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Page 52 of 116 § 10:90-17.3 EEI participation

Assistance Unit Payment Ceiling Payment Ceiling 1 $ 350 $ 135 2 450 515 3 750 521 4 950 513 5 1,150 505 6 1,350 497 7 1,450 580 8 1,550 633 (e) An EEI participant shall be referred back to the WFNJ/TANF agency for WFNJ/TANF cash assistance when: 1. The EEI participant fully cooperates and participates in EEI as required and full- time unsubsidized employment is not found; or 2. Full-time employment is secured, however, the family continues to be considered financially eligible for WFNJ cash assistance because the participant's gross earnings combined with the family's other countable income is equal to or less than the WFNJ maximum allowable income eligibility level for the assistance unit, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.3 (Schedule I), and the family's countable income is less than the applicable WFNJ benefit level at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3.3 (Schedule II). (f) Under certain circumstances, it may be necessary for a family, which has secured employment and has withdrawn its WFNJ/TANF application, to return to the WFNJ/TANF program for cash assistance. If the situation occurs within 60 days from the date of the original WFNJ application, the application shall be reactivated and the date of that original WFNJ application shall apply. Any of the following circumstances shall render the family eligible to reactivate its WFNJ/TANF application: 1. Child care services cannot be secured; or 2. The unsubsidized employment obtained while participating in EEI is no longer available, for reasons of good cause, in accordance with the good cause provisions under the WFNJ program at N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.10; i. If the unavailability of the unsubsidized employment is due to a voluntary quit situation, the family shall not be eligible to reactivate its WFNJ/TANF application and shall be required to make reapplication to determine its eligibility for WFNJ/TANF cash assistance. At the time of reapplication, the individual who voluntarily quit the employment shall be subject to a 90-day voluntary quit penalty in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-1.5. The other family members, however, shall be eligible to apply for cash assistance. (g) If the WFNJ/TANF application is reactivated within 60 days of the original date of the WFNJ/TANF application, any lump sum payment amount received under EEI shall be prorated from the date of the original WFNJ/TANF application to the date the client contacted the WFNJ county agency for reactivation and subtracted from the WFNJ/TANF monthly grant amount(s) for which the assistance unit is eligible for that period of time. If the lump sum payment received under EEI is in excess of the family's monthly grant amount(s) for that period, the excess amount shall be counted as unearned income when