New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 88 - FAMILIES FIRST PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:88-1.3 - Properties of Families First accounts
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:88-1.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Families First accounts have the following properties:
1. If
otherwise eligible, each case shall have one account for cash benefits, and one
account for NJ SNAP benefits. While both cash and NJ SNAP benefits are accessed
with one Families First card, cash and NJ SNAP benefits are maintained in
separate accounts in the Families First system.
2. Retailers shall not impose a minimum
purchase amount or other conditions on the use of a Families First card.
Retailers who are authorized by FNS to participate in SNAP are not required to
accept EBT cash benefit transactions at the POS; however, if they choose to do
so, their EBT cash back limits must be the same for public assistance clients
as for their commercial customers.
3. Account balances which are not used by a
recipient in the month of issuance shall be carried forward into the following
month. A recipient shall access their account periodically in order to avoid
benefit expungement, pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
10:88-4.2.
4. The Families First card is not proof of
Medicaid eligibility.
5. Cash
assistance provided under the WFNJ program is prohibited from being accessed in
any electronic benefit transaction in the following locations:
i. Any liquor store.
(1) This subparagraph applies to any retail
establishment that exclusively or primarily sells intoxicating liquors and is
not applicable to a grocery store that sells both staple foods and intoxicating
liquors;
ii. Any gaming
establishment.
(1) This subparagraph is not
applicable to a grocery store, hotel, or full branch office bank location that
operates within the same building or complex as a gaming facility;
and
iii. Any
establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers
disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment.
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