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N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.9 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
§ 10:90-2.9 Definition of employable/unemployable persons in WFNJ/GA
(a) The definition of employable/unemployable persons for determination of payment level is as follows: 1. An employable person is any person applying for or receiving cash assistance who is able-bodied and does not meet any one of the criteria of deferred delineated in (a)2 below; and 2. An unemployable person is any person who meets any of the criteria listed below: i. Persons who are 62 years of age or older; ii. Persons receiving inpatient hospital care and treatment who were receiving an unemployable grant prior to entering the hospital. (Persons who were listed as employable shall retain such employable status until hospital discharge.); iii. Persons who are residents in long term care facilities; iv. Persons in the first 12 months of residential treatment in centers licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services for the treatment of drug abuse, when medical evidence exists that the residential treatment is necessary (see N.J.A.C. 10:90-2.8(a)7ii regarding drug abuse treatment for those convicted of possession or use of controlled substances). The 12 month period starts anew for each commencement of treatment, previous incomplete or unsuccessful courses of treatment notwithstanding; v. Persons normally eligible to receive RSDI (Title II benefits), SSI or Railroad Retirement benefits on the basis of disability, but due to administrative delays in that respective program, payments are being withheld; vi. Persons who have been determined to be legally blind by the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; vii. Persons in the third trimester of pregnancy when an examining physician certifies to both the pregnancy and its term; viii. Pregnant persons when an examining physician certifies that employment poses a threat to the mother or the fetus;