New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 16 - CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY
Section 10:90-16.1 - Introduction

(a)P.L. 93-647 establishes Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, which mandates procedures for locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity for children born out-of-wedlock and establishing, enforcing and/or modifying support obligations owed by non-custodial parents to their children. Title IV-D services with regard to paternity determinations and support collections shall be available to a WFNJ individual, a Medicaid individual, a Title IV-E individual or any other individual not receiving WFNJ who files an application for child support services.

(b) The WFNJ program is designed to promote self-sufficiency. Support collections are a vital financial resource to all individuals attempting to attain and/or maintain self-sufficiency. Applicant/recipient cooperation with the county welfare agency child support unit (CWA/CSU) is a necessary step in obtaining support collections. Child support cooperation is an interactive ongoing process based on individual case circumstances. The applicant/recipient has a continuing responsibility to provide all necessary and new information available to them. The CWA/CSU is responsible for assisting the clients in obtaining information in its efforts to make paternity determinations and to obtain support collections from their responsible parent(s).