New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - WFNJ WORK REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:90-4.16 - Sanction accruals

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:90-4.16

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

(a) The county agency or municipal agency, as appropriate, shall maintain a record of the number of sanctions which have accrued to an assistance unit.

1. When no member of the assistance unit has incurred a sanction of any kind for a continuous 12-month period, the county agency or municipal agency, as appropriate, shall reduce the accrued sanctions by one for that assistance unit. This sanction reduction provision shall be applicable for each continuous 12-month period the members of an assistance unit remain sanction-free.
i. Periods in closed status, in non-receipt of WFNJ cash assistance benefits, shall not be counted as sanction free periods.

ii. Periods in closed status shall not be considered when determining a continuous 12-month sanction-free period.

(b) The sanction penalty and/or record shall follow the sanctioned individual if he or she leaves the assistance unit. If no other members of the remaining assistance unit have been sanctioned, the case shall be considered sanction-free.

(c) Sanction accruals are determined based on an individual's WFNJ non-participation without good cause regardless of the program segment (WFNJ/TANF or WFNJ/GA) in which the individual receives assistance.

(d) Out-of-State sanctions shall not accrue to WFNJ cases since the prior sanctions are specific to individual states and differ in regard to length and amount of penalty.

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