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Page 197 of 202 § 10:90-15.1 Definitions

"Location" means verified information about the alleged father's and/or non-custodial parent's physical whereabouts, employer(s), and/or other sources of income or assets, as appropriate, which are sufficient and necessary to take the next appropriate action on a case. "LWD" means the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. "MDO" means Medicaid District Office in the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services. "Medicaid" means the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program in the Department of Human Services. "Medicaid Only" means provision of medical assistance only to a family or certain individuals who are eligible for WFNJ benefits and choose to waive the money payment benefit portion. "Medicaid Special" means Medicaid coverage available to any dependent child under 21 or an independent child under age 21 based on financial eligibility only regardless of other program requirements (for example, WFNJ, employment, training, CSP or school attendance). "Medical Assistance (MA)" means payments on behalf of recipients to providers for medical care and services. "Money payment" means an assistance check paid to, or funds deposited through EBT for a recipient or his or her authorized payee. "Monthly amount" means the amount of money required, provided or received for one month. "Monthly grant" means the amount of money payment to be made each month to an assistance unit. "Municipal agency" means an agency within a municipality that has been designated, via municipal resolution, to administer the WFNJ/GA Program. "Municipality" means any city, borough, township, town, village or municipality governed by a board or commissioners or an improvement commission. "Needy person" means a person who requires and qualifies for a money payment in the WFNJ program. "New application" means a signed request for assistance by an individual who has never previously applied under that program in any county or municipality in the State. "NJSES" means the New Jersey State Employment Service, New Jersey Department of Labor. "NJ SNAP" means the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. "Non-custodial parent" means the non-primary resident parent prior to the establishment of an order determining custody. "Noneligible person" means a person who is neither sanctioned nor required by law or regulation to be included in the WFNJ assistance unit. "Non-needy caretaker" means a relative caring for a dependent child, or a legal guardian of a minor child who, in the absence of a natural or adoptive parent, assumes parental responsibility for such minor child.