N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-12.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 12:23-12.3 - Qualified job counselor responsibilities

(a) Once the rental assistance grant recipient has applied with the Department through a One-Stop Career Center for employment and training services and has sought the counseling required to obtain employment and training services, the qualified job counselor at a One-Stop Career Center shall determine whether the rental assistance grant recipient meets the requirements set forth in (b) below.

(b) Development by a qualified job counselor of an Employability Development Plan is not required for continued eligibility for a rental assistance grant, where the qualified job counselor determines that any one of the following requirements have not been met by the rental assistance grant recipient:

1. The individual is eligible for employment and training services under 34:15B-35 et seq., 34:15D-1 et seq. or 43:21-57 et seq.;

2. The individual lacks the basic skills or occupational skills needed to obtain employment, which provides self-sufficiency; or

3. Funds are available to the individual for any remedial education and vocational training needed to permit the individual to obtain employment providing self-sufficiency and that the education and training are available and accessible to the individual in a time and manner, which does not result in a reduction of the individual's family income or substantial additional expenses.

(c) Where the qualified job counselor determines that the rental assistance grant recipient has failed to meet any of the requirements set forth at (b) above the qualified job counselor shall provide to both the Department of Community Affairs and the rental assistance grant recipient written certification that an Employability Development Plan is not required in order to maintain eligibility for the rental assistance grant.

(d) Where the qualified job counselor determines that the rental assistance grant recipient meets all of the requirements set forth at (b) above and where the qualified job counselor designs an Employability Development Plan for the rental assistance grant recipient, the qualified job counselor shall, in the manner prescribed under 12:23-12.6, monitor the satisfactory progress of the rental assistance grant recipient, and shall, in the manner prescribed under 12:23-12.7, report on the satisfactory progress of the rental assistance grant recipient to the Department of Community Affairs.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-12.3