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N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.7 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024
NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 2. NON-FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
§ 10:90-2.7 Composition of the WFNJ/TANF and WFNJ/GA eligible assistance unit
(a) Composition of the eligible WFNJ/TANF assistance unit is as follows: 1. An eligible assistance unit under WFNJ/TANF shall be comprised of those individuals who are living together and functioning as one economic unit and whose relationship is based upon a blood and/or legal relationship. (A legal relationship is one that is created through marriage, adoption, civil union or legal guardianship procedures.) The eligible WFNJ/TANF assistance unit includes the parent(s), parent person(s) or legal guardian (see (a)3 below) and his or her related dependent children up to the age of 18, or up to the age of 19 if they are full-time students in a secondary school, or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, and are reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching age 19. Children up to the age of 21 are also eligible for WFNJ/TANF if they are enrolled in a special education program. i. When any school or course of training involves attendance during an academic year, a child shall be considered eligible during the summer months when he or she has been accepted for admission in the fall. He or she shall be considered eligible during regular vacation periods unless the educational program has been completed or unless there is verification that the child does not attend or is not acceptable to re-enter the program. ii. When a parent and another adult relative live in the same household and both are providing care and control of the child(ren), it shall be presumed that the parent is exercising primary responsibility for the care and control of the child(ren) and, therefore, the other adult relative shall not be included in the TANF assistance unit. (1) In cases where it is determined by the WFNJ agency worker that the parent is not providing the care and control of the child, but instead the adult relative is considered the caretaker relative, then the parent, the caretaker relative and the child shall be included in the eligible TANF unit.