10:87-2.31 WFNJ/TANF eligibility determination (PA households)

(a) Action on the NJ SNAP portion of the application shall not be delayed nor the application denied on the grounds that the WFNJ/TANF eligibility determination has not been made. 1. If the CSSA can anticipate the amount and date of the initial WFNJ/TANF grant, but the grant will not be received until a subsequent month, the CSSA shall vary the household's NJ SNAP benefit level according to the anticipated receipt of payment and notify the household. 2. Portions of initial WFNJ/TANF payments intended to retroactively cover a previous month shall be disregarded as income and considered as lump-sum payments in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:87-5.9(a)13. 3. If the amount or date of receipt of the initial WFNJ/TANF payment cannot be reasonably anticipated at the time of NJ SNAP eligibility determination, the WFNJ/TANF payments shall be treated as a change in circumstances. 4. The CSSA is not required to send a notice of adverse action if the receipt of the WFNJ/TANF grant reduces or terminates the household's NJ SNAP benefits, provided the household is notified in advance that its benefits may be reduced or terminated when the grant is received. 5. A household whose WFNJ/TANF application is denied shall not be required to file a new NJ SNAP application but shall have its NJ SNAP eligibility determined or continued on the basis of the original application filed jointly for WFNJ/TANF and NJ SNAP purposes and any other documented information obtained subsequent to the application which may have been used in the PA determination and which is relevant to NJ SNAP eligibility or level of benefits. History HISTORY: Amended by R.1981 d.97, effective April 9, 1981. See: 13 N.J.R. 96(c), 13 N.J.R. 228(a). (a)2: N.J.A.C. 10:87-5.9(a)10 was (a)9. Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). Recodified with amendments from 2.36. Amended by R.1990 d.270, effective May 21, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 139(a), 22 N.J.R. 1599(a). In (a)5: added text "filed jointly . . . purposes" regarding applications. Amended by R.1999 d.6, effective January 4, 1999. See: 30 N.J.R. 3451(a), 31 N.J.R. 69(a). In (a), substituted references to WFNJ/TANF for references to AFDC throughout. Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.35 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Deleted the introductory phrases throughout; in (a)2, amended the N.J.A.C. reference. Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.31, Delays in processing, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.27. Amended by R.2007 d.129, effective May 7, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 4374(a), 39 N.J.R. 1719(a). In (a)2, inserted "income and considered as". Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).