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Page 54 of 233 § 10:90-2.7 Composition of the WFNJ/TANF and WFNJ/GA eligible assistance unit
eligible to receive cash assistance for himself or herself and all other eligible children in the household. 5. Although a WFNJ cash assistance benefit shall not be granted for any child receiving a Kinship Legal Guardianship subsidy through CP&P or DFD, a kinship caregiver who has obtained subsidy payments as a kinship legal guardian, either through CP&P or DFD, may be eligible to receive TANF assistance for himself or herself and all other eligible children in the household. (b) Composition of the eligible WFNJ/GA assistance unit is as follows: 1. The WFNJ/GA assistance unit shall be comprised of one or more persons. In most cases, it will consist of a single individual, 18 years of age or over, or a couple without dependent children. In room and board or residential treatment situations, each person is an eligible assistance unit of one, with the exception of situations involving couples without dependent children who are considered as an eligible unit of two. In all other situations, the eligible assistance unit shall consist of: i. The applicant/recipient; ii. The spouse of the applicant/recipient who lives in the home unless the spouse is receiving SSI or public assistance through another program; or iii. The person with whom the applicant/recipient lives as a couple (that is, two individuals who live together, function as one economic unit, and present themselves as a couple to the WFNJ agency), unless such person is receiving SSI or public assistance through the WFNJ/TANF program component. History
HISTORY: Amended by R.1998 d.42, effective January 20, 1998. See: 29 N.J.R. 3971(b), 30 N.J.R. 389(a). In(a)1, added second sentence and rewrote the third sentence; added "or legal guardian(s)" to (a)3; added language to (b)1 regarding an exception; added (a)3iv; and rewrote (b)1iii. Amended by R.2003 d.226, effective June 16, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 2713(a), 35 N.J.R. 2670(a). In (a), rewrote 3i; in (b), rewrote 1iii. Amended by R.2009 d.289, effective September 21, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 5494(a), 41 N.J.R. 3435(a). In the introductory paragraph of (a)1, inserted ", civil union" and "related dependent"; added (a)1ii through (a)1v, (a)4 and (a)5; and in the introductory paragraph of (a)3i, substituted ", civil union," for "or", and inserted "or legal guardianship". Administrative change.