New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - WFNJ WORK REQUIREMENTS › Section 10:90-4.3 - Description of work activities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Unsubsidized
				employment means employment in the private or public sector which is not
				subsidized in any way.
(b)
				Supported employment is an employment activity tailored to meet the needs of
				those recipients who demonstrate serious barriers to employment (such as
				learning disability or illiteracy, drug and alcohol problems, and/or
				physical/mental disabilities). Supported on-the-job employment opportunities
				and sheltered workshop approaches (modeled after successful programs in the
				mental health and developmental disabilities field) will serve persons with
				such barriers. When the participant is experiencing difficulties on the job, a
				job coach will interact with the participant and the employer to resolve
				problems that may affect their continued employment.
(c) Community Work Experience Program (CWEP)
				is to be utilized to provide work and training to enable the recipient to
				adjust to, and learn how to function in, an employment setting. Placements
				shall only be with a public, private nonprofit or private charitable employer.
				CWEP placements are directed towards organizations and agencies directly
				involved in useful public service areas such as health, recreation, child and
				adult care, education, environmental protection, social services, etc. A CWEP
				participant shall not be placed with a private for profit employer.
(d) Alternative work experience programs
				(AWEP) consists of work and training for WFNJ recipients on a temporary basis
				with a public, private nonprofit or private charitable employer that provides a
				recipient with the experience necessary to adjust to, and learn how to function
				in, an employment setting and the opportunity to combine the 20 hours per week
				work experience with 15 hours per week of education (which may include English
				as a Second Language), substance abuse treatment, vocational exploration and/or
				job training. An AWEP participant's work experience placement shall not be with
				a private for profit employer.
(e)
				On-the-job training (OJT) is an employment opportunity which includes training.
				The participant is hired by a private or public employer and receives training
				that provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate
				performance of the job. At the end of the OJT, the participant shall be
				retained by the employer as a regular employee if the individual has made
				satisfactory progress during the OJT contract period.
(f) Job search and job readiness assistance
				are employment- directed activities in which participants engage in activities
				with the immediate goal of obtaining full-time employment. Job search is
				directed to the individual participant's needs and local job market conditions
				and may serve participants in either group, individual, or self-directed
				job-seeking activities, or a combination thereof. Job search is an appropriate
				up front activity for applicants as well as job ready recipients who have basic
				workplace skills and experience applicable to the labor market. Job readiness
				activities will also be combined with job search to enhance the effectiveness
				of job search activities for those in need of additional skills development.
1. Job search and job readiness activities
				shall be counted for a maximum of six weeks (four of which may be consecutive)
				unless New Jersey's unemployment rate is 50 percent greater than the
				unemployment rate of the United States, in which case this activity may be
				extended to 12 weeks.