N.J. Admin. Code § 10:15-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:15-3.2 - Eligibility for child care services made available through the WFNJ program

(a) Families eligible for TANF cash benefits as set forth in N.J.A.C. 10:90-2 and 3 and participating in the WFNJ program are eligible for child care services if the family is receiving TANF and participating family members are in an approved WFNJ work activity as required in N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.

(b) Eligible families receiving TANF benefits shall access WFNJ child care benefits through a referral from the appropriate WFNJ case manager or designee, pursuant to applicable Federal and State regulations. (See P.L. 104-193 and N.J.A.C. 10:90.) The WFNJ case manager or designee shall refer eligible families to the CCRR.

(c) Families receiving TANF cash assistance and employed may also be eligible to receive WFNJ child care services. These families shall be required to pay a co-payment based on earned income toward the cost of child care.

(d) Child care services shall be available, based upon the individual needs of each family, to eligible WFNJ participants to the extent such child care is necessary to permit the participant to accept employment, remain in high school if an adolescent parent, and/or to participate in an approved WFNJ work activity.

(e) Child care services are available for two parent households as delineated at N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.2(e).

(f) Child care services are also available for two parent families receiving cash assistance and enrolled in WFNJ where one parent is employed and the other parent is incapacitated, as defined in N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.9.

(g) A recipient shall not be required to engage in a work activity if it has been demonstrated that there is an inability to obtain needed child care for a child under six years of age. In fulfilling this requirement, the TANF agency may determine that the parent has demonstrated inability to obtain needed child care if the care available is neither appropriate child care; within a reasonable distance; suitable; or accessible.

1. Any WFNJ participant has the right to refuse child care benefits in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.2(a)3.

2. Good cause for failure to participate in the programs shall be found if the participant meets any of the criteria in (g) above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:15-3.2

Amended by R.2009 d.18, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 2637(b), 41 N.J.R. 226(b).
In (b), substituted "CCR&R" for "UCCA".