10:87-9.2 Recertification application processing

(a) Households that were certified for two months in the second month of the certification period and have met all required application procedures shall be notified of their eligibility or ineligibility. Eligible households shall be provided an opportunity to receive benefits no later than 30 calendar days after the date the household received its last allotment. (b) Other households that have met all application requirements shall be notified of their eligibility or ineligibility by the end of their current certification period. In addition, the CSSA shall provide households that are determined eligible an opportunity to participate by the household's normal issuance cycle in the month following the end of its current certification period. (c) Delays in recertification application processing shall be handled as follows: 1. Households which have submitted an application for recertification in a timely manner but, due to CSSA error, are not determined eligible in sufficient time to provide for issuance of benefits by the household's next normal issuance date shall receive an immediate opportunity to participate upon being determined eligible, and the allotment shall not be prorated. 2. If the household was unable to participate for the month following the expiration of the certification period because of CSSA error, the household is entitled to restored benefits. 3. If a household does not submit a new application by the end of the certification period, the CSSA shall close the case without further action. 4. Except for migrant or seasonal farm workers, if a recertification form is submitted after the end of the certification period, it shall be treated the same as an application for initial certification in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:87-6.2(b). 5. A household which submits an application by the filing deadline but neither appears for an interview scheduled after the application has been filed, nor submits verification within the required time frame, shall lose its right to uninterrupted benefits. The CSSA shall deny the household's recertification application at the end of the last month of the current certification period. The CSSA may, on a county-wide basis, either require households to submit new applications to continue benefits or reinstate the households without requiring new applications if the households have been interviewed and have provided the required verification information within 30 days after the applications have been denied. (d) A CSSA is required to apply the expedited service provisions of N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.28 at recertification if the household applies for recertification and meets the criteria for expedited service. History HISTORY: As amended, R.1984 d.17, effective February 6, 1984. See: 15 N.J.R. 1821(a), 16 N.J.R. 246(a). Language added concerning timely completion of redetermination. Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). Substantially amended. Repeal and New Rule, R.1998 d.498, effective October 5, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 1928(a), 30 N.J.R. 3669(b). Section was "CWA action on timely application for recertification". Amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Rewrote (c)4 and (d).