Chapter 87 - NEW JERSEY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NJ SNAP) MANUAL

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 10:87-1.1 to 10:87-1.18)
  2. Subchapter 2 - THE APPLICATION PROCESS (§ 10:87-2.1 to 10:87-2.39)
  3. Subchapter 3 - ELIGIBILITY FACTORS OTHER THAN NEED (§ 10:87-3.1 to 10:87-3.19)
  4. Subchapter 4 - FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY; RESOURCES (§ 10:87-4.1 to 10:87-4.17)
  5. Subchapter 5 - FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY; INCOME (§ 10:87-5.1 to 10:87-5.11)
  6. Subchapter 6 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES (§ 10:87-6.1 to 10:87-6.26)
  7. Subchapter 7 - SPECIAL INCOME CIRCUMSTANCES (§ 10:87-7.1 to 10:87-7.20)
  8. Subchapter 8 - FAIR HEARINGS (§ 10:87-8.1 to 10:87-8.26)
  9. Subchapter 9 - CERTIFICATION-RELATED PROCEDURES (§ 10:87-9.1 to 10:87-9.14)
  10. Subchapter 10 - FISCAL OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS (§ 10:87-10.1 to 10:87-10.25)
  11. Subchapter 11 - INCORRECT ISSUANCE (§ 10:87-11.1 to 10:87-11.33)
  12. Subchapter 12 - TABLES (§ 10:87-12.1 to 10:87-12.7)
  13. Subchapter 13 - RESERVED (§ 10:87-13.1 to 10:87-13.4)
  14. Appendix A - , version 20

Notes

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: November 16, 2022.
See: 54 N.J.R. 2392(b).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was adopted as R.1969 d.22, effective December 3, 1969. See: 1 N.J.R. 14(a), 1 N.J.R. 30(b).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1972 d.177, effective September 8, 1972. See: 4 N.J.R. 187(a), 4 N.J.R. 239(a).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1975 d.350, effective January 1, 1976. See: 7 N.J.R. 363(b), 7 N.J.R. 567(d).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1979 d.29, effective March 1, 1979. See: 10 N.J.R. 537(b), 11 N.J.R. 76(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1984 d.68, effective March 1, 1984. See: 15 N.J.R. 2134(b), 16 N.J.R. 550(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1989 d.121, effective January 27, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b).
Public Notice: Change in standards for food stamp income eligibility. See: 23 N.J.R. 3030(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1994 d.42, effective December 21, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 4697(b), 26 N.J.R. 377(a).
Public Notice: Change in standards for food stamp income eligibility, deduction, and coupon allotment standards. See: 29 N.J.R. 4346(a).
Subchapter 13, New Jersey State Food Stamp Program, was adopted as Emergency New Rules by R.1997 d.402, effective August 29, 1997, operative September 1, 1997, to expire October 28, 1997. See: 29 N.J.R. 4191(a). The provisions of R.1997 d.402 were readopted as R.1997 d.505, effective October 28, 1997. See: 29 N.J.R. 4191(a), 29 N.J.R. 5063(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.1999 d.6, effective December 8, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 3451(a), 31 N.J.R. 69(a).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.2004 d.181, effective April 5, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was readopted as R.2009 d.94, effective February 19, 2009. As a part of R.2009 d.94, Subchapter 9, Certification Related Procedures, was renamed Certification-Related Procedures, effective March 16, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 5932(a), 41 N.J.R. 1245(b).
Subchapter 4, Financial Eligibility; Resources, was repealed and Subchapter 4, Resource Applicability, was adopted as new rules by R.2010 d.027, effective January 19, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 3190(a), 42 N.J.R. 482(b).
Subchapter 4, Resource Applicability, was repealed, and Subchapter 4, Financial Eligibility; Resources, was adopted as new rules by R.2012 d.031, effective February 6, 2012 (operative March 7, 2012). See: 43 N.J.R. 2114(a), 44 N.J.R. 241(a).
Chapter 87, Food Stamp Manual, was renamed New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) Manual by administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 87, New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) Manual, was scheduled to expire on February 19, 2016. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 87, New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) Manual, was readopted, effective December 16, 2015. See: 48 N.J.R. 137(b).
Chapter 87, New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) Manual, was readopted, effective November 16, 2022. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 30:1-12.

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