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Page 36 of 233 § 10:90-2.2 WFNJ TANF/GA eligibility requirements

person who does not already have one. If an applicant refuses to provide or apply for the appropriate Social Security number(s), the county/municipal agency shall declare the entire assistance unit ineligible for WFNJ benefits. i. Effective no later than July 1, 1998, the Federal Social Security number shall be used as the common identifier of individuals for any record, license, certificate or other document identifying a person by name which is used by an agency of State government in accordance with requirements of Federal law. ii. The Federal Social Security number must be provided for all assistance unit members, except for an eligible alien who cannot be assigned a Social Security number due to his or her status; 9. Comply with personal identification requirements as a condition of receiving benefits, which shall employ the use of high technology processes for the detection of fraud. i. Each adult WFNJ/TANF applicant/recipient and each WFNJ/GA applicant/recipient (except nursing facility applicants/recipients) shall, as a condition of receiving WFNJ benefits, be issued a photo-identification card by the county agency until implementation of the electronic benefit distribution system is begun in that county agency. Once a county begins to implement the electronic benefit distribution system, the county agency shall no longer be required to issue a photo-identification card to each adult recipient but may continue the issuance of photo-identification cards separate from the benefit cards. ii. WFNJ/GA applicants/recipients (except nursing facility applicants/recipients) are required to participate in the high technology process at the time of application and at other times when the county/municipal agency deems it necessary to deter duplication of assistance; and 10. Participate in an intensive case management program after receiving 48 months of cash assistance if the recipient does not appear to be exempt from the 60-month time limit or if the recipient is "chronically unemployable" as defined at N.J.A.C. 10:90- 2.4(a)4. (b) An applicant/recipient who is a minor parent must, as a condition of eligibility, comply with all of (a) above and must also cooperate with the minor parent provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.17. 1. Failure of the minor parent to cooperate with the requirements listed at (a) above renders the minor parent and the minor parent's child ineligible for WFNJ/TANF cash assistance but does not render the entire assistance unit with whom the minor parent resides ineligible for WFNJ/TANF cash assistance. (c) All adult applicants and recipients, minor parents and 16- through 18-year-old individuals not attending school on a full-time basis, as a condition of eligibility, shall complete the EPDT (Part A) and sign an individual responsibility plan (IRP), which shall be developed jointly with the county or municipal agency in accordance with the provisions at N.J.A.C. 10:90-1.2(f)10 and 4.8.