New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - WFNJ WORK REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:90-4.9 - WFNJ comprehensive social assessment (CSA)
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A WFNJ recipient who has received cash assistance for 12 or more cumulative months shall be required to complete a detailed social assessment and an employability assessment. The 12-month requirement is a minimum requirement. The Comprehensive Social Assessment (CSA) may be administered at any time prior to 12 months if the circumstances of the case indicate a need for an in-depth assessment.
(b) Required attendance at a scheduled comprehensive assessment appointment shall be entered on the IRP so that failure to attend or refusal to be assessed, without good cause, shall be considered sanctionable.
(c) The WFNJ recipient shall be informed, verbally and in writing, prior to beginning the CSA that disclosure of disability information is voluntary. An individual shall not be sanctioned or otherwise penalized for failing to disclose information or for declining to answer specific questions.
(d) A CSA or other DFD-approved assessment shall be administered to a recipient who failed to actively participate in work activities without acknowledged good cause prior to the agency initiating the sanction process found at 10:90-4.13.
(e) Disclosure of family violence shall require referral of the individual to the agency's Family Violence Option (FVO) representative (see N.J.A.C. 10:90-20).
(f) Based on the information obtained from the comprehensive assessment, the agency shall address all barriers that are identified and schedule the client for an appropriate employment-related activity at the earliest possible opportunity.
(g) Actions taken as a result of the comprehensive assessment must be included in the IRP. Some of the assigned actions set forth in the IRP may not be work related depending on the issues and barriers identified on the CSA. Sanctions will apply in those situations of non-compliance with assigned work or work related activities only. Participation in the Substance Abuse Initiative (SAI) and/or the Mental Health Initiative (MHI) may be considered a work activity (see 10:90-5.15 and 18).