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Important Questions to Ask your Caseworker

  • How do I register for work with the NJ Employment Service?

  • How do I get into an approved work activity?

  • What are my work activity options?

  • What if I am too sick to participate in my work activity?

  • What is an Individual Responsibility Plan, or IRP?

  • How can an IRP help me?

  • Do I have to quit school to go to work?

  • What is Community Service and when do I participate in it?

  • How do I get child care while I look for work or participate in a work activity?

  • Can I get transportation assistance?

  • Can I get Medicaid?

  • Can I get help with work expenses?

  • Can I get food stamps?

  • Can I get NJ FamilyCare?

  • How do I get help with a drug or alcohol problem?

  • What is the Kinship Navigator Program?

  • When I begin working, how do I get support services or benefits? Can I get:

    -Medicaid?
    -Child Care?
    -Transportation?
    -Food Stamps?
    -NJ FamilyCare?
    -Earned Income Tax Credit?
   
           
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