10:87-2.29 Expedited service processing standards

(a) For households entitled to expedited service, the CSSA shall make available to the recipient a NJ SNAP benefit not later than the seventh calendar day following the date an application was filed in the appropriate NJ SNAP office. For residents of public institutions who apply for SSI under SSA's Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized, expedited benefits shall be made available within seven calendar days following the date of the resident's release from the institution. (b) For residents of substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers and residents of group living arrangements (see N.J.A.C. 10:87-7.8(b)3 and 7.9(c)3) who are entitled to expedited service, the CSSA shall make a benefit available to the recipient no later than the seventh calendar day following the date an application was filed. (c) If a household is entitled to expedited service and is also entitled to a waiver of office interview (see N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.18(e)), the CSSA shall conduct the interview (unless the household cannot be reached) and complete the application process within the expedited service standards. The first day of this count is the calendar day following application filing. 1. If the application is not complete, and the CSSA conducts a telephone interview and must mail the application to the household for signature, the mailing time involved will not be counted toward the expedited service standards. Mailing time shall only include the days the application is in the mail to and from the household and the days the application is in the household's possession pending signature and mailing. (d) If the prescreening required in this section fails to identify a household as being entitled to expedited service and the CSSA subsequently discovers that the household is entitled to expedited service, the CSSA shall provide such service within the processing standards above except that the processing standard shall be calculated from the date the CSSA discovers the household is eligible for expedited service. (e) Residents of shelters for battered women and children who are otherwise entitled to expedited service shall be handled within the time limits specified in this section. History HISTORY: As amended, R.1982, d.473, eff. January 3, 1983. See: 14 N.J.R. 1037(a), 15 N.J.R. 34(a). Residents of group living facilities added. As amended, R.1983 d.121, eff. April 4, 1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 247(a), 15 N.J.R. 625(b). Originally adopted as an Emergency Rule, R.1983 d.38, eff. January 31, 1983. The amendment was pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-253) and the Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1981 (P.L. 97-98, Title 13). Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). Original section 2.33 "Identifying households needing expedited service" repealed and 2.34 recodified to 2.33 and substantially amended. Amended by R.1989 d.464, effective September 5, 1989. See: 21 N.J.R. 1636(a), 21 N.J.R. 2790(a). Expedited benefits available to clients five days after release from institution. Amended by R.1998 d.498, effective October 5, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 1928(a), 30 N.J.R. 3669(b). In (a), substituted references to seven calendar days for references to five calendar days throughout, substituted a reference to food stamp benefits for a reference to ATP cards in the first sentence, and added "If an ATP is being issued," at the beginning of the last sentence. Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.33 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.29, Denial of the application, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.25. Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).