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Page 56 of 116 § 10:90-18.1 General provisions and purpose

2. To assist SAI participants in removing substance abuse barriers to employment, as determined by a CCC, and to enable participants to obtain treatment with the goal of moving towards self-sufficiency, to the extent possible; i. Supportive services shall be provided in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-5; 3. To provide SAI participants with an integrated combination of work activity and substance abuse treatment as determined clinically appropriate by the CCC, by requiring individuals who are able to work to participate in job readiness activity that ultimately leads to work; and 4. To allow an SAI participant's hours spent in treatment to count towards the required hours of a WFNJ work activity. i. For WFNJ recipients required to participate in a work activity, substance abuse treatment counts as a participant's work activity only if the CCC assesses the individual and monitors the participant's treatment. (e) Unless good cause for temporary excused participation exists or other good cause for work deferral exists in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.11(b), the SAI program provides for participant requirements that include, but are not limited to, the following requirements: 1. Completion and signing of the required SAI program forms, which include the Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative Care Coordinator Referral Form, WFNJ- 125; the Consent for the Release of Confidential Alcohol or Drug Treatment Information to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative, WFNJ-126 and the Consent for the Release of Confidential Alcohol or Drug Treatment Information to State of New Jersey Welfare Information Systems, WFNJ-127 in accordance with the Federal Confidentiality regulations at 42 CFR Part 2; 2. Participation in the completion of the substance abuse assessment administered by the CCC, using nationally recognized, standardized assessment tools. i. WFNJ recipients shall also cooperate with intake interviews at the treatment facility and any follow-up activities as determined by the CCC; 3. For WFNJ recipients required to participate in the SAI, mandatory participation in substance abuse treatment, as determined to be clinically appropriate by the CCC, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-18.3; 4. WFNJ recipients who are referred for voluntary participation in the SAI that do not complete and sign the required SAI forms, or do not complete the assessment, cannot obtain substance abuse treatment services through the SAI. However, these individuals cannot be sanctioned for failure to comply with treatment services; 5. WFNJ recipients subject to mandatory participation in the SAI, when participation is considered a work activity, shall complete and sign the required SAI forms; complete the assessment and follow through with the recommended treatment or the recipient shall be sanctioned in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.13; and