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(2) Six payment-months for the second and each subsequent occurrence. (h) The inability to communicate in English does not exempt a refugee from registration for employment services, participation in employability service programs, and acceptance of appropriate offers of employment. (i) The following refugees are exempt from the employment or training requirements given in (d) above: 1. An individual who is between age 16 and 18, enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student for the next school term in a secondary, or vocational or technical school; or under age 19 and attending full-time, a secondary school or the equivalent level of a vocational or technical school, and expected to complete the program of the school before reaching age 19; 2. A person who is ill, incapacitated or age 65 or over; 3. A person whose presence in the home is required because of illness or incapacity of another member of the household; 4. An individual working at least 30 hours a week in unsubsidized employment expected to last a minimum of 30 days. This exemption continues to apply if there is a temporary break in full-time employment expected to last no longer than 10 days; 5. An individual who is pregnant if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born in the month in which such registration would otherwise be required or within the next six months; and 6. The person is enrolled full-time in training approved by the county agency as part of an approved employability plan. (j) When there is an urgent need for assistance, the initial assistance payment shall be based on immediate need. History
HISTORY: Amended by R.1998 d.42, effective January 20, 1998. See: 29 N.J.R. 3971(b), 30 N.J.R. 389(a). Recodified (h)1i through (h)1iv as (i)1 through (i)6 and recodified (i) as (j). Amended by R.2003 d.226, effective June 16, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 2713(a), 35 N.J.R. 2670(a). In (d), rewrote 1. Amended by R.2004 d.292, effective August 2, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 1695(a), 36 N.J.R. 3545(a). In (a), substituted "WFNJ-14" for "PA-14" after "Form" in the third sentence of the introductory paragraph.