New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 46D - CONTRIBUTION TO CARE AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - TREASURY FORMULA-DDD › Section 10:46D-3.2 - DDD Formula B-DDD (B) for individuals under age 18

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This section
				shall apply to the individual under age 18 being served, LRR(s), or any other
				person responsible for the estate of such individual and/or LRR(s). The family
				maintenance standard for a family of four, for calendar year 2024, is $ 39,996,
				the medical cost standard for a family of four is $ 9,896, and the tuition
				deduction shall be revised annually, using the Consumer Price Index figures
				then applicable and the cost for in-State tuition at Rutgers, the State
				University, ( $ 13,674 for school year 2023-24). These revisions shall be
				published annually by the Department as public notices in the New Jersey
				Register. Additionally, the Department shall publish in the New Jersey
				Register, the cost of care and maintenance rates as established by the
				Commissioner.
(b) The Treasury
				Formula-DDD(B) charges 20 percent of family income above a minimum cost of
				living standard to clients with financial dependents (claimed on individual's
				State and Federal income tax forms) and LRR(s) except as provided in (j)
				below.
(c) The family maintenance
				standard (FMS) shall be used to define the income necessary to meet a family's
				minimal needs. The FMS establishes the lower ceiling on charges by assuring
				that payments to the Department do not reduce the family's income below this
				amount. The FMS is tied to an authoritative cost of living standard that
				reflects inflationary increases. Adjustments in the FMS are made by using the
				current available 12-month change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), October
				through October, for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for New
				York/Northeastern New Jersey and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Regions. This
				CPI standard, compiled for a family of four, is changed into equivalent incomes
				for various family sizes using a scale provided by the Federal
				government.
(d) The family
				maintenance standard shall be calculated by the Department in the following
				manner.
1. Step 1--Indicate adjustment
				months. The adjustment months will be the months of October of the previous
				year and October of the current year.
2. Step 2--Determine the difference in the
				Consumer Price Index. For each region, determine the difference in the Consumer
				Price Index of "all items" by subtracting last October's CPI from the index
				information received from the current October report.
3. Step 3--Calculate the Consumer Price
				increase or decrease. Calculate the percentage increase or decrease in the CPI
				for each region. The difference for each region divided by last October's CPI
				by region will equal the percentage of increase or decrease.
4. Step 4--Determine average increase or
				decrease. Calculate the average or the percentage increases or decreases for
				the regions.
5. Step 5--Adjust the
				FMS Base (a family of four). Multiply the current standard by the average
				regional CPI increase or decrease calculated in Step 4, and add the answer to,
				if an increase, or subtract the answer from, if a decrease, the current
				standard to obtain the new standard.