N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-3.1 - General financial eligibility provisions

(a) Benefits for recipients of WFNJ/TANF and WFNJ/GA shall be determined according to standards of countable income (earned and unearned) and countable resources. These standards shall take into account, for the determination of eligibility and provision of benefits, all income and resources of all persons in an assistance unit of which the applicant or recipient is a member, including any income deemed to the assistance unit members as a result of deeming from parents to minor parents and from sponsors to eligible aliens.

(b) Initial financial eligibility for WFNJ benefits shall be determined through an initial test for assistance units applying as a new applicant, reapplicant or reopened case by comparing the total countable income with the maximum income allowed for the appropriate unit size in accordance with Schedule I at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.3 for WFNJ/TANF and Schedule III at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.5 for WFNJ/GA employable single adults and couples without dependent children. If the assistance unit has income equal to or less than the maximum allowable income level, then initial financial eligibility exists.

1. There is no separate initial income eligibility test for WFNJ/GA unemployable single adults and couples without dependent children; instead, the total countable income of the WFNJ/GA unemployable assistance unit shall be compared to the unemployable maximum benefit payment level for the appropriate unit size in accordance with Schedule V at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.6. If the assistance unit has income less than the maximum benefit payment level, then WFNJ/GA initial financial eligibility exists.

(c) Once initial financial eligibility is determined, as long as the total countable income of a WFNJ/TANF or WFNJ/GA assistance unit (with benefit of the appropriate disregards at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.8 for earned income) is less than the maximum benefit payment level for the appropriate eligible assistance unit size in accordance with Schedule II at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.3, Schedule IV at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.5 or Schedule V at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.6, as appropriate, financial eligibility shall exist until such income equals or exceeds the maximum benefit payment level for the appropriate unit size except for cases with earned income that are subject to six-month reporting requirements. Such cases need not report changes in earned income until such time as the assistance unit's total income exceeds 130 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) as published by the Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. However, if the assistance unit does report a change, the county/municipal agency shall act on that change.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-3.1

Amended by R.1998 d.42, effective 1/20/1998.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3971(b), 30 N.J.R. 389(a).
In (a), substituted "to adolescent parents and from sponsors to eligible aliens" for "and sponsors" at the end; in (b)1, deleted "equal to or" following "income" in the last sentence; in (c), deleted "is equal to or" following "income", and inserted "equals or" following "income"; and in (d), added 2.
Amended by R.2003 d.226, effective 6/16/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2713(a), 35 N.J.R. 2670(a).
Rewrote (c); deleted (d).
Amended by R.2011 d.078, effective 3/7/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2561(b), 43 N.J.R. 630(a).
In (a), substituted "minor" for "adolescent".