New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY-INCOME, RESOURCES, BENEFITS
Section 10:90-3.17 - WFNJ/GA special payment provisions for other living arrangements

1. When an individual who is in need of extensive personal services on a regular and continuous basis is purchasing a room and board living arrangement in a residential health care facility (licensed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for purposes other than the care or treatment of drug or alcohol abuse), the monthly assistance payment ($ 1,153.05), including a personal allowance, shall not exceed the rate approved by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, less any countable income. When a rate increase is approved, a notice of administrative change to that effect will be published in the New Jersey Register. Information about the current rate may also be obtained by contacting the DFD. However, the cost of purchasing such living arrangement shall not exceed the minimum amount that the establishment customarily charges to or for other guests not dependent on public assistance, for the same accommodations and/or services.

2. When an individual is purchasing room and board in a group facility or a boarding home (including a private home) other than a residential health care facility as in (a)1 above, or a center for treatment of drug or alcohol abuse as in (a)3 below, the total monthly benefit payment shall be the maximum benefit payment amount for a single adult as given in Schedule IV or Schedule V at 10:90-3.5 and 3.6, as appropriate, less any countable income.

3. When an individual is receiving room and board in a residential center for the treatment of drug or alcohol abuse, whether or not the center is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, the total allowance shall not exceed the amount to which the individual would be entitled as an eligible unit of one as given in Schedule IV or Schedule V at 10:90-3.5 and 3.6, as appropriate. Of that amount, $ 25.00 shall be considered as an allowance for personal incidentals and the remainder as the room and board payment to the center. (Note: Licensure of the center by the New Jersey Department of Health as a medical institution will not affect the payment rate.)