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N.J.A.C. 10:90-6.3 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 6. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

§ 10:90-6.3 Kinds of emergency assistance authorized

(a) The county or municipal agency is authorized to provide the following kinds of assistance to meet emergency situations when there is no other source of support available: payment for emergency shelter and emergency temporary housing and allowances for permanent living arrangements including, but not limited to, allowances for retroactive rental, mortgage or utility payments, security deposits for rent and utilities and advance rent, eviction related costs that are authorized by DFD, reasonable costs of transportation required to search for housing, reasonable costs of temporary storage of personal possessions (see (a)4iv below), moving expenses, food, clothing, essential house furnishings including a one-time purchase of an air conditioning unit when medically necessary and, when applicable, the one-time payment of a Citizenship Application Fee and associated fingerprinting fee. 1. The county/municipal agency shall determine the most appropriate form of emergency housing which is required to address the need and authorize payment of the costs of adequate emergency shelter/housing, taking into consideration individual/family circumstances and services provided. Such emergency housing shall include placement in shelters; hotel/motel placement; transitional housing; or shelters for victims of domestic violence. i. Adult EA recipients transitioning from GA to TANF, who are residing in transitional housing, shelter or hotel/motel placement, and who appear to meet the TANF Initiative for Parents (TIP) eligibility requirements, shall receive a mandatory TIP assessment by the TIP Vendor for continued EA eligibility. The outreach and assessment results shall be documented on the EA service plan. ii. A pending eviction or foreclosure must be documented, either through a tenancy complaint filed by the landlord or an order from a court for eviction or foreclosure. Where such documentation does not exist, a letter from a landlord or other person serving in such capacity (relative/friend with whom the individual/family is residing), subject to agency verification, stating that eviction is imminent or has occurred shall be accepted by the agency. 2. When food is not available from any other source, an amount of $ 4.50 per day per person shall be authorized and allowed until such time as other funds become