N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-4.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 10:90-4.2 - Work activity participation(a) All recipients, unless otherwise deferred, shall continuously and actively seek work and engage in job search. Recipients who are assessed to be job ready shall be placed in job search immediately. If no employment is found, they shall be reassessed, if appropriate and placed in a work activity as indicated by their individual assessments. Other recipients shall be placed in an appropriate work activity as indicated by the assessment results; however, they shall be encouraged to continuously seek employment. 1. Participation in job search may be counted for up to six weeks, of which no more than four weeks may be consecutive.2. When an adult WFNJ/TANF recipient is placed in a CWEP or AWEP activity, the number of hours of participation per week, based on the receipt of TANF and NJ SNAP benefits, shall be determined by calculating the total of the recipient's monthly cash assistance grant, plus any Temporary Rental Assistance (TRA), Emergency Assistance (EA), and the NJ SNAP allotment less child support collections for the month, divided by the higher of the current Federal or State minimum hourly wage and further divided by 4.333. Any resulting partial hour shall be rounded down to the next lower whole hour.i. If the calculated number of hours does not equal the mandated number of hours of participation for that recipient, the recipient shall continue to participate in the activity in accordance with the prescribed hours of participation for compliance under the WFNJ program. The participant shall be compensated for the total excess hours of participation required through the issuance of a supplemental participant allowance payment that shall be calculated as follows: (1) Excess hours of participation shall be determined by subtracting the calculated hours of participation (determined using the grant, TRA, EA, and NJ SNAP allotment less child support collections for the month as described above) from the mandated hours of participation for compliance under WFNJ program and multiplying the excess participation hours by the higher of the current Federal or State minimum hourly wage rate.(b) An WFNJ/TANF adult recipient in a single parent family, unless temporarily deferred, shall be required to participate in one or more work activities for up to 40 hours per week.1. WFNJ/GA single adults or couples without dependent children, unless temporarily deferred, shall be required to participate in one or more work activities for up to 30 hours per week.i. When a WFNJ/GA individual(s) is participating in a CWEP activity, the maximum number of hours per week shall be determined by calculating the total of the recipient's monthly cash assistance grant, plus any Temporary Rental Assistance (TRA), Emergency Assistance (EA), and the NJ SNAP allotment divided by the higher of the Federal or state minimum hourly wage and further divided by 4.333. Any resulting partial hour shall be rounded down to the next whole hour. The WFNJ/GA individual(s) may be required to participate in another activity such as job search or remediation.ii. In nonconsolidated municipalities, the NJOSCC shall be responsible for calculating the number of hours a WFNJ/GA recipient is to participate in CWEP based on the information reported by the municipal agency at the initial eligibility determination or when the municipal agency reports a change to NJOSCC. If available, NJOSCC may access this information through the State's automated information system.iii. In consolidated municipalities, the county agency shall be responsible for calculating the number of hours a WFNJ/GA recipient is to participate in CWEP.(c) A teen parent under the age of 18 shall be required, on a full time basis, to attend high school or an equivalent course of study unless: 1. It is determined that the teen parent is exempt from regularly attending high school or its equivalent, based upon an assessment which indicates the person's inability and lack of aptitude to successfully complete such academic requirements; then the teen parent shall be required to participate full time in an approved alternative educational or training program, including special educational programs for the learning and developmentally challenged (the hours of participation shall be in accordance with the scheduled program); or2. The teen parent has completed secondary education; then he or she shall be required to participate in a work activity for a minimum of 35 hours per week.(d) A recipient who has not completed high school and has not attained 20 years of age and is a single head of household, a single adult or either of the adults of a couple without dependent children shall be required to maintain satisfactory school attendance at secondary school or the equivalent during the month or participate in education directly related to employment for at least 20 hours per week. If it is determined that, due to the person's inability or lack of aptitude to successfully complete academic requirements, he or she shall be required to participate in another appropriate work activity.(e) Each parent in a two-parent WFNJ/TANF family shall be required to participate in one or more activities for a minimum of 35 hours per week up to a maximum hourly total of 40 hours per week, unless otherwise deferred in accordance with 10:90-4.9. 1. For one parent, 30 hours of the required 35 hours of participation shall include participation in one or more of the following federally recognized activities: unsubsidized employment; work experience (including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing); on-the-job training; job-search and job readiness assistance; community service programs; vocational educational training (not to exceed 12 months per individual) which may be combined with work experience; or the provision of child care services to an individual who is participating in a community service program.2. The second parent shall be required to satisfactorily participate in work activities for 35 hours a week of which a minimum of 20 hours shall be in the following Federally recognized activities: unsubsidized employment; work experience (including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing); on-the-job-training; or community service programs.(f) Individuals 16 through 18 years of age who are attending school on a full-time basis and are expected to complete the program of the school before reaching the age of 19 are required to satisfactorily attend the scheduled classes at a secondary school or a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalence.1. Individuals, age 16 through 18, who are students and who drop out of school will be required to enroll and participate in another appropriate work activity for a minimum of 35 hours per week. Failure to comply with the work activity will result in the sanctions for such persons as stipulated at 10:90-4.11.(g) A recipient who is a full-time post-secondary student in a course of study related to employment, as defined at 10:90-4.3(j)1, shall be required to engage in another work activity for 15 hours a week subject to the recipient making satisfactory progress toward the completion of the post-secondary course of study.N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-4.2
Administrative correction.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3729(a).
In (b), deleted "a minimum of 35 hours per week to a maximum aggregate hourly total of" preceding "up to 40 hours per week"; in (b)1, deleted "for an average total of 30 hours per week" following "or more work activities"; in (e)1 and 2, under Federally recognized activities deleted subsidized private sector employment and subsidized public sector employment.
Amended by R.1998 d.42, effective 1/20/1998.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3971(b), 30 N.J.R. 389(a).
Rewrote (a); added (a)2, (a)2i and 2i(1); and in (d) inserted "dependent" before "children".
Amended by R.2003 d.226, effective 6/16/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2713(a), 35 N.J.R. 2670(a).
In (a), substituted "assessment" for "employment profile (assessment)"; rewrote (b).
Administrative change.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).