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 10:87-2.13 - Filing an application

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The CWAs shall
				utilize an application form approved by the Division of Family Development. The
				application shall prominently contain understandable terms that benefits will
				be subject to verification by Federal, State and local officials to determine
				that the information is factual and that incorrect information can lead to
				denial and may subject the applicant to criminal prosecution for knowingly
				providing incorrect information, as well as civil and criminal provisions and
				penalties. In addition, the front page shall provide space for the applicant to
				write his or her name, address and signature; a clear statement of the
				household's right to immediately file an application; and notice that benefits
				are provided from date of application.
(b) Households must file an NJ SNAP
				application by submitting the appropriate form to the NJ SNAP office in person,
				through an authorized representative, by mail, by data-faxing or
				electronically. The amount of time for the CWA to deliver benefits is
				calculated from the date the application is filed in the NJ SNAP office
				designated to accept the household's application (see
				10:87-2.26 and 2.27). Households
				subject to SSI joint processing (see
				10:87-2.12(a)3  )
				must file an NJ SNAP application by submitting the appropriate form to the
				SSA/DO in person, through an authorized representative, or by mail. The amount
				of time for the CWA to deliver benefits is calculated from the date the
				application is filed in the SSA/DO designated to accept the household's
				application (see
				10:87-2.26 ). Residents of public
				institutions who jointly apply for NJ SNAP benefits and SSI under SSA's
				Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized shall have their date of release
				from the institution considered as the date of application for NJ SNAP
				purposes.
(c) Each household has
				the right to file an application during office hours of the same day it
				contacts the NJ SNAP office within the county of its residence. The household
				shall be advised that it does not have to be interviewed before filing the
				application and may file an incomplete application.
1. In order to be considered an application
				for NJ SNAP purposes, the paper or electronic application must contain, at a
				minimum, the applicant's name and address, and must be signed by a responsible
				member of the household or the household's authorized representative (see
				10:87-2.7 ).
2. The CWA shall document the date the
				application was filed by recording on the application the date it was received
				by the CWA.
3. CWAs shall accept
				and process applications during a month(s) in which a reduction, suspension, or
				cancellation is in effect in accordance with the requirements in this
				subchapter. Benefits shall be issued in accordance with the requirements at
				10:87-2.26(c).