New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 18 - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Section 10:90-18.3 - Mandatory SAI treatment
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:90-18.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) For WFNJ applicants/recipients subject to mandatory participation in the SAI, the following shall apply:
1. Substance
abuse treatment, as determined clinically appropriate by the CCC, shall be mandatory for WFNJ TANF/GA
applicants/recipients identified at 10:90-18.2(b).
i. WFNJ individuals shall demonstrate active participation in a DHSS'
licensed or approved RSATP in accordance with the definition established at
10:90-15.1, or in-patient, or out-patient substance abuse
treatment programs.
ii. Enrollment of WFNJ individuals in a DHSS'
licensed or approved RSATP shall be required in accordance with the definition established at
10:90-15.1, or in-patient, or out-patient substance abuse
treatment programs.
iii. Failure to participate in the treatment
plan shall result in a sanction in accordance with
10:90-4.13.
2. A WFNJ GA unemployable individual shall be required to participate in
the mandatory SAI program, if substance abuse is the sole reason for the unemployable status and shall have
his or her WFNJ status changed from GA unemployable to GA employable once the individual is well enough, as
determined by the CCC, to participate in work or work activities. Such a change in status shall be supported
by medical documentation, and shall be in the therapeutic interest of the WFNJ recipient as determined by the
CCC and the CCC clinical supervisor.
i. In the instances as noted in (a)2
above, the CCC shall advise the WFNJ agency worker to request a new WFNJ/MED-1, Examination Report that
states that substance abuse is the reason for the unemployable status. If the updated WFNJ/MED-1, Examination
Report indicates that the WFNJ/GA recipient is no longer unemployable, then the WFNJ/GA employable
requirements at N.J.A.C. 10:90-3 shall apply.
3. WFNJ
recipients who shall not be required to participate in substance abuse treatment include, but are not limited
to, the following:
i. WFNJ individuals who, as a result of the assessment
by the CCC, are determined not to be dependent on alcohol and/or drugs or abusing alcohol and/or drugs shall
cease involvement with the SAI program at that time;
ii. A WFNJ
eligible individual who is able to function at work or in a work activity and scores high on the "Cage-Aid"
form; or
iii. Persons convicted on or after August 22, 1996 for
an offense which occurred on or after August 22, 1996 involving possession, use or distribution of a
controlled substance that meet the good cause requirements in accordance with
10:90-18.6(c).
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