Benefits are
generally made available over the first five calendar days of
the month, based on the 7th digit of the client’s case number (CN):
Case number ends in: 1 or 2 = benefits available on the 1st of
the month
Case number ends in: 3 or 4 = benefits available on the 2nd of
the month
Case number ends in: 5 or 6 = benefits available on the 3rd of
the month
Case number ends in: 7 or 8 = benefits available on the 4th of
the month
Case number ends in: 9 or 0 = benefits available on the 5th of
the month
Exceptions:
* In Warren County, all benefits are made available on the 1st
of the month.
* In Hudson County, benefits are made available on the 1st and
2nd of every
month, based on the 7th digit of the client’s CN:
7th digit of client’s CN is: 1,2,3,4, or 5
= benefits available on
the 1st of the
month
7th digit of client’s CN is: 6,7,8,9, or 0
= benefits available on
the 2nd of the
month
* In Essex County, benefits are made available over the first 3
or 5 calendar
days of every month, based on the entire case number:
If the case number is equal to or greater than C250000,
is equal to or
greater than S810000, or is greater than C150000
benefits are made
available over the first 5 calendar days of every
month, based on the 7th
digit of the case number:
7th digit of CN is: 1 or 2 = benefits
available on the 1st of the month
7th digit of CN is: 3 or 4 = benefits
available on the 2nd of the month
7th digit of CN is: 5 or 6 = benefits
available on the 3rd of the month
7th digit of CN is: 7 or 8 = benefits
available on the 4th of the month
7th digit of CN is: 9 or 0 = benefits
available on the 5th of the month
* In Essex County, if the CN begins with “S”, benefits are
available
on the 3rd of the month.
If the CN is less than C250000, benefits are made available over
the first 3 calendar days of every month, based on the
following:
CN is equal to or between the range C000001
- C135000 =
benefits available
on the 1st of the month
CN is equal to or between the range C135001
- C192000 =
benefits available
on the 2nd of the month
CN is equal to or between the range C192001
– C249999 =
benefits available
on the 3rd of the month
* In Camden County, if the CN is less than C140000 or begins
with “S”, benefits are made available over the first 2 calendar
days of every month, based on the same criteria as Hudson
County. All other cases follow the five-day issuance schedule
based on the 7th digit of the case number
