New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 18 - SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING PROGRAM
Section 12:17-18.3 - Eligibility requirements

1. Be a dislocated worker who has been determined through the worker profiling system to be likely to exhaust benefits. The Division shall give priority to those individuals who, through the profiling system, have received scores which indicate the highest probability of exhausting unemployment benefits since the maximum number of individuals receiving SEA allowance may not exceed one percent of the number of claimants receiving regular unemployment benefits;

2. Be eligible to receive benefits on his or her unemployment insurance claim;

3. Have a viable business plan approved by a qualified job counselor pursuant to the Workforce Development Partnership Act, 34:15D-1;

4. Be willing to work full-time in developing the business;

5. Participate in full-time entrepreneurial training and/or counseling in combination with other business activities as required by the Division; and

6. Have the financial resources needed to start and sustain the business until it becomes self-supporting.