New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 15 - CHILD CARE SERVICES › Subchapter 5 - NEW JERSEY CARES FOR KIDS (NJCK) PROGRAM › Section 10:15-5.2 - At Risk Child Care (ARCC) eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Families shall
				be eligible for At Risk Child Care (ARCC) if they are in need of child care
				services in order to remain employed full-time or to accept full-time
				employment, to avoid dependency on TANF. (See chapter Appendix, Client Income
				Eligibility and Co-Payment Schedule for Subsidized Child Care Assistance or
				Services, incorporated herein by reference.)
(b) Families shall be ranked according to the
				following Admission Priority Codes. For initial program entry, the maximum
				annual gross income of the family shall not exceed 200 percent of the Federal
				Poverty Level (Tier A - at or below 150 percent; Tier B - between 151 percent
				and 175 percent; Tier C - between 176 percent and 200 percent of Federal
				Poverty Level). Following the initial determination, child care services may
				continue until the gross annual income of the family exceeds 250 percent of the
				Federal Poverty Level.
1. "01": Children in
				families in which the parent is a former TANF recipient and who has completed
				extended WFNJ/TANF TCC eligibility or in which the parent will complete his or
				her child care benefit period within one month from the date of the
				application. The parent must need child care services in order to accept or
				remain in full-time employment. A parent who is enrolled in school or who is
				participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless the parent is
				also employed full-time. The CCR & R shall be responsible for monitoring
				the TCC case load to facilitate the transition of services. A family in receipt
				of TCC may apply for ARCC at any time during the 24 month benefit
				period.
2. "02": Children in
				families who are ineligible for WFNJ/TANF TCC benefits. A parent must need
				child care services in order to accept or remain in full-time employment. A
				parent who is enrolled in a school or who is participating in a training
				program shall not be eligible unless the parent is also employed full-time. The
				parent who falls into this category is likely to have left WFNJ/TANF due to the
				level of child support received. The CCR & R shall be informed of the
				family's eligibility in this area by the appropriate county welfare
				agency/Board of Social Services WFNJ/TANF Case Management Unit.
3. "03": Children with parents who are
				employed and who are enrolled in the non-public assistance Food Stamp Program.
				A parent must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
				full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
				participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
				employed full-time.
4. "04":
				Children in families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
				Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
				full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
				participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
				employed full-time.
5. "05":
				Children residing with adolescent parents who are head of their household, who
				are not on WFNJ/TANF, and who are otherwise eligible for assistance under ARCC.
				Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
				full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
				participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
				employed full-time.
6. "06":
				Children under the CP & P protective service supervision who reside in
				their own home with their parent(s) who are employed full-time and not on
				WFNJ/TANF. Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain
				in full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or training
				program shall not be eligible unless they are also employed full-time. Children
				under the CP & P protective service supervision in an out-of-home placement
				shall not be eligible.
7. "07":
				Children in families with incomes at or below 200 percent of Federal Poverty
				Level for initial entry into the program and 250 percent of the Federal Poverty
				Guidelines for continued eligibility and where the parent (one parent in single
				parent families or both parents in two parent families) works full-time who do
				not fall in priorities 01 through 06 in (a)1 through 6 above. The parent(s)
				must need child care services in order to accept or remain in full-time
				employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are participating in a
				training program shall not be eligible unless they are also employed
				full-time.