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Page 201 of 202 § 10:90-15.1 Definitions

"Total countable income" means the sum of all recognized income of the assistance unit, including unearned and calculated earned income. "Transfer application" means a signed request for assistance from a recipient who is presently receiving assistance under the same program in another county or municipality in the State. "Unrestricted payments" means checks drawn to the order of and delivered to the recipient or authorized payee and received by such person without direction of any kind as a condition of receiving the payment. "Vendor payment" means a payment drawn to the order of a person or facility for providing goods or services to or for the client, representing payment for such goods or services. "Vocational training" means providing recipients with classroom training experience and instruction related to specific occupational areas in demand in their labor market area. Training may be combined with CWEP. "Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity" means consent to the parentage of a child(ren) by signing a Certificate of Parentage. This includes a request by the alleged father and/or the non-custodial parent for genetic testing. "WFNJ/TANF" means the Work First New Jersey/Tempo-rary Assistance for Needy Families Program. "WFNJ/GA" means the Work First New Jersey/General Assistance Program. "Withdrawn application" means an oral or written request by an applicant that the WFNJ entity terminate its activity on his or her application. "Work activity" means, but is not limited to, the following: employment, on-the-job- training, job search and job readiness assistance; vocational educational training; job skills training related directly to employment; community work experience; alternative work experience; supportive work; community service programs, including the provision of child care as a community service project; in the case of a teenage parent or a recipient under the age of 19 who is expected to graduate or complete their course of study by their 19th birthday, satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or in a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalence; and education that is necessary for employment in the case of a person who has not received a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency, a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalency, or post-secondary education, when combined with community work experience participation or other approved work activities, including employment. "Work First New Jersey participants" means all individuals in the assistance unit. "Work First New Jersey program" means the single public assistance program established pursuant to P.L. 1997, c.13, c.14, c.37 and c.38, which provides assistance to single adults, couples without dependent children and families with dependent children. History