New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 45 - DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES › Subchapter 1 - PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS › Section 12:45-1.14 - Participation by clients in the cost of vocational rehabilitation services

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Division shall conduct a financial needs assessment for each client prior to or at the individualized plan for employment (IPE) conference to establish how much financial participation, if any, a client will provide toward the cost of services. The Division will encourage all consumers to participate in the cost of their program. This needs assessment will include the income and liquid assets of the family unit within which the client resides. The needs assessment shall be conducted as set forth below to ensure that equitable treatment is accorded to all clients in similar circumstances.
(b) The Division shall inform each client that the agency reserves the right to request verification of the current financial situation of the client and his or her family unit. "Family unit" means the individual and spouse or civil union partner and their dependent children residing in the same household and parents and their dependent children in the cases where the individual is less than 22 years of age and residing at home with his or her parents. An individual under 22 years of age living outside the home will be considered to be living at home if the living expenses are paid for by the parents. For example, in a case where the individual is living outside the home in a school setting. Living expenses paid by the parents refers to those costs, which an individual must incur to live (that is, food, lodging, utilities, etc.).
(c) Prior to or at the time of the IPE conference, the Division may require each client to submit a signed copy of the most recent New Jersey or Federal income tax return forms (including family member's forms where they did not file jointly) and other supporting documentation such as pay stubs or check stubs from benefits.
(d) Each client who is 22 years of age or older on January 1, of the year that services are scheduled to commence and living in his or her parents' home, shall have only his or her own and spouse's or civil union partner's income considered in the financial participation calculation. For clients not yet 22 years old and living with parents, both the client's and spouse's or civil union partner's or parents' income from all sources will be considered. The client's receipt of social security or whether client is claimed as an exemption on the parents' tax return will have no bearing.
(e) Each client shall provide the following information on form DVR-17 "Financial Need Assessment," prior to the IWRP conference:
1. Name, social security number and date;
2. Number of dependents in the family including the client;
3. Liquid assets of the family;
4. Family gross income;
5. Extraordinary medical expenses of the family;
6. Disability related expenses of the client and family unit;
7. Medical insurance of the client; and
8. A signed certification that the information provided on DVR-17 is true.