Persons who have legal custody of an unrelated child may also apply for assistance. In some cases eligibility may exist when neither parent is in the home and the child(ren) is being cared for by a blood related relative (referred to as a parent-person) who may choose whether or not to receive assistance along with the child. Single and two parent families may be eligible.
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The youngest child must be under 18 years of age or over 18 if a full time high school student expected to graduate before the 19th birthday. Disabled persons and those over 60 years of age are not included in this limit nor are children under age 18.Įligibility for this program is contingent upon having minor children in the home.
Also, any assistance received in any other state counts toward the lifetime limit. These months do not have to be consecutive and may be accumulated over many years.
Under TANF/WFNJ a family may receive assistance for a lifetime total of sixty months. This program is state supervised, but administered through the county. In New Jersey, Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) is the state program created to help such families. A block of money is appropriated to each state, which may design its own program. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families is a time limited federal program designed to provide temporary cash payments to families with minor children who have little or no income.
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