10:87-7.10 Residents of shelters for battered women and their children

(a) A shelter for battered women and their children means a public or private nonprofit residential facility that serves battered women and their children. If such a facility serves other individuals, a portion of the facility shall be set aside on a long-term basis to serve only battered women and children. 1. Prior to certifying its residents under this paragraph, the CSSA shall determine that the shelter for battered women and children meets the definition at (a) above and document the basis of this determination. Shelters having FNS authorization to redeem benefits at wholesalers shall be considered as meeting the definition and the CSSA is not required to make any further determination. The CSSA shall maintain a list of shelters meeting the definition to facilitate prompt certification of eligible residents following the special procedures outlined in (b) through (f) below. (b) Since many shelter residents have recently left a household containing the person who has abused them, their former household may be certified for participation in the NJ SNAP program and its certification may be based on a household size that includes the women and children who have just left. Shelter residents who are included in such certified households may nevertheless apply for and (if otherwise eligible) participate in the NJ SNAP program as separate households if such certified household which includes them is the household containing the person who subjected them to abuse. Shelter residents who are included in such certified households may receive an additional allotment as a separate household only once a month. (c) Shelter residents who have recently left a household containing the person who has abused them are encouraged to apply as a separate household and shall be certified solely on the basis of their income and resources and the expenses for which they are responsible without regard to the income, resources and expenses of their former household. 1. Jointly held resources shall be considered inaccessible if such resources meet the provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:87-4.4(c). (d) Room payments to the shelter shall be considered as shelter expenses. (e) Any shelter residents eligible for expedited service shall be handled in accordance with the provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.32 through 2.35. (f) CSSAs shall take prompt action to ensure that the former household's eligibility or allotment reflects the change in the household's composition. Such action shall include acting on the reported change, as appropriate, and by issuing a notice of adverse action in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:87-9.5. History HISTORY: New Rule, 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. 10:87-7.10, Households with boarders, repealed. Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).