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Page 57 of 233 § 10:90-2.8 Individuals ineligible for WFNJ TANF/GA

9. A person found, on or after August 22, 1996, to have willfully and knowingly fraudulently misrepresented his or her residence in order to simultaneously obtain means-tested, public assistance benefits in two or more states or jurisdictions. Such person shall be ineligible for benefits for a period of 10 years from the date of conviction in a Federal or State court; 10. A person who, after July 1, 1997 and provided that the person has received written notice informing them of the WFNJ disqualification penalties, intentionally makes a false or misleading statement or misrepresents, conceals or withholds facts for the purpose of receiving benefits. Such person shall be ineligible for benefits for a period of six months for the first violation, 12 months for the second violation, and permanently for the third violation; 11. A GA applicant or recipient who is eligible for or who is a recipient of WFNJ/TANF, or who has been found ineligible for WFNJ/TANF due to voluntary refusal to comply with program requirements; 12. A GA applicant or recipient who is admitted or committed to an institution (see N.J.A.C. 10:90-9.1(d)3); 13. A resource family parent who is unable to prove a legal or blood relationship with a child in resource family care, (as defined at N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.7(a)1), when there are no other eligible children in the household; 14. A person who is seeking legal guardianship of an unrelated child. i. Although ineligible for TANF benefits, when needed, the WFNJ agency shall provide contact information to these cases for assistance in obtaining guardianship; and 15. A WFNJ/GA applicant or recipient over the age of 60 who is claimed as a dependent on his or her adult child's or other relative's U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (1040 forms) regardless of whether or not he or she is residing in the same household. i. If the individual's circumstances have changed since being claimed as a dependent, then he or she shall be reevaluated for WFNJ/GA eligibility. (b) When the county agency determines a family to be financially ineligible for WFNJ/TANF, such family shall not be eligible to receive WFNJ/GA benefits, unless there is a change in family status, such as the only minor child in the home becoming 18 years of age. (c) WFNJ benefits shall not be payable for any month in which any individual applicant/recipient in the assistance unit is participating in a strike. The individual who is on strike is ineligible for benefits; however, other members of the assistance unit remain eligible for benefits. 1. The term "strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of expiration of a collective bargaining agreement) and any concerted interruption of operations by employees.