guaranty for reimbursement; agreement to reimburse
Status: in_force

Every county welfare board, operating under chapter 4 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, shall require, as a condition to the admission of any person to the county welfare-house, or as a condition to the granting of permanent out-door support to any poor person, that all or any part of the property, either real or personal, of such person, either presently owned or which may subsequently be acquired, be pledged to said county welfare board as a guaranty for the reimbursement of the cost of the care and maintenance of such person at the county welfare-house or for the permanent out-door support furnished to such person pursuant to the provisions of said chapter, and the total amount of the cost thereof shall become a lien upon any lands owned or to be owned by such person, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. The county welfare board shall take from each applicant a properly acknowledged agreement to reimburse for all benefits furnished, and pursuant to such agreement said applicant shall assign to the welfare board, as collateral security for said benefits, all or any part of his personal property and insurance when the terms of the policy so permit, as the board shall specify. The agreement to reimburse shall contain a release of dower or curtesy, as the case may be, of the spouse of the person so benefited, and such release shall be as valid and effectual as if the spouse had joined the applicant in a conveyance of the property to a third person; the maintenance and support furnished shall be good and valuable consideration therefor. L.1939, c. 263, p. 683, s. 1, approved July 18, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-12 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-12
Relief granted by county welfare boards; amount and nature; treatment other than medical treatment
Status: in_force

The county welfare board, as the bureau of old age assistance, shall receive and act upon applications filed pursuant to this chapter, and shall extend to those persons found to be eligible under the provisions of this chapter assistance adequate to provide for their reasonable maintenance and well-being. Old age assistance shall be granted in the form of cash or check. Necessary medical and health services and supplies may be granted in addition thereto in accordance with regulations of the State division. The amount and nature of assistance which any person shall receive, the manner of providing it, and the conditions upon which it is granted, shall be determined by the county welfare board as the bureau of old age assistance with due regard to the conditions existing in each case, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State division except that the director of welfare shall be empowered to initiate, alter, suspend, or terminate grants of old age assistance as hereinafter provided subject to revision, continuance or discontinuance of the county welfare board at its next subsequent meeting. Such assistance shall be provided for the recipient only while living in his own or some other suitable family home or approved institution within this State, except that upon special resolution by the county welfare board and approval from the State division such assistance may be continued for such periods as the State division may by regulation prescribe for any individual already receiving same who moves outside the State of New Jersey, in any case where the State division finds that the State to which such individual has moved is willing to provide such supervision and to make such reports as the State division may require, but such assistance outside the State of New Jersey shall in no event be continued after the individual acquires eligibility, with respect to residence, for any form of public assistance in the State to which he has moved. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude, in lieu of medical treatment or institutional care, other appropriate treatment or institutional care where it can be shown that the person receiving the benefits under this chapter is an adherent of any well-recognized church or religious denomination which subscribes to the art of healing by prayer and the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment; provided, that such appropriate treatment is administered by a spiritual practitioner of such church or religious denomination, or that the institutional care is in an institution licensed by the Department of Institutions and Agencies, and that the provisions of this chapter are complied with in all other respects. Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 908, s. 8; L.1939, c. 338, p. 819, s. 1, eff. Aug. 17, 1939; L.1943, c. 164, p. 477, s. 4; L.1944, c. 84, p. 165, s. 2; L.1953, c. 213, p. 1614, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-92 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-92
Severability
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1973, c. 256, s. 8, eff. Nov. 28, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-101 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-101
County welfare agencies, departments to assist partnering providers.
Status: in_force

7. a. The county welfare agencies, under the oversight of the department, shall assist partnering providers by: (1) collaborating with partnering providers, the department, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct outreach to potential project participants and to refer potential project participants to the partnering providers; (2) collaborating with partnering providers to develop processes and materials that inform eligible participants regarding: the availability of project activities within each county, in accordance with each partnering provider's service area; the option for eligible participants to participate in project activities; the applicability and appropriateness of specific activities to the eligible participant's case; and the means by which eligible participants may contact partnering providers regarding project participation; (3) determining potential project participants' SNAP eligibility and providing the results of eligibility determinations to partnering providers; (4) developing and implementing a process to verify that potential project participants are receiving SNAP benefits and not receiving Work First New Jersey TANF benefits and ensuring that this verification process adheres to all applicable federal laws and regulations restricting the unauthorized disclosure of information concerning applicants for, and recipients of, SNAP or TANF benefits; (5) determining each potential project participant's status regarding SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements, in coordination with partnering providers; (6) confirming each project participant's SNAP eligibility on a monthly basis; and (7) collaborating with partnering providers to develop criteria and procedures for terminating the participation of eligible participants in a partnering provider's project activities including, but not limited to: eligible participants who are not appropriately matched to a partnering provider's project activities; and any eligible participants who are required to register for work and are required to fulfill SNAP work requirements and who are not cooperating with, or participating in, assigned services or work. b. The department shall, in consultation with the county welfare agencies and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development: (1) assist partnering providers with understanding the administrative requirements, work requirements, employment and training requirements, and other requirements for project participants to maintain SNAP eligibility; (2) assist partnering providers with understanding the requirements for non-federal resources and program expenditures to generate federal SNAP ETP reimbursements; (3) submit requests for federal SNAP ETP reimbursements and fulfill all reporting and other SNAP ETP administrative responsibilities required by the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department of Agriculture; (4) distribute federal SNAP ETP reimbursements received by the State under this project to the partnering providers whose non-federal resources and program expenditures generated the federal reimbursements, in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-102); (5) collect data concerning partnering providers and project participants, activities, and outcomes; and (6) audit partnering providers on a routine basis to ensure fiscal and program integrity. L.2013, c.45, s.7; amended 2019, c.253, s.7; 2022, c.27, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-62 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-62
§ 44:1-62
Status: in_force

A municipality may subsequently join in such county or joint county purpose by ordinance which shall be adopted by referendum in the manner provided by sections 40:49-9 to 40:49-12 of the title Municipalities and Counties. After the adoption of the ordinance, the notification of the board of chosen freeholders, and the acceptance and approval of the ordinance by the board of freeholders by resolution after notice of the time and place of the consideration thereof is given to the public who shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard thereon, the municipality shall thereafter have like responsibilities in respect to the purpose as though it had originally participated therein, and shall assume such share of the cost of buildings and equipment theretofore constructed and installed as shall be prescribed by the board of freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-30.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-30.1
Change of almshouse to welfare-house; persons to be admitted
Status: in_force

When the board of chosen freeholders of any county has, or shall hereafter, by resolution changed the name of an existing almshouse to welfare-house, and the control and management thereof to the county welfare board, thereafter the superintendent of welfare shall receive in the said welfare-house, by and with the approval of said welfare board, such poor persons as by rules and regulations provided by the said county welfare board, are properly receivable therein. L.1940, c. 119, p. 263, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-30.3 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-30.3
Recording of certificates; warrant of satisfaction or release
Status: in_force

The county clerks or registers of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall record the said certificates in a book, which he shall provide, to be known as "welfare-house liens" and shall index the same in the indices made and kept for deeds, mortgages and chattel mortgages. No clerk or register shall charge any fee therefor. Whenever the county welfare board shall have received satisfaction or partial satisfaction of the cost of the care and maintenance provided for in said certificate, the county welfare board shall execute a warrant of satisfaction or release therefrom, which warrants of satisfaction or releases shall be recorded, noted and indexed as are warrants to satisfy or releases of mortgages, without charge, by the clerk or register. L.1940, c. 119, p. 264, s. 3. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 774, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-8 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-8
§ 44:5-8
Status: in_force

A city which prior to February first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, adopted the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, and which has made and entered into the contract or contracts contemplated in said sections, may pay to the hospital or hospitals during the remainder of the term of the contract or contracts and all renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to the hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city, and may annually appropriate and raise by taxation in the manner in which other city taxes are assessed, levied and collected in the city during the existence of the contract or contracts or renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of taxation therein.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-6 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-6
Division of old age assistance continued; director; powers and duties; rules and regulations subject to approval of Civil Service Commission
Status: in_force

The division of old age assistance created in the Department of Institutions and Agencies by the act entitled "An act to provide for the protection, welfare of and financial assistance to aged needy residents of the State of New Jersey, providing for the administration thereof and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof," approved March sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, is hereby continued. Said division shall be in charge of a qualified expert who shall be appointed by and receive the compensation fixed by the commissioner, with the approval of the State board, subject to appropriations made therefor. As director of the division of old age assistance, such qualified expert shall be responsible for the investigation, determination and supervision of old age assistance furnished under this chapter. Said division shall prescribe a uniform system of records and accounts in relation to old age assistance to be kept by the county welfare board, and shall supervise the administration of old age assistance by said county welfare board to the end that there may be throughout the State a uniform standard of records and methods of treatment of aged needy persons, based upon their individual needs and circumstances and with due regard to varying living conditions and costs of living. The said division shall prescribe rules and regulations, supplementing sections 44:7-14 to 44:7-16 of this Title, whereby reimbursement to the county and State may be effected, so far as possible, for assistance extended to any person, from the assets, estate or responsible relatives of such person. Said division shall prescribe, subject to the approval of the commissioner, a form of application, the manner and form of all reports and records, and such additional rules and regulations as are necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and shall prepare and furnish to the Federal Government or agency thereof such reports and records as may be required for securing Federal aid. Said division shall, in co-operation and association with the Civil Service Commission, require adequate personnel standards for all county welfare boards, as county bureaus of old age assistance, in the manner following: The division shall, by appropriate rule and regulation, establish and maintain standards appropriate to a modern personnel system on a merit basis for all positions and for the application of correct business principles in the creation and abolition of positions, the classification of authorized positions on the basis of the duties and responsibilities of the incumbents, the development, adoption and the administration of equitable compensation schedules for each class of positions, the selection, certification, appointment, regulation and tenure of persons holding such positions, and such other standards for a merit system of personnel administration as may lawfully be required by the Federal Social Security Board for approval of a State public-assistance plan. All rules and regulations promulgated by the division relating to such personnel matters shall, with respect to those county welfare boards, which now or may hereafter operate under the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, be subject to the jurisdiction and approval of the Civil Service Commission. The division shall, so far as may be practicable utilize the existing facilities and services of the Civil Service Commission in the preparation and conduct of examinations and such other matters as the commission may in its discretion find appropriate. All rules and regulations made by the State division under this chapter shall be binding upon the county welfare boards, as county bureaus of old age assistance. The division of old age assistance shall have power, with the approval of the commissioner and the State board, to enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate public agencies in other States whereby the benefits of this chapter may be extended to New Jersey residents living in other States or to residents of other States living in New Jersey, on a reciprocal basis, and shall have power to waive the eligibility requirement stated in section 44:7-5d as to any case or cases coming within the purview of reciprocal agreements made pursuant hereto. The director of old age assistance shall have the same powers of subpoena as are granted to the directors of welfare under the provisions of section 44:7-20 of this Title, but the consent of the county welfare boards shall not be essential to the exercise of these powers by the director of old age assistance. Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 902, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1938; L.1940, c. 186, p. 553, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-103 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-103
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

9. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall issue a report no later than six months following the effective date of P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-95 et seq.), and annually thereafter no later than September 30 of each year, to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature summarizing the participants, activities, and outcomes of the project. The initial report under this section shall include, but not be limited to, a summary of the request for proposals issued pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-98). Subsequent reports under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the identities of the partnering providers selected pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-98) and a summary of project participant demographics, activities, and outcomes for each partnering provider. The reports issued pursuant to this section shall not disclose the identities of any SNAP applicants or recipients and shall adhere to all applicable federal laws and regulations restricting the unauthorized disclosure of information concerning applicants for, and recipients of, SNAP benefits. L.2013, c.45, s.9; amended 2019, c.253, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-132 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-132
§ 44:4-132
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of chosen freeholders, the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter in the county shall thereupon be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the general election next following the adoption of the resolution, public notice of which shall be given by the board of chosen freeholders by publication, not less than thirty days prior to the election, in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-64 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-64
§ 44:1-64
Status: in_force

When the care and maintenance of the permanent poor is undertaken and established by a county in lieu of municipal care of such persons, municipal almshouses, other than county almshouses or welfare-houses, shall be abolished, and the real and personal property which has been used for such purpose may be sold by the governing body and the proceeds thereof shall fall into the municipal treasury and be used to pay other expenses of the municipality in a manner otherwise lawful, or such land and premises may be put to other lawful public use. Thereafter the expense of maintaining county almshouses or welfare-houses shall be a charge upon the county as provided in this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-45 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45
§ 44:4-45
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall keep a public record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and, as the county bureau of relief, shall keep a complete, accurate and itemized record of all relief furnished.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.2
SNAP application process technologically upgraded.
Status: in_force

1. a. Consistent with federal law, the Commissioner of Human Services shall permit applicants for SNAP to apply by phone, electronic device, or kiosk, as well as for employees of county welfare agencies and county boards of social services to conduct SNAP interviews by telephone, electronic device, or kiosk. The commissioner shall establish requirements to ensure the security and privacy of applications submitted, and interviews conducted, by telephone or using an electronic device or kiosk pursuant to this section. b. The commissioner shall: (1) consult with county welfare agencies and county boards of social services to create an electronic record information processing system to process applications submitted for SNAP using telephones, electronic devices, and kiosks and for interviews conducted using telephones, electronic devices, and kiosks pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and ensure such systems are in compliance with federal standards; and (2) apply and receive approval for such waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section. c. County welfare agencies and county boards of social services shall designate an employee of the agency or board as the agency's or board's county social service liaison. County social service liaisons shall be responsible for consulting with institutions of higher education and the higher education community to assist with any technical assistance questions from SNAP applicants and from the county welfare agency or county board of social services arising from the use of telephones, electronic devices, and kiosks in connection with SNAP applications and SNAP interviews. d. As used in this section: "Electronic device" means a desktop or laptop computer, mobile phone, tablet, or any other Internet-connected device that is capable of electronically receiving and transmitting the information necessary to process an application for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. "SNAP" means the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.). amended 2022, c.30, s.4. L.2021, c.93; amended 2022, c.30, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-107 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-107
§ 44:1-107
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect a person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the right otherwise conferred by law to deport or remove such persons to any other state wherein the person still retains, or may have acquired, a settlement according to the laws of any state or country, and in all such cases no settlement shall be deemed to have been acquired within this state.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-49 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-49
Assignment of child support rights by signing application for benefits.
Status: in_force

6. a. The signing of an application for benefits under the Work First New Jersey Program shall constitute an assignment of any child support rights pursuant to Title IV-D on behalf of individual assistance unit members to the county agency. The assignment shall terminate with respect to current support rights when a determination is made by the county agency that the person in the assistance unit is no longer eligible for benefits. The determination of the amount of repayment to the county agency and distribution of any unpaid support obligations that have accrued during the period of receipt of benefits shall be determined by regulation of the commissioner in accordance with federal law. b. The county agency shall pass through to the assistance unit the full amount of the current child support collected on behalf of a child in those circumstances defined by the commissioner. c. An assistance unit eligible for benefits and in receipt of child support shall receive, in addition to its regular grant of cash assistance benefits, a monthly amount of child support based on the current child support received for the month, as determined by regulations adopted by the commissioner, and in accordance with federal law. L.1997, c.14, s.6; amended 2008, c.101, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-136 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-136
Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance during current year
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in which the commissioner is administering public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this act in any year, may elect to administer its own public assistance in such year by giving notice in writing of such election to the commissioner on or before the first day of March of such year and thereafter the limitations imposed upon such municipality under section twenty-eight of this act shall cease and such municipality shall administer its own public assistance and shall be entitled to receive State aid for such year in accordance with the formula set forth in section twenty-three of this act, less such sums, if any, as have already been paid, and such obligations, if any, as have already been incurred and as shall be payable, by the commissioner, for the cost of administration of public assistance and for public assistance in such municipality for such year, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes. L.1947, c. 156, p. 704, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-99 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-99
Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance
Status: in_force

L.1933, c. 103, p. 211, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the settlement and relief of the poor, and providing for municipal, county or joint county relief, excepting from county or joint county relief, certain municipalities" (Revision of 1924), approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four,' " approved April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act provides that in counties which had adopted the provisions of the county referendum act providing for the relief and settlement of the poor, and in which children were then being maintained at public charge under the care of a duly incorporated charitable society, the county may transfer any child under eighteen years from the county welfare-house to the society. Upon being so transferred the child is to be maintained at the expense of the county.]
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-120 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-120
Removal in absence of contest
Status: in_force

On the day named in the notice the order for removal shall be made by the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which the poor person is to be removed, or by the county adjuster as the case may be, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that the poor person has no settlement in the municipality, county or district in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other municipality or county prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the municipality from which he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the overseer to whom it was mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to that municipality or county.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-90 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-90
Contents of relief order or commitment
Status: in_force

Where a person is removed to the almshouse or welfare-house or receives permanent relief by the order of the overseer or his deputy, the order and commitment shall state the name, age, sex, nativity, place of settlement, names of children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents or other relatives, and their places of residence, and the causes making such removal or relief necessary or advisable.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-29 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-29
§ 44:1-29
Status: in_force

The superintendent of welfare shall, subject to the control of the county welfare board, be the chief executive officer of the welfare-house, and have the general superintendence and management of the welfare-house, the grounds and buildings and the inmates thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-97 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-97
§ 44:4-97
Status: in_force

The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall, upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit any minor poor child, who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the welfare-house, or other public institution for the care of dependent children or to some private institution for the care of children or with some family approved by the state board of children's guardians for a period not to exceed thirty days after date of commitment, or until the court having jurisdiction has adjudged the child a public charge or made an order committing the child or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as herein and otherwise provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 44:6-4 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4
Appropriations by certain cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent persons
Status: in_force

Whenever a dental association regularly incorporated under the laws of this state shall maintain and conduct in a city, other than a city of the first class, a dental clinic or clinics where indigent persons resident in the city may receive treatment and relief without charge or fee, the board or body having control of the finances of the city may appropriate and pay to that association, each year, such sum or sums, not exceeding five thousand dollars in all, as it shall deem advisable, to be used and applied by that association only for the support, maintenance and equipment in the city of a dental clinic or clinics for the free treatment of indigent persons resident in the city. The officers of the clinic shall annually at the beginning of each fiscal year furnish to the board or body having control of the finances of the city a report of the number and kind of cases treated by the clinic together with a detailed statement of all expenditures made from any money appropriated by the city for the clinic.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-35 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35
§ 44:1-35
Status: in_force

When a county shall contract with another county, as provided in this chapter, for the permanent maintenance and relief of the poor in the welfare-house of such other county, a county welfare board may be thereupon constituted and appointed as provided in sections 44:1-10 to 44:1-15 of this title, to have charge and supervision of the relief and settlement of the poor in its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-47 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-47
§ 44:1-47
Status: in_force

A district welfare board may appoint a superintendent of welfare who shall be a citizen of one of the counties constituting the district, and have the same qualifications, requirements and term of office as is provided for a superintendent in a county.
N.J. Stat. § 44:14-6 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-6
Anticipation of amount of funds
Status: in_force

A county entitled to receive funds under this act shall anticipate the amount certified by the Commissioner of Human Services in its budget. L.1981,c.60,s.6; amended 1989,c.134,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-48 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-48
§ 44:1-48
Status: in_force

The proportionate expense of the joint establishment and maintenance of a district welfare-house shall, as provided in this chapter, be apportioned among the several counties according to their population, excepting therefrom the population of municipalities which, as authorized in section 44:1-61 of this title, have elected not to participate, and the necessary sums required to be levied, assessed and collected shall be so raised by the board of chosen freeholders against the municipalities chargeable as provided in this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-19.1
Liens for medical care and hospitalization; priority
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county, which furnishes medical care and hospitalization to resident indigent patients who cannot be maintained by private means, in a hospital or hospitals supported by private charity, on a per diem per patient basis, shall have a lien against the property of any person receiving such service in an amount equal to the cost to the county of the maintenance of such person in such hospital, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-44 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-44
§ 44:1-44
Status: in_force

A district welfare board shall meet regularly once each month and at such other times as may be necessary or as it may by rule provide. It shall hold its annual meeting at least six weeks prior to the meetings of the boards of chosen freeholders of the several counties at which appropriations for the ensuing year are to be made.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-77 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-77
Establishment, implementation of technological investments.
Status: in_force

7. The commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer, is authorized to establish and implement necessary technological investments appropriate to create a Statewide community-based electronic network designed to link federal, State and local government agencies, nonprofit entities and private business entities, for the effective and efficient exchange of information relating to, and management of, the Work First New Jersey program and other related programs. L.1997,c.37,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-132 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-132
§ 44:1-132
Status: in_force

The court may in its discretion summarily revoke any order for such relief made by it, and thereafter all maintenance and relief for the poor person shall cease forthwith.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-24 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-24
Ascertainment and appropriation of county's share of cost; temporary rates; payments
Status: in_force

Subject to payment of the State's share, each county welfare board shall furnish old age assistance as provided in this chapter to the persons eligible therefor in its jurisdiction. The county welfare board, by and with the advice and consent of the State division, shall annually fix and determine and report to its board of chosen freeholders a sum sufficient to pay the estimated amount of the county's proportionate share needed for old age assistance. Each board of chosen freeholders shall appropriate and make available such amount to the order of the respective county welfare boards, together with a sufficient sum to defray administrative expenses to be incurred in connection therewith, and shall include such sums in the taxes to be levied in the territory responsible for such old age assistance. Should the sum so appropriated, however, be expended or exhausted, during the year and for the purpose for which it was appropriated, additional sums shall be appropriated by such boards of chosen freeholders as occasion demands to carry out the provisions of this chapter, from funds in the county treasury available therefor. Where such county funds are not available or adequate, or should there be no such county funds, such additional sums shall be raised by temporary loans or notes, certificates of indebtedness or temporary loan bonds, to be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for counties of this State, and the amounts necessary to pay such obligations shall be placed in the budget for the next ensuing fiscal year. Payments of county funds needed for assistance under this chapter and for the administration thereof by the county welfare board shall be made monthly by the treasurer of the county upon the requisition of and to the secretary-treasurer of the county welfare board. Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 913, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1938.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-23 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-23
Organization of board
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall elect from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman and a secretary-treasurer who shall furnish a suitable bond to be approved by the board of chosen freeholders. Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 422, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.10 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.10
Waiver, approval application; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

5. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply to the Food and Nutrition Service within the United States Department of Agriculture for any necessary waivers or approvals to implement the provisions of this act. b. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act, which rules and regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months, and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). c. The commissioner shall annually request funding in an amount as shall be necessary and appropriate to support additional funding for county call centers to address technical assistance questions from SNAP applicants, county welfare agencies, and county boards of social services arising from the use of telephones, electronic devices, and kiosks in connection with SNAP applications and SNAP interviews pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2022, c.30 (C.44:10-81.8). L.2022, c.30, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-18 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-18
§ 44:1-18
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall meet at the welfare-house at least once in every month, and at such other times as may be prescribed in the by-laws or rules of the board. It shall hold its annual meeting at least one month prior to the meeting of the board of freeholders at which appropriations for the ensuing year are to be considered.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-11 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-11
Membership
Status: in_force

The welfare board shall be composed of not less than five nor more than seven citizens of the county or municipalities participating, at least two of whom shall be women, to be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders, who, with two designated members of the board of chosen freeholders and the county adjuster, when not serving as superintendent of welfare, as ex-officio members, shall constitute the county welfare board and managers of the welfare-house. The holding of any other office by a member of the welfare board shall not constitute such holding as incompatible with his office as member of the welfare board. Amended by L.1972, c. 105, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-28 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-28
§ 44:7-28
Status: in_force

The governor shall fix and determine and state in his annual budget message a sum sufficient to pay the estimated amount of the state's net share of old age assistance as provided in section 44:7-25 of this title, together with the deficiencies, if any, incurred in any previous year. The legislature shall include the amount so determined and stated in the annual appropriation bill.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-56 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-56
§ 44:1-56
Status: in_force

The alteration or construction and completion of such building or grounds as may be necessary for the district welfare-house shall be approved as to plans and specifications by the state board before work is commenced thereon.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-95 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-95
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-95 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey SNAP Employment and Training Provider 50/50 Match Project Act." L.2013, c.45, s.1; amended 2019, c.253, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-32 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-32
Appointment of director; qualifications
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall appoint, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, a director of welfare, who shall: a. Be a citizen of this state and of the United States; b. Be able to read and write the English language; c. Be capable of making and keeping such records and reports as are lawfully required of him; d. Have complete knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor; e. Be in the judgment of the county welfare board a technically trained and qualified expert in the field of welfare service, with administrative experience therein; and f. Not be a member of the county welfare board. The county adjuster when qualified may be appointed for this office but when so appointed shall not serve as an ex-officio member of the county welfare board.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-77 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-77
Tenure and removal or reduction in cities of first class
Status: in_force

Overseers of the poor in cities of the first class, appointed by the governing bodies upon resolution thereof, shall hold their office during good behavior and shall not be removed, discharged or reduced in pay or position except for inefficiency, incapacity, conduct unbecoming an employee or other just cause, and until they have been furnished with written statements of the reasons for such removal, discharge or reduction, have been given a reasonable time to make written answer thereto, and until the charge or charges have been examined into and found true in fact by the governing body of the municipality appointing the overseer, at a hearing upon reasonable notice to the person charged at which time he may be represented by counsel and offer testimony of witnesses or any other evidence in his own behalf.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-91 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-91
Removal of permanent poor to almshouses or welfare-houses
Status: in_force

Overseers shall from time to time as persons who are poor persons within the meaning of this chapter become permanent charges upon their municipalities as paupers, have such persons removed to the proper almshouse or welfare-house.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-45 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-45
Determination of eligibility for benefits
Status: in_force

2. a. Benefits under the Work First New Jersey program shall be determined according to standards of income and resources established by the commissioner. These standards shall take into account, for the determination of eligibility and the provision of benefits, all income and resources of all persons in the assistance unit of which the applicant or recipient is a member, except as provided by law governing the Work First New Jersey program and as prescribed by the commissioner. The benefits to be granted shall be governed by standards established by regulation of the commissioner. The commissioner may set income and resource eligibility and benefits standards that differ with respect to types of assistance units. b. A recipient, as a condition of eligibility for benefits, shall, subject to good cause exceptions as defined by the commissioner, be required to: do all acts stated herein necessary to establish the paternity of a child born out-of-wedlock, and to establish and participate in the enforcement of child support obligations; cooperate with work requirements established by the commissioner; make application for any other assistance for which members of the assistance unit may be eligible; be income and resource eligible as defined by the commissioner, including the deeming of income and resources as appropriate; provide all necessary documentation which shall include the federal Social Security number for all assistance unit members, except for an eligible alien who cannot be assigned a Social Security number due to his status, or make application for same; sign an agreement to repay benefits in the event of receipt of income or resources; and comply with personal identification requirements as a condition of receiving benefits, which may employ the use of high technology processes for the detection of fraud. c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, an applicant shall not be eligible for benefits when the applicant's eligibility is the result of a voluntary cessation of employment without good cause, as determined by the commissioner, within 90 days prior to the date of application for benefits. d. A voluntary assignment or transfer of income or resources within one year prior to the time of application for benefits for the purpose of qualifying therefor shall render the applicant and the applicant's assistance unit members ineligible for benefits for a period of time determined by regulation of the commissioner. e. Any income or resources that are exempted by federal law for purposes of eligibility for benefits shall not reduce the amount of benefits received by a recipient and shall not be subject to a lien or be available for repayment to the State or county agency for benefits received by the individual. L.1997,c.14,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
§ 44:4-12
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income or both, for the benefit of the welfare-house, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-22 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-22
§ 44:4-22
Status: in_force

Members shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the director of the board of chosen freeholders, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses are paid in and for the county.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-134 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-134
Duties of municipality when public assistance is administered by commissioner
Status: in_force

In any municipality in which public assistance shall be administered by the commissioner during any year, (a) All books, records, supplies, equipment or other property in the possession or custody of any board, body or official of such municipality, relating to the administration and payment of public assistance, shall be delivered forthwith to the commissioner; (b) The municipality shall make, or shall have made, an appropriation for the cost of administration of public assistance in such municipality for such year in an amount not less than the amount appropriated by it for the cost of administration of public assistance for the preceding year and shall make, or shall have made, an appropriation for public assistance, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for such year in an amount not less than 1.0 mills of its "preceding year's ratables" ; (c) All obligations incurred by the municipality for the cost of administration of public assistance in such year prior to the taking over the administration of public assistance therein by the commissioner, if any, and all obligations incurred for the cost of administration of public assistance in said municipality thereafter during such year shall be paid, from time to time, by the municipality out of its appropriation for the administration of public assistance for such year according to the orders of the commissioner and not otherwise, so far as such appropriation will permit, and any remainder of such obligations shall be paid, from time to time, by the commissioner as such municipality's State aid for said year, according to orders drawn by him, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes, as other payments of State aid are made; (d) All obligations incurred for public assistance in such municipality for such year, prior to the taking over of the administration thereof by the commissioner, if any, and all obligations incurred for public assistance in such municipality thereafter during such year shall be paid, from time to time, by the municipality on the orders of the commissioner and not otherwise, out of its appropriation for public assistance for such year, so far as such appropriation will permit; and then, out of any balance for State aid, if any, remaining in its "public assistance trust fund account" applicable to the cost of public assistance in such municipality for such year, so far as such balance will permit, and any remainder of such obligations shall be paid, from time to time, by the commissioner, as such municipality's State aid for said year, according to orders drawn by him, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes, as other payments of State aid are made. L.1947, c. 156, p. 703, s. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-102.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-102.1
New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, community colleges, allowable services, partnering provider, 50/50 Match Project; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, shall designate each community college in the State that provides allowable services to be a partnering provider to deliver those allowable services under the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program and the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program Provider 50/50 Match Project, provided that any designation pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to approval by the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department of Agriculture and provided further that nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted as preventing the departments from subjecting designated community colleges to reasonable reporting requirements and any other regulations under the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program and the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program Provider 50/50 Match Project. b. As used in this section: "Allowable services" means services reimbursable under the federal " Food Stamp Act of 1964," Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.) that help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients acquire the skills, training, work, or experience necessary to obtain regular employment. "New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program" means the federal program administered by the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department of Agriculture and established pursuant to the federal " Food Stamp Act of 1964," Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. "New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program Provider 50/50 Match Project" means the project established pursuant to P.L.2013, c.45 (C.44:10-95 et seq.). c. The departments shall submit any necessary revisions regarding the State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Plan to the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department of Agriculture in order to provide for the provisions of this section. L.2023, c.271, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:6-1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-1
§ 44:6-1
Status: in_force

The board or body having control of the finances of a municipality may appropriate annually such sum as it may deem advisable to be used and applied only for the maintenance and equipment of a dental clinic or clinics in the municipality for the free treatment of indigent persons of school age.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-140 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-140
False statements by applicants
Status: in_force

Any person applying for public assistance under the provisions of this act who shall make any false statement and by reason thereof receives benefits under the provisions of this act in excess of those to which he is or was actually entitled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1947, c. 156, p. 705, s. 34.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-62 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-62
Adult recipient to seek employment.
Status: in_force

8. a. As defined by the commissioner, each adult recipient shall continuously and actively seek employment in an effort to remove the assistance unit of which the recipient is a member from the program. A recipient may be assigned to a work activity as determined by the commissioner. The recipient shall sign an individual responsibility plan, as provided in subsection f. of this section, in order to be able to participate in the program, which shall indicate the terms of the work activity requirements that the recipient must fulfill in order to continue to receive benefits. b. In accordance with Pub.L.104-193 (42 U.S.C. s. 601 et seq.), a recipient in an assistance unit with dependent children shall commence participation in a work activity, self-directed job search or other activities as determined by the commissioner at some time prior to having received 24 months of benefits; except that if the recipient is a full-time post-secondary student in a course of study related to employment as defined by regulation of the commissioner, the recipient shall be required to engage in another work activity for no more than 15 hours a week, subject to the recipient making satisfactory progress toward the completion of the post-secondary course of study as determined by the commissioner. c. A recipient shall comply with work activity participation requirements as a condition of remaining eligible for benefits. In accordance with the requirements of Pub.L.104-193 (42 U.S.C. s. 601 et seq.), a minimum participation rate of 25 percent shall be realized in federal fiscal year 1997. The participation rate shall increase by 5 percent in each federal fiscal year to a level of 50 percent in federal fiscal year 2002 and thereafter. For two-parent assistance units with dependent children receiving benefits, the participation rate shall be 75 percent for federal fiscal years 1997 and 1998 and 90 percent in federal fiscal year 1999 and thereafter. The participation rate shall be calculated in accordance with federal requirements. A recipient may be required to participate in one or more work activities for a maximum aggregate hourly total of 40 hours per week. d. A recipient shall not be required to engage in a work activity if child care, including the unavailability of after-school child care for children over six years of age, is unavailable for the recipient's dependent child, as determined by regulation of the commissioner. e. A recipient may temporarily be deferred from work activity requirements as provided for by the commissioner if the recipient is: (1) a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy; (2) a person certified by an examining legally licensed physician or legally licensed certified nurse midwife, acting within the scope of the practitioner's profession, to be unable, by reason of a physical or mental defect, disease or impairment, to engage in any gainful occupation for any period less than 12 months; or (3) the parent or relative of a child under the age of 12 weeks who is providing care for that child, except that, the deferral may be extended for an appropriate period of time if determined to be medically necessary for the parent or child. f. Upon a determination of eligibility for benefits, each adult recipient not otherwise deferred or exempted under this act shall be given an assessment of that person's potential and readiness for work, including, but not limited to, skills, education, past work experience and any barriers to securing employment, including a screening and assessment for substance use disorder, as appropriate. For all recipients not deferred or exempt, an annual individual responsibility plan shall be developed jointly by the county agency or municipal welfare agency, as appropriate, and the recipient specifying the steps that will be taken by each to assist the recipient to secure employment. The individual responsibility plan shall include specific goals for each adult member or minor parent in the assistance unit, and may include specific goals for a dependent child member of the assistance unit. The goals, as determined by regulation of the commissioner, shall include, but not be limited to, requirements for parental participation in a dependent child's primary school program, immunizations for a dependent child, and regular school attendance by a dependent child. Recipients who are job ready shall be placed immediately in a self-directed job search. Within the amount of funds allocated by the commissioner for this purpose, other recipients shall be placed in an appropriate work activity as indicated by their individual assessments. g. The county agency or municipal welfare agency, as appropriate, shall ensure the provision of necessary case management for recipients, as appropriate to their degree of job readiness, pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner. The most intensive case management shall be directed to those recipients facing the most serious barriers to employment. h. (1) A recipient shall not be placed or utilized in a position at a particular workplace: (a) that was previously filled by a regular employee if that position, or a substantially similar position at that workplace, has been made vacant through a demotion, substantial reduction of hours or a layoff of a regular employee in the previous 12 months, or has been eliminated by the employer at any time during the previous 12 months; (b) in a manner that infringes upon a wage rate or an employment benefit, or violates the contractual overtime provisions of a regular employee at that workplace; (c) in a manner that violates an existing collective bargaining agreement or a statutory provision that applies to that workplace; (d) in a manner that supplants or duplicates a position in an existing, approved apprenticeship program; (e) by or through an employment agency or temporary help service firm as a community work experience or alternative work experience worker; (f) if there is a contractual or statutory recall right to that position at that workplace; or (g) if there is an ongoing strike or lockout at that workplace. (2) A person who believes that he has been adversely affected by a violation of this subsection, or the organization that is duly authorized to represent the collective bargaining unit to which that person belongs, shall be afforded an opportunity to meet with a designee of the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, as appropriate. The designee shall attempt to resolve the complaint of the alleged violation within 30 days of the date of the request for the meeting. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, shall adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions of this subsection. In the event that the complaint is not resolved within the 30-day period, the complainant may appeal to the New Jersey State Board of Mediation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for expedited binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the board. If the arbitrator determines that a violation has occurred, the arbitrator shall provide an appropriate remedy. The cost of the arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties to the dispute. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a collective bargaining agreement from containing additional protections for a regular employee. i. The commissioner, acting in conjunction with the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance, Community Affairs, Education, Health, Labor and Workforce Development and Transportation, shall implement all elements of the program and establish initiatives to assist in moving recipients towards self-sufficiency. j. The commissioner shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that the program meets the requirements to qualify for the maximum amount of federal funds due the State under Pub.L.104-193 (42 U.S.C. s. 601 et seq.). k. The commissioner is authorized to seek such waivers from the federal government as are necessary to accomplish the goals of the program. L.1997, c.38, s.8; amended 2009, c.114, s.3; 2023, c.177, s.127.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-46 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-46
Eligibility for persons with less than one year of State residence
Status: in_force

3. A recipient who has resided in New Jersey for less than 12 consecutive months shall be eligible to receive cash assistance benefits in the amount that the recipient would have received from the recipient's immediately prior state of residence if that amount is less than the cash assistance benefits provided by the program. This limitation on cash assistance benefits shall apply until the recipient has resided in New Jersey for 12 consecutive months. L.1997,c.14,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-10 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-10
§ 44:1-10
Status: in_force

When the board of chosen freeholders has determined to establish a welfare-house for the permanent maintenance and relief of the poor of the county or portion thereof, has acquired a site therefor, and has awarded contracts for the necessary buildings and improvements thereon, or has resolved to maintain and operate a welfare-house as provided in this chapter, a welfare board shall be constituted and appointed.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-155 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-155
Bond for maintenance from master or commander
Status: in_force

When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or municipality within this state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place, or coming from a municipality within or without this state into a municipality within this state, the overseer of the poor of the municipality at which the ship or vessel shall arrive, may require of the master or commander of the ship or vessel, a bond with approved security to the inhabitants of the municipality in the sum of and not exceeding two hundred dollars conditioned for the maintenance and support of any passenger or employee on board the ship or vessel who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable and a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, in the opinion of the overseer.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-39 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-39
Laws governing assistance for permanent and total disability
Status: in_force

The assistance to be extended under this act shall be known as "assistance for the permanently and totally disabled," but shall in all other respects be governed by the conditions of eligibility and all other requirements, conditions, limitations and procedures established by and pursuant to chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, except that subsections a. and d. of section 44:7-5 and section 44:7-25 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to assistance for the permanently and totally disabled. Assistance for the permanently and totally disabled shall not be granted to any person who is an inmate or resident of or in need of prolonged care in any public or private institution because of physical or mental condition, or other cause, unless (1) the institution, if publicly owned and operated, is a medical institution, other than an institution for tuberculosis or mental disease, designated and approved as such by the Department of Institutions and Agencies, and (2) the institution, if privately owned and operated, does not come within the definition of a hospital to which payment or distribution of funds is permitted to be made by counties or municipalities of this State pursuant to any provision of chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, and is licensed or approved by the Department of Institutions and Agencies pursuant to any provision of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, and (3) the individual is not a patient in such institution as the result of a diagnosis of tuberculosis or psychosis. L.1951, c. 139, p. 593, s. 2. Amended by L.1952, c. 24, p. 110, s. 5; L.1962, c. 222, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-44 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-44
§ 44:4-44
Status: in_force

All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions, as provided by law, aid under the authority conferred upon the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, shall be made use of by the director of welfare and his subordinates and helpers, under the direction and supervision of the county welfare board to the end that causes of dependency on the part of persons or their families and the need for such public relief in whole or in part may be eliminated, and they are authorized under direction of the county welfare board to take such legal steps, either as prosecutors or petitioners in legal proceedings in aid of such persons or their families, as may be necessary to such end.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-72 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-72
Time limit on eligibility for benefits
Status: in_force

2. a. Effective no later than the 30th day after the date of enactment of this act, a recipient's eligibility for benefits shall be limited to a total of 60 cumulative months, except as otherwise provided in this act, regardless of whether the recipient meets more than one assistance unit criteria during that 60-month period. Receipt of assistance from federal block grant funds for temporary assistance for needy families provided by another state or territory pursuant to the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-193, shall count towards the 60-month time limit. Receipt of benefits as a dependent child or minor parent shall not count towards the 60-month time limit in the event that the dependent child or minor parent becomes a head of household in the child's or parent's own right for the purposes of receiving benefits. b. A recipient shall be exempted from the 60-month time limit established pursuant to subsection a. of this section if the recipient is: (1) over 60 years of age; (2) the parent or other relative of a disabled child or other disabled dependent who must provide full-time care for the disabled child or other disabled dependent; (3) permanently disabled, including, but not limited to, a person eligible for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.s.401 et seq.), as defined by regulation of the commissioner; or (4) chronically unemployable as defined by regulation of the commissioner. c. A recipient may receive an extension of no more than 12 cumulative months beyond the 60-month time limit established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, to be granted in increments that shall not exceed six months, if the commissioner determines that the recipient meets one of the following criteria: (1) the recipient or the recipient's dependent child would be subject to extreme hardship or incapacity, as defined by regulation of the commissioner, in the event of a termination of benefits; (2) the recipient is engaged in full-time employment but remains eligible for benefits due to earned income disregards provided for under section 4 of P.L.1997, c.13 (C.44:10-37); (3) the recipient has not received an opportunity to engage in work activities as specified in the individual responsibility plan pursuant to subsection f. of section 8 of P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-62); or (4) the recipient was engaged in full-time employment and was income-ineligible for benefits but was terminated from the employment through no fault of the recipient. d. The provisions of this section shall apply to a person who receives general public assistance pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.) after the effective date of this act and is subsequently transferred directly into the Work First New Jersey program. L.1997,c.37,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-10.2
County welfare board to mean county board of social services
Status: in_force

For any county which has adopted a resolution or ordinance pursuant to section 1 of this act, whenever the term "county welfare board" appears in the statutes it shall mean the "county board of social services." L.1979, c. 9, s. 2, eff. Feb. 5, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-140.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-140.1
Civil, criminal penalties for fraudulent receipt of benefits or payments for general public assistance
Status: in_force

1. A person who willfully obtains benefits to which he is not entitled and a provider who willfully receives payments to which he is not entitled under the "Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance Act," P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), shall be subject to the applicable civil and criminal penalties contained in the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.309,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-160 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-160
§ 44:1-160
Status: in_force

When separate appropriations are made for indoor or outdoor relief of the poor in a municipality, and any one of the appropriations is expended, or is or may be inadequate alone for either indoor or outdoor relief, the governing body may provide for the continuance of such relief as may be necessary for the balance of the fiscal year, and the board or other body having control of the finances of the municipality or district in proper proportion may provide the funds necessary for such continuance by the issuance of temporary loan bonds, the amount of which shall be placed in the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The bonds shall be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for counties or municipalities, or as provided in this chapter for district welfare-houses by more than one county or parts thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-62.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-62.2
Findings, declarations relative to "Public Assistance Cost Reduction and Transportation Independence Pilot Program Act."
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Work First New Jersey program provides transportation assistance to eligible persons to further employment opportunities, to promote personal responsibility and economic self-sufficiency, and to help end the cycle of dependence on public assistance; b. The cost of providing such transportation assistance, in the form of cash payments as well as free New Jersey Transit bus and rail passes, is a worthwhile investment for the taxpayers of New Jersey and for the benefit of recipients and their families; c. Nonprofit charitable organizations have assisted in reducing such costs, while also providing a greater degree of transportation independence to such recipients and families, by accepting donated motor vehicles and making those vehicles available for use by, or for transfer to, recipients of public assistance in order to provide independent transportation to places of employment, day care facilities, and other locations as necessary to promote employment; and d. It is in the public interest for the State Treasurer to have the discretion to establish a pilot program to determine whether providing surplus State motor vehicles to nonprofit charitable organizations engaged in such activity may result in net cost savings to the State as well as support for transportation assistance to recipients of public assistance. L.2008, c.105, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:3-4 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4
§ 44:3-4
Status: in_force

When a new township is formed out of the territory of one or more townships owning or renting real estate used for almshouse purposes and maintaining an almshouse thereon, the new township shall be represented in the management of the almshouse, and shall have the same rights therein and be subject to the same liabilities as the township or townships out of which it was formed, and the trustee or other representative of the new township shall be admitted as a member of the board of trustees of the almshouse property with the powers, privileges and obligations of the other members of the board.
N.J. Stat. § 44:12-2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-2
Local units; powers.
Status: in_force

2. In order to facilitate cooperation with the Federal Government in carrying out the programs contemplated by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or related federal legislation, every local unit is authorized: (a) To accept from the Federal Government, subject to terms and conditions appertaining thereto, grants of funds, equipment, supplies, material and other property; and (b) to hold, use, expend, deal with, employ, distribute and dispose of such funds, equipment, supplies, material and other property; and (c) to appropriate money; and (d) to enter into contracts and agreements with the federal and state governments, other local units or private organizations; and (e) to engage in such activities and to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the powers given in this act. L.1966,c.13,s.2; amended 1981, c.531, s.1; 2005, c.354, s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-129 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-129
Determining amount of State aid
Status: in_force

23. In each year the commissioner shall determine the amount of State aid which each municipality or county, as appropriate, shall receive in such year, and the same shall be distributed by the commissioner among the various municipalities and counties making application therefor to the commissioner before July 1 of such year, except those in which public assistance shall be administered by the commissioner for all or any part of such year, by the payment to each municipality or county of 100% of its "current year's public assistance load." L.1947,c.156,s.23; amended 1968,c.139,s.3; 1990,c.66,s.6; 1995,c.259,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-104 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-104
Certain income excluded in determining eligibility.
Status: in_force

10. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, the department and the county welfare agencies shall exclude from a household's income all legally-obligated or court-ordered child support payments paid by a household member to, or on behalf of, a non-household member, including payments to a third party on behalf of the non-household member and amounts paid toward arrearages, for the purpose of determining whether a household meets applicable gross and net SNAP income eligibility standards. L.2013, c.45, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-75 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-75
Implementation of electronic benefit distribution system.
Status: in_force

5. a. The department shall implement the electronic benefit distribution system established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.501 (C.44:10-5.1 et seq.) in every county of the State. b. All cash assistance and food stamp benefits shall be provided through the issuance of a single benefit card utilizing the electronic benefit distribution system. The commissioner may include additional programs in this system at his discretion. c. No charge, including a fee imposed by a terminal owner, shall be imposed upon a person receiving cash assistance, food stamp or other benefits for participating in the electronic benefit transfer system, except as follows: (1) after three free cash automatic teller machine withdrawals in a month, the department may deduct a transaction fee from a recipient's account for each subsequent withdrawal; (2) a recipient shall be required to pay a fee for a replacement benefit card in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, which may be deducted from the recipient's account as determined by the commissioner, in accordance with federal law; and (3) in the case of a recipient who elects to receive benefits at a point-of-sale location licensed by the Department of Banking and Insurance pursuant to P.L.1993, c.383 (C.17:15A-30 et seq.), the State shall pay the licensee the difference between the contracted base transaction fee and $1.00. The provisions of this paragraph shall expire two years after the effective date of the single Statewide electronic benefits distribution contract that is let pursuant to P.L.1997, c.37 (C.44:10-71 et al.). d. A retail establishment currently authorized to participate in the federal food stamp program, or the New Jersey Supplementary Food Stamp Program established pursuant to P.L.1998, c.32 (C.44:10-79 et al.), shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in the electronic benefit distribution system. e. The department shall cycle the issuance of cash assistance and food stamp benefits over multiple dates throughout the month in a manner that best serves cash assistance and food stamp recipients within the framework of the electronic benefit distribution system in each county. f. The commissioner shall have the discretion to determine the need for appropriate benefit card security measures, as well as whatever personal identification technology is included on the benefit card, to access cash assistance, food stamp or other benefits under the electronic benefit distribution system. g. A county agency shall issue a photo-identification card to each adult recipient as a condition of receiving benefits until implementation of the electronic benefit distribution system in that county agency. Once a county begins to implement the electronic benefit distribution system, the county agency shall no longer be required to issue a photo-identification card to each adult recipient but may continue the issuance of photo-identification cards separate from the benefit cards. h. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, until such time as the electronic benefit distribution system is implemented Statewide, contracts for the provision of food stamp coupons are not subject to the requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1997,c.37,s.5; amended 1998, c.32, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-88 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-88
Granting of relief
Status: in_force

Upon inquiry as provided in section 44:1-87 of this title the overseer shall by a written order render such aid and material relief as he may in his discretion deem necessary to the end that the person may not suffer unnecessarily from cold or hunger, or be deprived of shelter. If the poor person requires permanent relief and support and is without adequate home, he shall, subject to various other provisions of this chapter, be committed and removed to the proper almshouse or welfare-house in the municipality, county or district.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-12 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-12
REACH program
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Labor, Education, Community Affairs, and Commerce and Economic Development, and the Chancellor of Higher Education, shall establish the "Program for Realizing Economic Achievement," hereinafter referred to as the REACH program, in the Division of Public Welfare in the Department of Human Services for the purpose of enabling recipients of aid to families with dependent children to realize economic achievement through a range of education, training, employment and supportive services, while also focusing on the prevention of long-term dependency for young mothers who are recipients of aid to families with dependent children. L. 1987, c. 282, s. 4; per s.11 as amended by s.15 of 1991, c.523, expired July 1, 1995.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-73.5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-73.5
Civil service, pension or retirement rights unaffected
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or by any pension law or retirement system. L.1946, c. 110, p. 342, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.7 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.7
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means Department of Human Services. "SNAP" means the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.). L.2022, c.30, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-88 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-88
Definitions regarding individual development accounts.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Account holder" means a person who is the owner of an individual development account. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs. "Community-based organization" means a not-for-profit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)) and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.501 (a)), that is approved by the commissioner to implement the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program established under this act. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Economic literacy" means a basic understanding of budgets and savings accounts, credit and interest and how to use financial services; and having a savings plan and using it to reach the account holder's savings goal for an individual development account. "Eligible individual" means an adult with an annual household gross income up to a maximum of 250 percent of the official poverty level. "Financial institution" means a state or federally chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union with an office in this State. "Fund" means the Individual Development Account Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.604(h) and 45 C.F.R. Part 263 (45 C.F.R. s.263.0 et seq.). "Individual development account" means an account established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.604(h) and 45 C.F.R. Part 263 (45 C.F.R. s.263.0 et seq.) in trust for an eligible individual that is a trust account pursuant to the "Multiple-party Deposit Account Act," P.L.1979, c.491 (C.17:16I-1 et seq.). "Program" means the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program established pursuant to the provisions of this act. "Program contributor" means a person or entity who makes a contribution to an individual development account reserve fund, except that "program contributor" does not mean the account holder. "Reserve fund" means the individual development account reserve fund created by a community-based organization for the purposes of: funding the costs incurred in the administration of the program; receiving matching funds from the State; and providing matching funds for individual development accounts pursuant to section 5 of this act. L.2001, c.93, s.3; amended 2019, c.460, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-94 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-94
Obtaining employment for poor persons and families
Status: in_force

When an application for relief is made to the overseer or deputy of a municipality or superintendent acting when there is no overseer, in behalf of a person who claims to be poor and in distress, and when the person or a member of his family appears to be in good health and capable of earning a livelihood sufficient for the total or partial support of the poor person, the overseer or superintendent shall make every possible effort to secure employment for the person and any or all other members of the same family and shall use to that end the services of such helpers as may be appointed in his jurisdiction to aid in accomplishing that purpose and in maintaining supervision over the poor person and in having contact with his employers for the purpose not only of obtaining employment but of continuing it if possible, and the factors if any interfering in the obtaining or continuation of such or any employment shall be ascertained and remedied if possible. To this end all public employment agencies or rehabilitation bureaus, or any other agencies, public, private or charitable, may be made use of, and the expense thereof, not properly an expense of any such agency shall in the discretion of the overseer or superintendent be chargeable in whole or in part to the municipality, county or joint district. Persons for whom proper employment is found who shall willfully neglect to work or labor and become, or continue, chargeable to a municipality, county or part thereof or district, by reason of such neglect, and persons chargeable by law for the support of a poor person who shall neglect to perform reasonable work or labor, shall be proceeded against by the overseer or superintendent.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-125 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-125
Deductions from public assistance
Status: in_force

19. The fact that an applicant for public assistance or any of his dependents shall be receiving, or entitled to receive, income from other sources or compensation for part-time or casual services shall not make such person ineligible to receive public assistance if such income or compensation is insufficient to support him and his dependents properly but the amount of such income or compensation shall be taken into consideration in determining the amount of his public assistance by deducting from the amount of public assistance which he otherwise would be entitled to receive, the amount of such income or compensation; except that any money received because of a settlement agreement or judgment in a lawsuit brought against a manufacturer or distributor of "Agent Orange" for damages resulting from exposure to "Agent Orange" shall not reduce the amount of public assistance received by the applicant and shall not be subject to a lien or be available for repayment to the State, county or municipality for public assistance received by the applicant. L.1947,c.156,s.19; amended 1986,c.65; 1995,c.259,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-116 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-116
Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state
Status: in_force

Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside this state, the overseer shall provide relief and immediately make such application, with the aid of the county adjuster, as may be necessary and otherwise lawful for his removal. A record thereof shall be filed with the commissioner and his aid obtained for such purpose when necessary, which aid the commissioner shall give forthwith.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-5
Eligibility of applicants; details
Status: in_force

Old age assistance shall be granted under this chapter to any person who: a. Has attained the age of 65 years; b. Lacks adequate support; is unable to support himself; is without parents, spouse, or children able to support him and without other persons able and willing to support him; c. Is a resident of this State; d. Is not involuntarily confined in any public or private institution other than a medical institution; e. Has not made a voluntary assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of qualifying for such assistance or for the purpose of evading responsibility under section 44:7-14 of this Title; f. Is found, after due investigation and determination as hereinafter provided, to be in need of assistance. Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 901, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1938; L.1942, c. 173, p. 534, s. 1; L.1943, c. 164, p. 476, s. 3; L.1944, c. 84, p. 164, s. 1; L.1952, c. 24, p. 109, s. 2; L.1953, c. 213, p. 1613, s. 2; L.1962, c. 222, s. 10; L.1966, c. 190, s. 1; L.1969, c. 226, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-59 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-59
Time of final action on resolution; notice
Status: in_force

When a county shall propose by resolution, as in this chapter provided, to establish a county welfare-house, or to contract with another county for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor by the other county in a welfare-house thereof, or for the establishment of a district welfare-house, the resolution so providing shall not be passed at the time of its proposal, but after the proposal the action thereon shall be adjourned for at least one month, when it shall be finally acted upon by the board of chosen freeholders except that such action may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board. Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers of general circulation in the county, one of which is published in the county seat.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.8 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.8
Training program established; assist in SNAP enrollment.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Human Services, to the maximum extent permissible under federal law, shall establish a training program for county boards of social services that assist individuals with SNAP enrollment and recertification processes. The purpose of the training shall be to educate employees, including supervisory and managerial employees and designated county training staff, on current federal laws, regulations, and standards concerning SNAP, and standard best practices to comply with federal SNAP requirements, with the goal of ensuring employees of county boards of social services are at all times in compliance with federal laws, regulations, standards, and best practices as they pertain to SNAP. The department shall review the training program and curriculum each year and may modify the training program from time to time, as need may require, to incorporate any changes to the federal laws, regulations, and standards concerning SNAP. b. Participation in the training program established pursuant to this section shall be mandatory for all employees of a county board of social services who assist individuals with SNAP enrollment and recertification processes, as well as for all supervisory or management employees of the county board of social services who interview, process, or review SNAP cases and designated training staff of the county board of social services. Each county board of social services shall be responsible for ensuring that: (1) all required employees complete the training program at least twice in each calendar year; (2) all newly hired employees of the county board of social services who will assist individuals with SNAP enrollment and recertification processes, who will interview, process, or review SNAP cases in a managerial or supervisory role, or who will serve as designated training staff for the county board of social services complete the training within one month of hire; and (3) all employees who assist individuals with SNAP enrollment and recertification processes, who interview, process, or review SNAP cases in a managerial or supervisory role, or who serve as designated training staff members, complete the training as a condition of any professional promotion within the county board of social services. L.2022, c.30, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-90 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-90
§ 44:4-90
Status: in_force

In welfare-houses or other institutions for the reception and maintenance of poor persons, females shall be kept separate from males at all times in their living rooms, bedrooms, toilets, halls, stairways and outbuildings, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who are lawfully married and living together as man and wife and who are or shall become inmates of a welfare-house or other institution. The accommodations necessary to carry out the intentions of this section shall be provided.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-49 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-49
§ 44:4-49
Status: in_force

Directors of welfare shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures on their part or that of their subordinates.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-5
Referendum; ballot, form
Status: in_force

44:5-5. The question of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title shall not be submitted to the electors of a city until after a resolution is passed by the legislative body of the city directing the clerk to give public notice of the submission of the question. Upon the adoption of the resolution the clerk of the city shall cause notice of the submission of the question to be published in two newspapers circulating in the city for at least ten days before the holding of the election. The officer charged with the duty of preparing the official ballots for the election of municipal officers of the city at that election shall cause to be printed on each official ballot beneath the list of candidates thereon substantially the following: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of [ ] Yes the title Poor of the Revised Statutes, enabling the city to contract for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for indigent patients in any [ ] No regularly incorporated hospital located in the city, be adopted?" If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of the sections. If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "no" it shall be counted as a vote against the adoption of the sections, and if no mark is made in either square at the left of either the word "yes" or "no" it shall not be counted as a vote for or against the acceptance of the sections. Amended 1994,c.77,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-145.5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-145.5
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

32. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 16 through section 32 of P.L.1995, c.259 (C.44:8-111 through C.44:8-145.5). L.1995,c.259,s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-19.5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-19.5
Clerk or register of deeds; duties; fees
Status: in_force

The clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county or the Clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which all liens and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorded without payment of any fee, which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the person against whom the lien is claimed. L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-97 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-97
Record as to every applicant for relief
Status: in_force

Overseers shall in respect to all applicants for relief keep a record which may be by card index and which shall state: a. The name, age, sex and residence; b. The number and names of children and their ages; c. The time and place of last employment and the family income; d. Whether citizen or alien and the place of nativity; e. The place of abode for the ten years preceding the application for relief; f. The cause direct and indirect which has operated to make relief necessary so far as can be ascertained; g. The relief or aid given, and such relief as may have been or is being provided by all organizations as ascertained; h. The name of the overseer or deputy and helper having particular knowledge and charge of the case, and of witnesses of the fact with their addresses; and i. The name of those responsible by law for the support of the poor person and the name of any relative agreeing or likely to agree to contribute in whole or in part to, or assist in, the support of the poor person.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-91.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.2
Filing certificate of costs of care furnished; legal claim, enforcement
Status: in_force

1. At any time the county welfare board may execute and file with the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, a certificate, in the form prescribed by section 44:7-15 of the Revised Statutes, showing the amount of the cost of the care and maintenance of any person at the county welfare-house or for the permanent outdoor support furnished to any person. When so filed each certificate shall be a legal claim against both the person and his estate and shall have the same force and effect as a judgment of the Superior Court, with priority over all unsecured claims except funeral expenses not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). No levy shall be made upon the real estate while it is occupied by the widow or widower, as the case may be. If the proceeds of sale of any personalty or real estate, as herein provided, exceeds the total amount paid for care and maintenance under this chapter, such excess shall be returned to such person, or in the event of his death, such excess shall be considered as the property of the deceased for proper administration proceedings. All funds reclaimed under these provisions shall be returned to the county. L.1946,c.175,s.1; amended 1953,c.42,s.21; 1991,c.91,s.438.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-36 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-36
First class counties over 800,000 having municipal welfare home but no county welfare home; annual payments to county welfare board for cost of maintenance of persons in home
Status: in_force

In any county of the first class having a population of over eight hundred thousand, in which there is no county welfare home, and in which is located a municipal welfare home wherein there are maintained needy persons over the age of sixty-five, it shall be lawful, in the event that the State has heretofore discontinued contributions of money to such municipality toward the maintenance of such persons in such municipal welfare home, for the board of chosen freeholders to appropriate and pay to the county welfare board annually, beginning January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, a sum sufficient to meet part of the cost of the maintenance of such persons in such welfare home, not to exceed the amounts which the State contributed to the cost of the maintenance of such persons at the time of the discontinuance of such State payments. It shall be lawful for the county welfare board to pay such moneys to the municipality having control of such municipal welfare home, quarter-annually. No money shall be paid under the authority of this act toward the care of any person in such municipal welfare home, unless he is otherwise eligible to receive old age assistance under the act to which this is a supplement. L.1950, c. 218, p. 544, s. 1, eff. June 13, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-20 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-20
§ 44:1-20
Status: in_force

All appropriations for the expenditure of money as set forth in this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-100 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-100
Materials, stationery and forms of records
Status: in_force

The governing body or bodies shall furnish to the overseer and his deputies the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the municipality. All forms of records for the use of the overseer shall be such as are approved and prescribed by the commissioner.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Construction
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed and nothing therein shall be construed as repealing any other law or part thereof providing for the settlement and relief of the poor except in so far as inconsistent therewith, and the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as an additional method of supporting and providing for aged poor persons. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to terminate, alter or affect any assistance furnished prior to March sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, or being furnished on said date under any law of this state. The provisions contained in this chapter shall not be construed to be exclusive and shall not be construed to repeal other provisions of the law not inconsistent therewith. Any particular grant of power contained in this chapter shall be held to be in specification but not in limitation of general powers. Nothing in this chapter shall operate to repeal or nullify the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-144 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-144
Sequestration of estate
Status: in_force

44:1-144. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may: a. Issue process for the immediate sequestration of the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate of the person charged as provided in section 44:1-143 of this Title; b. Appoint the director of welfare of a municipality or another person receiver thereof; and c. Cause the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be applied toward the maintenance and support as to the court shall from time to time seem reasonable and just. Amended 1953,c.42,s.12; 1991,c.91,s.432.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-10.1
Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals
Status: in_force

Any village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made, of a sum of money not exceeding an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total assessed valuation of real and personal property of such municipality which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of such municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied for the purposes and in the manner set forth in section 44:5-10 of this title, or may be paid directly to any hospital, now duly incorporated under the laws of this state and located in such municipality or in any other municipality in the same or an adjoining county, for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance of any such hospital furnishing hospital service to the residents of such municipality, in order that such hospital may be maintained and render service to such residents of the municipality who are not able to pay the full cost of their maintenance, care and treatment in such hospital.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-4 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-4
§ 44:5-4
Status: in_force

A city which has no hospital located therein maintained by the city, shall, when the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title are assented to by a majority of the electors as hereinafter provided, make and enter into a contract or agreement with any regularly incorporated hospital supported in whole or in part by private subscription and located in the city, to pay to that hospital for a period not exceeding ten years in any one term, a sum equal to one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city, for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to that hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city. Said sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 shall not take effect in any city until assented to by a majority of the legal electors thereof voting at any election for municipal officers to be held in the city.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-40 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-40
Determination by director of relief to be granted
Status: in_force

44:4-40. The county director of welfare, under the direction, and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall determine who are to be relieved by him, subject to an application by any person on at least five days' notice, to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, by complaint, in writing, applying for a summary review and determination by the court of the action of the director of welfare as to the extent and amount of relief, if any, to be given or rendered. Amended 1953,c.42,s.20; 1991,c.91,s.434.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-146 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-146
Recovery of expenses of support
Status: in_force

44:1-146. The director of welfare of a municipality may bring a civil action from time to time in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part for the amount necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid. Upon recovery of judgment and the sale of any real or personal property of the defendant, the proceeds therefrom shall as in other civil actions be paid to the director and be applied by him to the support and maintenance of the deserted persons, or to the reimbursement of the municipality, county or board to the extent of the expenditures made by it for that support and maintenance. The sum realized on execution sale and not immediately used shall be kept by the director in a separate account in a national or State bank in the place where the deserted wife or children, or any of them, are placed or maintained. Surplus proceeds not expended for that purpose shall be the property of and payable to the defendant. Amended 1953,c.42,s.14; 1991,c.91,s.433.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-127 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-127
Revocation of order for continued assistance
Status: in_force

The director of welfare may in his discretion summarily revoke any order for continued assistance whenever it shall appear that the person is no longer needy with the meaning of this act or will be otherwise adequately provided for. L.1947, c. 156, p. 699, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-78 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-78
Salary
Status: in_force

The overseer in a municipality shall, in lieu of all fees, receive such salary as may be fixed by the governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-33 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-33
§ 44:1-33
Status: in_force

When a county shall provide for the relief and maintenance of its permanent poor by contract with another county as authorized in this chapter, it shall authorize the contract to be entered into, and adopt such other provisions as may be necessary, by resolution.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-76 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-76
Persons authorized to receive assistance
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of this act, any resident of New Jersey who has attained the age of 65 years, who is not eligible to receive medical assistance pursuant to chapter 413 of the laws of 1968, and whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of health services provided under this act, shall be entitled to receive medical assistance for the aged. L.1962, c. 222, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 227, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-85 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-85
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

11. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1998,c.32,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-136 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-136
Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home
Status: in_force

The overseer of the poor shall upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit a minor poor child who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the almshouse or welfare-house or other public institution for the care of children or in some private institution for the care of children, or with some family approved by the state board of children's guardians for a period not to exceed thirty days after date of commitment or until the court having jurisdiction has adjudged the child a public charge or made an order committing it or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as provided by law in this chapter and otherwise.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-10.2
Construction or enlargement of private health care facility; municipal appropriations
Status: in_force

Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality, may appropriate a sum or sums of money to be applied for the purpose of constructing or enlarging any health care facility or health care facilities located in the municipality or in any other municipality in the county, which is supported by private charity and where such patients as may be sent thereto are supported and maintained and to which annual appropriations may be made by the municipality to maintain patients and to assist such health care facility in accordance with the chapter to which this is a supplement. The sum or sums so appropriated pursuant to this act shall be used and applied in constructing or enlarging such health care facility. L.1954, c. 266, p. 982, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1954. Amended by L.1981, c. 145, s. 2, eff. May 14, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-59.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-59.2
"State WFNJ Diaper Benefit Pilot Program" established.
Status: in_force

2. a. There is established in the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services the State WFNJ Diaper Benefit Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the division shall distribute to each person participating in WFNJ a monthly State benefit of $30 for each dependent of the person who is under 36 months of age to defray the costs of diaper products. The director of the division shall establish a process to distribute the $30 monthly State benefit via the participant's existing WFNJ electronic benefits card on the same issuance date as the participant's standard WFNJ benefits. A participant shall be required to use any monthly State benefit issued pursuant to this section for diaper products. The division shall educate participants that the purpose of the additional benefit is for the purchase of diaper products. Any unspent funds from a participant's monthly State WFNJ Diaper Benefit shall be subject to WFNJ program benefit expungement and aging rules. b. As used in this section, "WFNJ" means the Work First New Jersey program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.) in accordance with authorization received under Title IV of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-193 (8 U.S.C. s.1601 et seq.). L.2024, c.27, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:12-5 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-5
Construction of act
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. L.1966, c. 13, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-104 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-104
§ 44:1-104
Status: in_force

Legitimate minor children shall, until they have gained a settlement of their own, always follow and have the settlement of their father, if they have one, except that if the father has no settlement they shall follow and have the settlement of their mother.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-139 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-139
Obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives
Status: in_force

Upon application for the relief of a poor person an overseer shall ascertain if possible the relatives chargeable by law for his support and proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render such assistance as is provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-126 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-126
Exploitation of recipients
Status: in_force

No welfare department of any municipality shall directly or indirectly exploit or permit to be exploited recipients of public assistance for political purposes. L.1947, c. 156, p. 699, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 44:8-124 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-124
Continued assistance, manner of; extent
Status: in_force

Continued assistance under this act may be provided in such a manner as to meet any or all of the several needs of, or as may be necessary to protect the well-being of, the person or persons to whom assistance is to be granted such as the provision of food, milk, shelter, fuel, clothing or medical care and it may be provided by: (a) Cash assistance or, (b) Any other method authorized by the local assistance board, approved by the governing body, and complying with the regulations of the commissioner. The extent of individual grants shall be determined in accordance with the standards and budgets authorized by the commissioner. L.1947, c. 156, p. 698, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-113 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-113
Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable
Status: in_force

Permanent relief shall not be rendered by an overseer to a person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the municipality or county in which relief is sought or necessary. Such persons shall be temporarily provided for or admitted to an almshouse or welfare-house pending removal and shall be removed by such procedure as may be lawfully necessary by the overseer as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-41 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-41
Application for assistance for permanent and total disability
Status: in_force

All persons wishing to make application for assistance for the permanently and totally disabled shall have opportunity to do so and assistance shall be furnished with reasonable promptness to all of such persons who are found eligible. L.1951, c. 139, p. 594, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-20 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-20
Director's power to issue subpoenas; contempt; false testimony
Status: in_force

44:7-20. For the purpose of ascertaining and determining the facts and circumstances concerning any application for assistance made under this chapter the county director of welfare shall have power, in his discretion, to compel the attendance of the applicant and other persons in this State and the production of books, records and other documents in this State pertinent to such examination. The director of welfare may administer oaths for the purpose of such examination. Upon any misconduct or failure to obey any summons or subpoena issued to an applicant by the director, or failure to testify by the applicant, the director may, in his discretion, subject to the approval of the county welfare board, reject the application for assistance. Any misconduct or failure to obey any summons or subpoena issued to an applicant or any other person by the director, or failure to testify by the applicant or other such person, shall be punishable by the Superior Court as a contempt is punishable in a case pending in the court. But no commitment shall be ordered for a period exceeding 90 days. Any applicant or other person who shall knowingly give false testimony before the director shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Amended 1938,c.361,s.14; 1953,c.42,s.36; 1957,c.61; 1991,c.91,s.445.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-43 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-43
Needy blind persons; assistance from county welfare board
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of this act and the provisions of chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes as hereinafter specified, any needy person residing in New Jersey who has attained the age of 18 years and who is blind, shall be entitled to receive assistance from the county welfare board of the county in which he resides. L.1962, c. 197, s. 41.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-74 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-74
Term
Status: in_force

An overseer shall hold office for five years except where a longer term is prescribed by statute.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-55 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-55
Compelling county to share expenses and obligations
Status: in_force

On failure of any county, through its governing body, to make provision in any manner as required by this chapter or other law for the payment of the expenses and obligations imposed thereby for its proportionate share of the establishment or maintenance of a district welfare-house, the board of chosen freeholders of any county composing the district may bring an action in the Superior Court, against the defaulting or delinquent board of chosen freeholders or any delinquent official thereof, or both, for a mandatory order or judgment directing the performance of the actions necessary to accomplish the requisite lawful action and compel the carrying out of its obligations as a county in the proper proportion as to expense and payment as provided in this chapter or any other law. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be construed to interfere with or restrict any proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ instituted for the purpose, or to review the legality of the order or judgment. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 774, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-24.2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-24.2
Chief administrative officer of county welfare agencies or boards of social services; duties
Status: in_force

9. The superintendent, director or other chief administrative officer of each county welfare agency or county board of social services shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at the offices of the agency or board to each person appearing in person at that location to apply for services under any program administered by the office or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the applicant wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form will be retained by the employee. If the applicant wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the person that the person may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and, if the person chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the county commissioner of registration. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the division with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every office of the agency or board; c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to the location in the case of any office on aging which is located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the office and for the transmittal of the forms to the county commissioner of registration or the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any applicant with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an agent or employee of the agency or board; f. inform each agent or employee of the agency or board who assists in registering a person to vote that that agent or employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at an office of the agency or board is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1991,c.318,s.9; amended 1994,c.182,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-24 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-24
Appointment of superintendent; qualifications
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall appoint a superintendent of welfare who shall be the director of welfare under the direction and supervision of that board. The superintendent shall: a. Have the qualifications and be subject to the same examination as an overseer; b. Be a citizen of this state and of the United States; c. Be able to read and write the English language; d. Be capable of making and keeping such records and reports as are lawfully required of him; e. Have complete knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor; and f. Not be a member of the board. The county adjuster when qualified may be appointed for this office, but when so appointed shall not serve as an ex-officio member of the county welfare board.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-38 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-38
Provision of supportive services
Status: in_force

5. a. The program shall provide supportive services to a recipient as a last resort when no other source of support is available, except that the recipient shall be required to continuously seek other sources of support. The commissioner shall determine the amounts and extent of the support. The supportive services shall include, but not be limited to, one or more of the following: (1) child care services , including after-school child care in the case of a child over six years of age, for eligible dependent children, to be provided during the recipient's program eligibility period and for 24 consecutive months following ineligibility for benefits as a result of receipt of earned income. An adult recipient who continues to be eligible to receive child care services following ineligibility for benefits, and an adult recipient who is employed but continues to receive benefits, shall pay a copay for child care services in accordance with a sliding fee scale established by the commissioner, which shall be no greater than the child care co-payment schedule established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:81-14.18A; (2) transportation services to be provided directly by the program or through an allowance or other means of subsidy by which the recipient may purchase transportation; and (3) a limited allowance for each assistance unit to cover work-related expenses necessary to engage in required work activities, as determined by the commissioner. b. Medical assistance shall be provided to an assistance unit with dependent children pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1987, c.283 (C.30:4D-6c) which provides for a continuation of medical assistance for a period of 24 consecutive months under certain circumstances, except that: (1) coverage solely of the adult head of an assistance unit by an employer's health insurance plan shall not preclude other members of the assistance unit from receiving the additional 24 months of medical assistance; and (2) an assistance unit with dependent children which, using the limits and methodologies contained in Title IV-A, would not be eligible for cash assistance under Title IV-A as a result of the collection of child or spousal support under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.651 et seq.), shall receive an additional four consecutive months of medical assistance beginning with the first month of ineligibility under the provisions of Title IV-A. L.1997,c.13,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-5.6 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5.6
Payment cycles
Status: in_force

5. The Department of Human Services shall cycle the issuance of benefits over multiple dates throughout the month in a manner that best serves AFDC and food stamp recipients within the framework of the electronic benefit distribution system in each county. Such cycling shall begin in Camden, Hudson and Essex counties on July 1, 1992. L.1991,c.478,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-84 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-84
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect July 1, 1963, but all arrangements necessary or appropriate to enable this act to become fully effective on said date shall be made as promptly as possible as though this act were effective immediately. L.1962, c. 222, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-17 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-17
Reports
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner shall submit to the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee and the General Assembly Appropriations Committee, or their successor committees, and the Governor, at the earliest possible date, a REACH program implementation report, including, but not limited to, the following information: a detailed schedule for the implementation of each phase of the REACH program and a description of the services to be provided in each phase, as well as a precise estimate of the number of program participants during each phase of the program and the costs of implementing each phase. b. The commissioner shall provide to the Assembly Appropriations Committee and the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee, or their successor committees, on a quarterly basis a detailed report on the REACH program containing statistical and financial information. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: the number of recipients of aid to families with dependent children who are participating in the program and the number who have been exempted from the program; the kinds of services being provided to program participants and the costs of those services; the number of designated representatives of the commissioner employed by the program and the costs associated with their employment; other administrative costs incurred by the program; the number of program participants who have obtained employment and the average hourly wage and benefits provided by their employers; and the average length of time that program participants remain employed. Each report shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the end of the quarter. c. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Labor, Education, Community Affairs, and Commerce and Economic Development, and the Chancellor of Higher Education, shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than two years after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, on the effectiveness of the REACH program in meeting its objectives, accompanying that report with any recommendations for changes in the law or regulations governing the REACH program that the commissioner deems necessary. L. 1987, c. 282, s. 9; per s.11 as amended by s.15 of 1991, c.523, expired July 1, 1995.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-37 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-37
Appropriation for year in which act is adopted; borrowing funds
Status: in_force

If the board of chosen freeholders shall have made no appropriation in its annual budget to carry out the provisions of this act for the fiscal year in which this act was adopted, said board may appropriate and use any county funds not otherwise appropriated or dedicated, or may appropriate and raise such funds as may be necessary for such purpose for such fiscal year, and may borrow the same, or any part thereof, on the credit of the county, and may issue obligations therefor, in the same manner as other similar obligations are issued under the provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes. L.1950, c. 218, p. 544, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-2 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-2
Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities
Status: in_force

Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality may make an appropriation in each year of an amount which, in the judgment of the governing body, shall be adequate for the purposes hereinafter stated. Such appropriation shall be made in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made and such sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied to the purpose of paying the cost of supporting and maintaining such indigent patients as may be sent by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or other proper authority of the municipality to any health care facility or health care facilities supported by private charity and located in the municipality or any other municipality in this State, and shall also be applied to the purpose of defraying the cost incurred by any such health care facility in providing health care facility care to any indigent person residing in such municipality in cases where the furnishing of such care shall be approved by the proper authorities of such municipality, although such person may not have been sent to the health care facility by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or any other proper authority thereof. The sum so appropriated may also be applied to the purpose of assisting in the support of any such health care facility or health care facilities. The money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose whatever and the municipality may by ordinance regulate (a) The mode of sending such person to such health care facility or health care facilities and of approving of the furnishing of care therein; (b) The mode and terms of paying for the care and maintenance of such persons so sent to such health care facility or health care facilities or so approved; and (c) The manner of making payment for the maintenance of such health care facility or health care facilities. Amended by L.1948, c. 53, p. 139, s. 1; L.1949, c. 227, p. 715, s. 1; L.1950, c. 291, p. 987, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1950; L.1981, c. 145, s. 3, eff. May 14, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 44:10-81.4 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-81.4
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Human Services may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and P.L.2022, c.26 (C.44:10-81.5 et al.). L.2021, c.243, s.2; amended 2022, c.26, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-35 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-35
§ 44:4-35
Status: in_force

The county welfare board shall fix the salaries of the director of welfare and such other officers, assistants and employees within the limits of the appropriation made therefor by the board of chosen freeholders, and such salaries shall be compensation in full for all services rendered.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-107 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-107
Recovery of expenses of support
Status: in_force

The county welfare board through the county director of welfare, may bring a civil action from time to time in that court for such amount as may be necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid, and upon recovery of judgment and the sale of any property, real or personal, of the defendant, the proceeds realized therefrom as in other civil actions shall be paid to the county welfare board and applied by it for the support and maintenance of the deserted persons, or to reimburse the county or welfare board to the extent of the expenditures made by it for such support and maintenance. The sum realized on execution sale and not immediately used shall be kept by the county welfare board in a separate account in a national or State bank in the place where the deserted wife or children or any of them, are placed or maintained. All surplus proceeds not expended for that purpose shall be the property of and payable to the defendant. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 784, s. 27, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 44:3-3 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Superintendents of indoor relief in cities
Status: in_force

The governing body or body having charge of the charities of a city may appoint a superintendent of indoor relief who shall have the management of the almshouse of the city and the control of the inmates thereof. He shall hold office for the term of three years commencing on January first in the year of appointment, and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the appointing body, which compensation shall not be increased or decreased during his term. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to terminate or abridge the term of office of any such officer in such city if such officer was originally elected or appointed prior to April eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and ten.
N.J. Stat. § 44:4-42 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-42
§ 44:4-42
Status: in_force

Where a county contains a city of the first or second class, the county welfare board of such county shall appoint an assistant director of welfare for each such city to administer the distribution of relief under the direction of the director of welfare and the supervision of the county welfare board in such territory as the county welfare board may prescribe; and to administer relief to such other municipalities as the county welfare board may deem necessary such board may appoint assistants on the staff of the director of welfare, preference of appointment to be given to experienced and fully qualified overseers of the poor.
N.J. Stat. § 44:7-48 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-48
Supplementary provisions
Status: in_force

Sections 41 through 45 of this act shall supplement chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes. L.1962, c. 197, s. 46.
N.J. Stat. § 44:1-137 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-137
Expense of temporary commitment
Status: in_force

A poor child temporarily committed by the overseer as provided in section 44:1-136 of this title shall, during such commitment and until the making by the court of an adjudication or order as provided by law in this article or otherwise, remain a charge against the municipality of the overseer's jurisdiction, to be paid for by the overseer from the funds at his disposal.
N.J. Stat. § 44:5-19.7 — NJ Code / Title 44 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-19.7
Settlement of lien
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of the county is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for which any lien is filed under the provisions of this act and such resolution shall be sufficient authorization for the discharge thereof. L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 7.