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 10:87-2.34 - Elderly or disabled household members

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An elderly or
				disabled member of an NJ SNAP household is defined as a member who:
1. Is 60 years of age or older;
2. Receives supplemental security income
				benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness
				payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security
				Act;
3. Receives federally or
				State-administered supplemental benefits under section 1616(a) of the Social
				Security Act, provided that the eligibility to receive the benefits is based
				upon the disability or blindness criteria used under Title XVI of the Social
				Security Act;
4. Receives federally
				or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 212(a) of P.L.
				93-66;
5. Receives disability
				retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability
				considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act;
6. Is a veteran with service-connected or
				non-service-connected disability rated by the Veteran's Administration (VA) as
				total or paid as total by the VA under Title 38 of the United States
				Code;
7. Is a veteran considered by
				the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound
				under Title 38 of the United States Code;
8. Is a surviving spouse of a veteran and
				considered by the DVA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or
				permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the
				VA to be permanently incapable of self-support under Title 38 of the United
				States Code;
9. Is a surviving
				spouse or surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled
				to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a
				nonservice-connected death under Title 38 of the United States Code and has a
				disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security
				Act. "Entitled" as used in this definition refers to those veterans' surviving
				spouses and surviving children who are receiving the compensation or pension
				benefits stated or have been approved for such payments, but are not yet
				receiving them;
10. Receives an
				annuity payment under section 2(a)(1)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act of
				1974 and is determined to be eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad
				Retirement Board; or section 2(a)(1)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
				and is determined to be disabled, based upon the criteria used under Title XVI
				of the Social Security Act; or
11.
				Receives medical assistance benefits as a disabled individual under:
i. Medicaid Only (Aged, Blind, and
				Disabled);
ii. AIDS Community Care
				Alternatives Program;
iii.
				Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled;
iv. Model Waivers I, II, or III (Medicaid
				Community/Home Care Waivers);
v.
				Home Care Expansion Program;
vi.
				Medically-Needy Program; or
vii.
				New Jersey Care Program.