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Page 143 of 202 § 10:90-12.5. Evaluating county/municipal agency performance
ii. If a pattern of non-payment exists and the review results in a finding that a county or municipal agency is not providing eligible clients WFNJ/GA benefits, that county or municipality shall be advised that immediate corrective action measures shall be undertaken as described in (c) below. (c) Rules governing a below satisfactory performance rating are as follows: 1. When a county/municipality's performance rating is below satisfactory, the Commissioner shall at any time, based on his or her discretion regarding the severity of the below satisfactory rating, exercise the right to assume direct administration of the county administered WFNJ/GA program or transfer the administration of the WFNJ/GA program from the municipality to the county. i. Since WFNJ/GA shall be administered either by the county or municipal agency, (c)2 below governs "below satisfactory performance" for both county and municipal agencies. 2. Counties or municipalities whose overall performance rating results in a below satisfactory level shall be subject to the following corrective action measures: i. State and county or municipal staff shall meet to identify possible causes of the deficiencies in operations. ii. A corrective action plan to improve county or municipal WFNJ/GA operations shall be mutually developed and implemented within a reasonable period of time agreeable to both the DFD and the county or municipality. iii. Upon implementation of the corrective action plan, county or municipal agency operations shall be monitored by DFD staff to ensure that planned corrective actions are taking place as stipulated in the mutually agreed upon manner. iv. State staff shall reassess the county or municipality's WFNJ/GA operations at the end of the mutually designated period. (1) Counties or municipalities whose WFNJ/GA operations have improved to at least a satisfactory level shall be deemed to have satisfied the terms of their corrective action plans. (2) Counties or municipalities whose WFNJ/GA operations do not improve or which fail to show a good faith effort toward improvement shall be subject to the following: (A) DFD shall arrange a meeting with the county agency director or the municipal agency director to discuss the unsatisfactory performance.