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Page 198 of 202 § 10:90-15.1 Definitions

"Obligee" means the individual or entity entitled to receive child support and health insurance or provide health insurance under a court order for support and shall include agencies of this and another jurisdiction to which an obligee has assigned the obligee's right to support. "Obligor" means the individual who according to applicable law(s) has the obligation to pay child support and/or provide health insurance coverage. "On-the-job-training (OJT)" means an activity in which a participant is hired by a public or private sector employer for which the employer is reimbursed a portion of the individual's wages while he or she is learning on the job. "Out-of-wedlock child" means a child born to a mother who is not married to the father of such child. "Ownership of real or personal property" means, for WFNJ program purposes, any and all rights, title or interest, legal or equitable, to such property. "Parent" means natural and/or adoptive parent(s), parent-person(s), or legal guardian(s). "Parent-minor" means a parent of a child or children who is himself or herself under the age of 18. "Parent-person" refers to an adult individual related through blood, marriage or adoption to a child who, in the absence of a natural or adoptive parent, assumes parental responsibility for that child. "Payee" means the person designated to receive assistance payments on behalf of the eligible members of an assistance unit. "Pending application" means a general term for application, reapplication, reopened application, or transferred application prior to official disposition. "Per capita" means an amount equal to one individual's share of the total (allowance, cost, income, and so forth). "Personal interview" means face-to-face discussion between individuals. "Potential resource" means a resource which, through liquidation, will provide cash for the use of the assistance unit or for reimbursement to the agency. "Poverty level" means the official poverty level based on family size, established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub. L. 97-35 (42 U.S.C. § 9902(2)). "Program" means the Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) program. "Protective payee" means a person authorized by the WFNJ entity under certain conditions to receive and administer assistance payments on behalf of an eligible family. "Protective payment" means assistance payment made to an individual other than the parent or parent-person, as designated by the WFNJ entity under certain conditions. "Provider" means any person, public or private institution, agency or business concern, approved by the Division, who lawfully provides medical care, services, goods and/or supplies, and holding, where applicable, a current valid license to provide such services or to dispense such goods and/or supplies.