10:87-4.1 Resource applicability

(a) The resource criteria and eligibility standards of this subchapter apply to the following households: 1. Households that contain a member who is subject to an Intentional Program Violation (IPV). The remaining members of the household are NJ SNAP program eligible during the whole disqualification period, if otherwise eligible; 2. Elderly and/or disabled households with income that exceeds 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and who meet the net income standard for the NJ SNAP program eligibility; and 3. Households that contain a member who has failed to comply with a work requirement. The remaining members of the household are NJ SNAP program eligible during the whole disqualification period, if otherwise eligible. There is a work requirement exemption for one parent or other household member who has responsibility for the care of a dependent child under six years of age or who cares for an incapacitated person; (b) The resource criteria and eligibility standards in this subchapter do not apply to the following households: 1. Expanded categorical households; 2. Expanded categorical alien households' sponsors and sponsors' spouses; 3. Elderly and/or disabled households who meet the gross income of 185 percent of the FPL; 4. Households who have removed the ineligible alien (see N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.3(c)3); and 5. Households who have removed an ineligible student (see N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.3(c)3). (c) Categorical eligibility applies to WFNJ/TANF, GA, NJ SNAP and SSI households and is defined at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.32. These households are resource eligible for the NJ SNAP program.