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N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.4 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 5. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
§ 10:90-5.4 Transportation services
(a) The county or municipal agency, as appropriate, shall make all reasonable efforts to secure transportation services for WFNJ recipients who are working, looking for work, engaged in a work activity or taking WFNJ/TANF children to child care in conjunction with work or a work activity, only when all other avenues of assistance with this expense have been explored and it has been established that there are no other available sources of support. 1. Employed WFNJ recipients shall receive transportation services, as appropriate, until receipt of the first full paycheck. The county or municipal agency shall, upon request and with the approval of the DFD, continue the provision of transportation services beyond this point if, in the agency's estimation, based on factors such as, but not limited to, mode of transportation and frequency of travel, the income received from employment is insufficient to permit the recipient to fully pay his or her own reasonable costs of transportation. 2. The county or municipal agency, as appropriate, shall make transportation services available in one or more of the following ways: i. Provision of public transit fare via tickets or passes for available public transit bus, light rail, or rail services to recipients in work or work activities. Fare shall be provided prospectively or retrospectively, at the discretion of the county/municipal agency, to best facilitate the recipient's use of public transportation. (1) Where available, the WorkPass Program, enables the CSSA to purchase and issue monthly bus, light rail, and rail passes/one-way tickets, as well as, provide transit information to WFNJ/TANF participants. ii. An allowance of up to $ 6.00 per day shall be offered to recipients in work or a work activity as a way of subsidizing a recipient's transportation expenses. An amount in excess of $ 6.00 per day may be provided, subject to the approval of the DFD which shall consider, in addition to those factors referenced in N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.4(a)1, unforeseen expenses and multiple work activities, when arriving at its decision. iii. Subject to written authorization from the DFD, county or municipal agencies shall partner with community transportation agencies to make all reasonable