Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Families shall
be eligible for At Risk Child Care (ARCC) if they are in need of child care
services in order to remain employed full-time or to accept full-time
employment, to avoid dependency on TANF. (See chapter Appendix, Client Income
Eligibility and Co-Payment Schedule for Subsidized Child Care Assistance or
Services, incorporated herein by reference.)
(b) Families shall be ranked according to the
following Admission Priority Codes. For initial program entry, the maximum
annual gross income of the family shall not exceed 200 percent of the Federal
Poverty Level (Tier A - at or below 150 percent; Tier B - between 151 percent
and 175 percent; Tier C - between 176 percent and 200 percent of Federal
Poverty Level). Following the initial determination, child care services may
continue until the gross annual income of the family exceeds 250 percent of the
Federal Poverty Level.
1. "01": Children in
families in which the parent is a former TANF recipient and who has completed
extended WFNJ/TANF TCC eligibility or in which the parent will complete his or
her child care benefit period within one month from the date of the
application. The parent must need child care services in order to accept or
remain in full-time employment. A parent who is enrolled in school or who is
participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless the parent is
also employed full-time. The CCR & R shall be responsible for monitoring
the TCC case load to facilitate the transition of services. A family in receipt
of TCC may apply for ARCC at any time during the 24 month benefit
period.
2. "02": Children in
families who are ineligible for WFNJ/TANF TCC benefits. A parent must need
child care services in order to accept or remain in full-time employment. A
parent who is enrolled in a school or who is participating in a training
program shall not be eligible unless the parent is also employed full-time. The
parent who falls into this category is likely to have left WFNJ/TANF due to the
level of child support received. The CCR & R shall be informed of the
family's eligibility in this area by the appropriate county welfare
agency/Board of Social Services WFNJ/TANF Case Management Unit.
3. "03": Children with parents who are
employed and who are enrolled in the non-public assistance Food Stamp Program.
A parent must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
employed full-time.
4. "04":
Children in families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
employed full-time.
5. "05":
Children residing with adolescent parents who are head of their household, who
are not on WFNJ/TANF, and who are otherwise eligible for assistance under ARCC.
Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain in
full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are
participating in a training program shall not be eligible unless they are also
employed full-time.
6. "06":
Children under the CP & P protective service supervision who reside in
their own home with their parent(s) who are employed full-time and not on
WFNJ/TANF. Parent(s) must need child care services in order to accept or remain
in full-time employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or training
program shall not be eligible unless they are also employed full-time. Children
under the CP & P protective service supervision in an out-of-home placement
shall not be eligible.
7. "07":
Children in families with incomes at or below 200 percent of Federal Poverty
Level for initial entry into the program and 250 percent of the Federal Poverty
Guidelines for continued eligibility and where the parent (one parent in single
parent families or both parents in two parent families) works full-time who do
not fall in priorities 01 through 06 in (a)1 through 6 above. The parent(s)
must need child care services in order to accept or remain in full-time
employment. Parents who are enrolled in a school or who are participating in a
training program shall not be eligible unless they are also employed
full-time.
(c) The
applicant shall report changes in circumstances which affect continued
eligibility or level of benefits to the CCR & R.
(d) Families shall make the required
co-payment in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:15-9.
(e) If the participant loses a job,
eligibility terminates unless he or she then finds another job within one month
of the job loss.
