- WFNJ/TANF is a cash assistance program for those individuals who are living together and functioning as one economic unit and whose relationship is based upon a blood and/or legal relationship. (A legal relationship is one that is created through marriage, adoption, civil union or legal guardianship procedures.)
- The eligible WFNJ/TANF assistance unit includes the parent(s), parent person(s) or legal guardian and his or her related dependent children up to the age of 18, or up to the age of 19 if they are full-time students in a secondary school, or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training and are reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching age 19.
- Children up to the age of 21 are also eligible for WFNJ/TANF if they are enrolled in a special education program.
The Maximum Benefit Payment Levels and related Initial Maximum Allowable Income Levels are as follows:
WFNJ/TANF Schedules I and II
WFNJ/TANF Initial Maximum Allowable Income Levels and Maximum Benefit Payment Levels
Families with Dependent Children
Schedule I Schedule II
Initial
Maximum Allowable Number in Assistance Maximum Benefit
Income Levels Unit Payment Levels
$321 1 $214
$638 2 $425
$839 3 $559
$966 4 $644
$1,092 5 $728
$1,221 6 $814
$1,341 7 $894
$1,442 8 $961
Add $99 for More than 8 Add $66 for
each additional person each additional person