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Page 3 of 18 § 10:71-4.1 Financial eligibility standards; resources i. Responsibility of applicant: If the third-party contact is required in accordance with the provisions above, the applicant shall cooperate fully with the verification process. If necessary, the applicant shall provide written authorization allowing the CSSA to secure the appropriate information. (e) Resource eligibility: Resource eligibility is determined as of the first moment of the first day of each month. If an individual or couple is resource ineligible as of the first moment of the first day of the month, subsequent changes within that month in the amount of countable resources will not affect the original determination of ineligibility. If resource eligibility is established as of the first moment of the first day of the month, resource eligibility is established for the entire month regardless of any increase in the amount of countable resources. 1. This policy applies equally to individuals and couples in the month of application. Regardless of the date of application, resource eligibility is determined as of the first moment of the first day of that month. 2. If, prior to the first moment of the first day of the month, the applicant or beneficiary has drawn a check (or equivalent instrument) on a checking or similar account, the amount of such check shall reduce the value of the account. The value of such accounts shall not be reduced by any unpaid obligations for which funds have not already been committed by the drafting of a check. i. When checks have been drawn on an account, the CSSA shall review the appropriate account registers or check stubs to ascertain the actual balance as of the first moment of the first day of the month. Full documentation of such circumstances is required. (f) No portion of a cash reward provided to any individual by the Division for providing information about fraud and/or abuse in any program administered in whole or in part by the Division shall be included in the computation of income for financial eligibility purposes. 1. In order for the cash reward to continue to be excluded, the funds shall be separately identifiable (that is, not commingled with other funds or assets), but held in a separate account. Any increase in the value of the excluded cash reward shall also be excluded. History HISTORY: Amended by R.1986 d.97, effective April 7, 1986 (operative May 1, 1986). See: 17 N.J.R. 2954(a), 18 N.J.R. 691(a). (c)3 added. Amended by R.1986 d.165, effective May 5, 1986 (operative June 2, 1986). See: 17 N.J.R. 2524(a), 18 N.J.R. 985(b). (e) added. Amended by R.2000 d.415, effective October 16, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2565(a), 32 N.J.R. 3844(a). Substituted references to beneficiaries for references to recipients and substituted references to CBOSSs for references to CWAs throughout. Amended by R.2001 d.199, effective June 18, 2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 2021(a), 33 N.J.R. 2195(a). In (d)1i, substituted "(d)1iv" for "(d)iv" preceding "below"; in (d)1ii, substituted "shall" for "must"; in (d)1iii, added the last sentence.