10:87-2.34 Elderly or disabled household members

(a) An elderly or disabled member of an NJ SNAP household is defined as a member who: 1. Is 60 years of age or older; 2. Receives supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; 3. Receives federally or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, provided that the eligibility to receive the benefits is based upon the disability or blindness criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act; 4. Receives federally or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 212(a) of P.L. 93-66; 5. Receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act; 6. Is a veteran with service-connected or non-service-connected disability rated by the Veteran's Administration (VA) as total or paid as total by the VA under Title 38 of the United States Code; 7. Is a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under Title 38 of the United States Code; 8. Is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by the DVA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support under Title 38 of the United States Code; 9. Is a surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a nonservice-connected death under Title 38 of the United States Code and has a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act. "Entitled" as used in this definition refers to those veterans' surviving spouses and surviving children who are receiving the compensation or pension benefits stated or have been approved for such payments, but are not yet receiving them; 10. Receives an annuity payment under section 2(a)(1)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad Retirement Board; or section 2(a)(1)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be disabled, based upon the criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act; or 11. Receives medical assistance benefits as a disabled individual under: i. Medicaid Only (Aged, Blind, and Disabled); ii. AIDS Community Care Alternatives Program; iii. Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled; iv. Model Waivers I, II, or III (Medicaid Community/Home Care Waivers); v. Home Care Expansion Program; vi. Medically-Needy Program; or vii. New Jersey Care Program. (b) A pilot project is established to provide outreach efforts to assist elderly New Jersey residents receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to make it easier to access and to apply for NJ SNAP benefits. The name of the pilot is the Simplified Nutritional Assistance for Seniors (SNAS) program. Eligibility criteria for the SNAS program is as follows: 1. The individual is receiving SSI and is: i. Age 65 or older; ii. Not currently receiving NJ SNAP benefits; iii. Living alone; iv. Not in receipt of earned income; and v. A New Jersey resident; and 2. CSSAs will access a quarterly report from iACquire, which will identify SSI residents of their county who meet SNAS eligibility criteria. The CSSAs shall be responsible for mailing a simplified application form with a return envelope to those SSI recipients in their county. i. Interested applicants will mail the signed application back to the originating CSSA. ii. Applicants who do not wish to participate will be directed to check off a specific box on the cover letter stating that they do not wish to enroll in SNAS. iii. Applications will be processed without a face-to-face or telephone interview. iv. SNAS cases will not be expedited and will be certified for 24 months. v. SNAS recipients will be mailed a new application form in the 23rd month, which will notify the household that their benefits will stop if the form is not returned by the 24th month. vi. There is no proration of benefits in SNAS. vii. SNAS project cases will receive a monthly benefit allotment. viii. SNAS recipients may opt out of SNAS and may apply for NJ SNAP benefits under the application project for the regular NJ SNAP program. History HISTORY: R.1983 d.72, eff. February 28, 1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 247(a), 15 N.J.R. 444(a). Originally filed as an emergency adoption (R.1983 d.38) on February 22, 1983. Readopted as R.1983 d.72. Amended by R.1985 d.707, effective January 21, 1986 (operative February 1, 1986). See: 17 N.J.R. 2521(b), 18 N.J.R. 193(b). Deleted "Licenses" and substituted "Is certified for". Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). Repealed old text and substituted new. Amended by R.1990 d.270, effective May 21, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 139(a), 22 N.J.R. 1599(a). Stylistic revisions and added new (a)11. Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.38 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.34, Special procedures for expediting service, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.30. Amended by R.2009 d.94, effective March 16, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 5932(a), 41 N.J.R. 1245(b). Added (b). Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).