New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 123 - SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Subchapter 3 - PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE
Section 10:123-3.3 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings.

"Boarding house" means any building, together with any related structure, accessory building, any land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof, which contains two or more units of dwelling space arranged or intended for single-room occupancy, exclusive of any such unit occupied by an owner or operator, and wherein personal or financial services are provided to the residents, including any residential hotel or congregate living arrangement, but excluding any hotel, motel, or established guest house wherein a minimum of 85 percent of the units of dwelling space are offered for limited tenure only, any foster home as defined in Section 1 of 30:4C-26.1, and community residence for the developmentally disabled as defined in 30:11B-2, any dormitory owned or operated on behalf of any nonprofit institution of primary, secondary, or higher education for the use of its students, any building arranged for single-room occupancy wherein the units of dwelling space are occupied exclusively by students enrolled in a full-time course of study at any institution of higher education approved by the Commission on Higher Education, and any facility or living arrangement operated by, or under contract with any State department or agency upon the written authorization of the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.

"Eligible resident" means a resident of a boarding house or residential health care facility who receives Supplemental Security Income or General Assistance, and as otherwise defined in the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979, N.J.S.A. 30:1A and 11A.

"Limited tenure" means residence at a rooming or boarding house on a temporary basis for a period lasting no more than 90 days, when a resident either maintains a primary residence at a location other than the rooming or boarding house or intends to establish a primary residence at such a location and does so within 90 days after taking up original residence at the rooming or boarding house.

"Operator" means any individual who is responsible for the daily operation of any residential health care facility or boarding house.

"Owner" means any person who owns, purports to own, or exercises control of any residential health care facility or boarding house.

"Personal needs allowance" means a monthly amount of money intended to meet those personal and incidental expenses or needs of Supplemental Security Income recipients in residential health care facilities or boarding houses which are not included among those services provided by the facility in accord with the respective licensure standards.

"Residential health care facility" means facility, whether in single or multiple dwellings, whether public or private, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether for profit or nonprofit, operated at the direction of or under the management of an individual or individuals, corporation, partnership, society, or association which furnishes food and shelter to four or more persons 18 years of age or older who are unrelated to the proprietor, and which provides dietary services, recreational activities, supervision of self-administration of medications, supervision of and assistance in activities of daily living and assistance in obtaining health services to any one or more of such persons, excluding, however, any community residence for the developmentally disabled as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2, any facility of living arrangement operated by or under contract with any State department or agency, upon the written authorization of the Commissioner of the Department of Health , and any privately operated establishment licensed under N.J.S.A. 30:11A.

"Single-room occupancy" means an arrangement of dwelling space which does not provide a private, secure dwelling space arranged for independent living, which contains both the sanitary and cooking facilities required in dwelling spaces pursuant to the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, 55:13A-1 et seq. and which is not used for limited tenure occupancy in a hotel, motel, or established guest house, regardless of the number of individuals occupying any room or rooms.

"Units of dwelling space" means any room, rooms, suite, or portion thereof, whether furnished or unfurnished, which is occupied or intended, arranged, or designed to be occupied, for sleeping or dwelling purposes by one or more persons.

"Work First New Jersey/General Assistance" means assistance rendered to needy persons not otherwise provided for under the laws of this State, where such persons are willing to work but are unable to secure employment due either to physical or mental disabilities or inability to find employment, and includes what is commonly called relief or emergency relief (see 44:8-107 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 10:90).