New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 84 - PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter 1 - EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS
Section 10:84-1.1 - Authority of the Commissioner under P.L1990, c.66

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:84-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services (DHS) is obligated to ensure that programs that serve eligible low-income persons administered by counties throughout the State are provided to eligible persons in an accessible, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

(b) The Commissioner has the authority to establish rules, regulations, and directives, including incentives and sanctions, to ensure that county agencies provide benefits to eligible recipients in a manner consistent with State and Federal law.

(c) The Commissioner shall have the authority to review and approve CWA budgets.

(d) The Commissioner shall have the power to assume direct administration of all county welfare agency operations in situations in which the Commissioner determines that a county agency is failing to effectively administer or to substantially follow State and Federal law in its administration of those programs for which the Department of Human Services has responsibility, thereby placing clients, who are dependent on public assistance benefits, at serious risk.

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