New Jersey Department of Human Services
Applications for the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund are closed.
Important
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Check your application statushere.
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Submitted an application but did not submit all the required documents?
Go here for a list of documents andhere to upload them
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We will be in touch with you regarding your application as needed. Please monitor your text messages or emails for updates regarding your application
Once your application is approved, we will need your payment information.
You should have received a text or email with your unique login information to select a payment method.
Need help accessing payment portal?
ExcludedNJFundQuestions@dhs.nj.gov with “ Need Payment login” in the subject line and your application ID number.
If you have received a notification that your payment was disbursed but have not received your benefit in 5-7 days, please email us at ExcludedNJFundQuestions@dhs.nj.gov with “Payment Not Received” in the subject line and your application ID number and we will be in touch with you.
Federal Stimulus Checks (Coronavirus Stimulus Checks):
1st Round: The first stimulus check, from The CARES Act would have arrived as early as mid-April 2020. The stimulus maxed out at $1,200 per person (with an extra $500 per dependent).
2nd Round:The second round of stimulus payments from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 would have arrived starting Dec. 29, 2020. $600 per person, or $1,200 for married individuals, plus $600 for each qualifying child.
3rd Round:The third round of stimulus payments from The American Rescue Plan, was sent March 31, 2021. Eligible individuals will receive a payment of $1,400 ($2,800 for married couples), plus an additional $1,400 per eligible child.
COVID Related Unemployment Assistance: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) provides benefits for NJ workers who are: not eligible for unemployment benefits in any state, including self-employed workers (independent workers, “gig” workers) otherwise able and available to work except that they are unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work due to a COVID-19 qualifying reason (you are sick, quarantined, or exposed, need to care for a family member or household member, you lost employment, have health and safety concerns), and able to demonstrate labor market attachment, through earnings or an official work offer. If you want to know more about Pandemic Unemployment Assistance visit https://www.myunemployment.nj.gov/independentcontractors.shtml
Household: If someone lives with you and is dependent on your income (you pay their bills and support them), they are part of your household. For example, if you financially support a child or grandparent that lives with you, they count as part of your household. If there are multiple employed people who support dependents, those incomes combined make your total household income. For example, if you make $12,000 and your spouse makes $18,000, then your total household income is $30,000. If other roommates live in your home, but they’re financially independent (they pay their own bills), then they do not count as part of your household.
