New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 87 - NEW JERSEY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NJ SNAP) MANUAL › Subchapter 2 - THE APPLICATION PROCESS › Section 10:87-2.27 - Delays in processing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If the CWA does
				not determine a household's eligibility and provide an opportunity to
				participate within 30 days of the date the application was filed, the CWA shall
				take action as indicated below.
(b)
				If the household has failed to appear for two scheduled interviews and has made
				no subsequent contact with the CWA to express interest in pursuing the
				application, the CWA shall send the household a notice of denial on the 30th
				day following the date of application. The household must file a new
				application if it wishes to participate in the program. See (c)5 below for
				households which express interest in pursuing the application after failing to
				appear for two scheduled interviews.
(c) The CWA shall determine the cause of the
				delay. A delay shall be considered the fault of the household if the household
				has failed to complete the application process even though the CWA has taken
				all the action required to assist the household. The CWA must have taken the
				following actions before a delay can be considered the fault of the household:
1. For households which have failed to
				complete the application form, the CWA must have offered, or attempted to
				offer, assistance in its completion.
2. If one or more members of the household
				have failed to register for work (as required at
				10:87-10.1 ), the CWA must have
				informed the household of the need to register for work and given the household
				at least 10 days from the date of notification to register those
				members.
3. In cases where
				verification is incomplete, the CWA must have provided the household with a
				Notice of Required Verification (Form NJ SNAP-33), offered to assist the
				household in obtaining required verification, and allowed the household
				sufficient time to provide the missing verification.
4. Sufficient time to provide missing
				verification shall be at least 10 days from the date of the CWA's initial
				request for the particular verification which was missing.
5. For households which have failed to appear
				for an interview, the CWA must have attempted to reschedule the initial
				interview within 30 days of the date the application was filed.
i. If the household has failed to appear for
				the first interview and a subsequent interview is postponed at the household's
				request or cannot otherwise be rescheduled until after the 20th day but before
				the 30th day following the date the application was filed, the household must
				appear for the interview, bring verification and register members for work by
				the 30th day. Otherwise, the delay shall be the fault of the
				household.
ii. If the household has
				failed to appear for the first interview and a subsequent interview is
				postponed until after the 30th day following the date the application was
				filed, the delay shall be the fault of the household.
iii. If the household has missed both
				scheduled interviews and requests another interview, any delay shall be the
				fault of the household.