New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - NON-FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 10:90-2.2 - WFNJ TANF/GA eligibility requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An
				applicant/recipient, as a condition of eligibility for WFNJ TANF/GA benefits,
				shall, subject to good cause exceptions, be required to do the following:
1. Cooperate with child support by
				identifying his or her child(ren), providing specific information regarding the
				noncustodial or custodial parent(s), such as, name, address, date of birth and
				Social Security number and take certain actions as requested by the appropriate
				child support agency to help establish paternity, or establish, modify or
				enforce a child support order (see
				10:90-16.2(a) 
				and 16.3(d));
2. Cooperate with
				work requirements, including interviewing for and accepting employment, if
				offered, and for employable GA applicants, participating in a minimum of 28
				days of employment-related activities through LWD before eligibility can be
				established;
3. Make application
				within 30 days for any other assistance for which members of the assistance
				unit may be eligible when the agency refers the individual, and cooperate with
				all requirements to establish eligibility for other programs, which includes,
				but is not limited to, participating in the appeals process, as appropriate. In
				addition, the individual shall be informed that he or she shall inform the WFNJ
				agency of all eligibility decisions for other programs within 10 days of
				receiving notification of the decision. This requirement shall in no way
				prevent, or delay, an agency from accepting and processing an application for
				WFNJ assistance;
4. Be income and
				resource eligible, including the deeming of income and resources as
				appropriate;
5. Provide all
				necessary documentation (which shall include contact information);
6. Sign an Agreement to Repay benefits
				(pursuant to
				44:10-64 ), if not already
				incorporated into the application, in the event of receipt of income or
				resources. (See
				10:90-3.18 for treatment of lump
				sum income as well as
				10:90-7.8 for settlement of suits
				and claims);
7. Satisfy any
				sanction or repayment obligation incurred pursuant to any Federal or State law
				governing public assistance;
8.
				Supply the county/municipal agency with the Social Security number of each
				member of the assistance unit or apply for a Social Security number for any
				such person who does not already have one. If an applicant refuses to provide
				or apply for the appropriate Social Security number(s), the county/municipal
				agency shall declare the entire assistance unit ineligible for WFNJ benefits.
i. Effective no later than July 1, 1998, the
				Federal Social Security number shall be used as the common identifier of
				individuals for any record, license, certificate or other document identifying
				a person by name which is used by an agency of State government in accordance
				with requirements of Federal law.
ii. The Federal Social Security number must
				be provided for all assistance unit members, except for an eligible alien who
				cannot be assigned a Social Security number due to his or her status;
9. Comply with personal
				identification requirements as a condition of receiving benefits, which shall
				employ the use of high technology processes for the detection of fraud.
i. Each adult WFNJ/TANF applicant/recipient
				and each WFNJ/GA applicant/recipient (except nursing facility
				applicants/recipients) shall, as a condition of receiving WFNJ benefits, be
				issued a photo-identification card by the county agency until implementation of
				the electronic benefit distribution system is begun 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.
ii. WFNJ/GA applicants/recipients (except
				nursing facility applicants/recipients) are required to participate in the high
				technology process at the time of application and at other times when the
				county/municipal agency deems it necessary to deter duplication of assistance;
				and
10. Participate in
				an intensive case management program after receiving 48 months of cash
				assistance if the recipient does not appear to be exempt from the 60-month time
				limit or if the recipient is "chronically unemployable" as defined at
				10:90-2.4(a)4.