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N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.23 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024
NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 3. FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY--INCOME, RESOURCES, BENEFITS
§ 10:90-3.23 Payees in WFNJ
(a) Payees in WFNJ are classified as designated payees, temporary payees, protective payees and representative payees (see (b) through (e) below). 1. In addition to the provisions allowing for payees under the WFNJ program, provisions are also included for situations which may warrant the use of restricted payments in the form of vendor payments or two-party checks for goods and services provided to or for a recipient. Such restricted assistance payments shall be provided at the request of the WFNJ recipient or at the discretion of the county or municipal agency (see (f) below). (b) A designated payee is a person signing the application to whom the benefit is issued. 1. No person under official commitment in a mental institution, who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent, or whom the county or municipal agency has determined is an alleged incompetent may be a designated payee. 2. Whenever there is more than one person signing the application, the WFNJ worker shall discuss with the applicants who the designated payee should be. The assistance unit shall be encouraged to continue their normal pattern for management of income. (c) A temporary payee is a person designated temporarily by the county or municipal agency to receive the assistance payment, usually in an emergency situation. 1. A permanent arrangement must be established within two calendar months following the month in which the emergency occurs. (d) A protective payee is: a person authorized by the county or municipal agency to receive and administer assistance payments on behalf of an eligible individual or family due to mismanagement of funds by the eligible individual or family; or a person authorized to receive benefits in accordance with the minor parent provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.17. 1. A protective payee is not authorized to receive, hold or administer any other property, real or personal, of the recipient nor to act as the representative of the recipient in any other manner whatsoever, unless authorized by a court of law or has power of attorney.