New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 87 - NEW JERSEY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NJ SNAP) MANUAL › Subchapter 6 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES › Section 10:87-6.26 - Other household certifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Households
				eligible for a certification period of three months or less at the time of
				certification, shall have their certification periods increased by one month if
				the certification process is completed after the 15th day of the month of
				application and the household's circumstances warrant it. For example, if a
				household eligible for a three-month certification period makes application in
				June and is not certified until late June or early July, the certification
				period would begin in June and go through September.
(b) Unless a household is eligible for
				simplified reporting, households containing one or more persons subject to a
				lockout or on strike from their place of employment shall not be certified for
				periods of more than one month, if the household is certified before the 15th
				day of the month of application. Otherwise, the maximum certification period
				shall be for two months.
(c) Unless
				a household is eligible for simplified reporting, households shall be certified
				for one or two months, as appropriate, when the household cannot reasonably
				predict what its circumstances will be in the near future, or when there is a
				substantial likelihood of frequent and significant changes in income or
				household status; for example, day laborers during the work season when income
				is uncertain and subject to extreme fluctuations during the work season due to
				the uncertainty of continuous employment or due to bad weather and other
				circumstances.
(d) Households shall
				be certified for 12 months if there is little likelihood of changes in income
				and household status; for example, households with a stable income record and
				for which major changes in income, deductions or composition are not
				anticipated.
(e) Households
				consisting entirely of unemployable or elderly persons with very stable income
				shall be certified for 12 to 24 months provided other household circumstances
				are expected to remain stable; for example, Social Security recipients, SSI
				recipients and persons who receive pensions or disability payments.
(f) Households whose primary source of income
				is from self-employment (including self-employed farmers) or from regular farm
				employment with the same employer shall be certified for 12 months and put on
				simplified reporting. Twelve-month certification periods may be assigned to
				farm workers who are provided their annual salaries on a scheduled monthly
				basis that does not change as the amount of work changes.
(g) A household comprised entirely of elderly
				or disabled individuals with or without earned income (see
				10:87-2.34 ) may be allowed a
				24-month certification period, provided that circumstances otherwise warrant.
				At the 12th month of the 24-month certification, the CWA shall make one contact
				with the household, using the interim report form, to determine whether any
				changes have occurred. The method of contact, as well as any changes reported
				by the household, shall be documented in the household's case record and acted
				upon by the CWA.
(h) Households
				eligible for a child support deduction that have no record of regular child
				support payments or of child support arrearages shall be certified for no more
				than three months. Households with a record of regular child support and
				arrearage payments shall be certified for no more than 12 months. These
				requirements do not apply to households whose certification periods are
				established in accordance with
				10:87-6.22 or 6.26(a) or
				households eligible for simplified reporting.