10:87-2.35 Categorically eligible WFNJ/GA households

(a) Any household, except those listed in (c) below, in which all members are authorized to receive WFNJ/GA cash benefits shall be considered categorically eligible for the NJ SNAP program. Households comprised entirely of those recipients, as specified at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.32, shall be categorically eligible for NJ SNAP benefits. (b) No individual shall be included as a member of an otherwise categorically eligible WFNJ/GA household if that individual is: 1. An ineligible alien, as defined at N.J.A.C. 10:87-3.9; 2. A student that does not meet the criteria at N.J.A.C. 10:87-3.14; 3. Disqualified for failure to provide or apply for a Social Security Number, as required by N.J.A.C. 10:87-3.15; 4. Disqualified for failure to comply with a work registration requirement; 5. Disqualified for Intentional Program Violation; or 6. A resident of a non-exempt institution. (c) A household shall not be considered as WFNJ/GA categorically eligible if: 1. It refuses to cooperate in providing information to the CSSA which is necessary for making a determination of its eligibility or for completing any subsequent review of its eligibility; 2. The household is ineligible under the striker provisions; or 3. The household is ineligible because it knowingly transferred resources for the purpose of qualifying or attempting to qualify for the NJ SNAP program. (d) In determining whether a household is categorically eligible, the CSSA shall verify that each member receives WFNJ/TANF, SSI, or WFNJ/GA benefits, and that it includes no individuals who have been disqualified as described at (b) above. The CSSA shall also verify household composition if it is questionable in order to determine that the household meets the definition of a household at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.2. (e) When determining the eligibility of a WFNJ/GA categorically eligible household, all NJ SNAP program requirements shall apply except the following: 1. None of the provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:87-4, Financial Eligibility: Resources, apply to categorically eligible households, with the exception of N.J.A.C. 10:87-4.1(b) (categorical eligible provision) and 4.14 through 4.19 (transfer of resources). The provision at N.J.A.C. 10:87-6.8 shall not be applied to categorically eligible households; 2. With the exception of N.J.A.C. 10:87-5.1(b), none of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 10:87-5.1 (gross and net income limits) apply to categorically eligible households; 3. The CSSA shall deny the application of a household which is otherwise program eligible, but is entitled to no benefit because its net income results in a calculation of zero benefit; and 4. Sponsored alien information, which otherwise is required at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.19(c) and 7.11. History HISTORY: New Rule, R.1993 d.62, effective February 1, 1993. See: 24 N.J.R. 3207(b), 25 N.J.R. 584(a). Amended by R.1999 d.6, effective January 4, 1999. See: 30 N.J.R. 3451(a), 31 N.J.R. 69(a). Substituted references to WFNJ/GA for references to GA throughout; and in (a) and (d), substituted references to WFNJ/TANF for references to AFDC. Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.39 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. 10:87-2.35, WFNJ/TANF eligibility determination (PA households), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.31. Amended by R.2007 d.129, effective May 7, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 4374(a), 39 N.J.R. 1719(a). In (b)4, substituted "Disqualified" for "A household member not the household head, disqualified"; deleted (c)2; and recodified (c)3 through (c)4 as (c)2 through (c)3. Amended by R.2012 d.031, effective February 6, 2012 (operative March 7, 2012). See: 43 N.J.R. 2114(a), 44 N.J.R. 241(a). In (a), (c)3, and the introductory paragraph of (e), substituted "NJ SNAP program" for "Food Stamp Program"; and in (a), inserted "cash", and substituted "NJ SNAP" for "food stamp".