New Jersey Statutes Title 44. Poor 44 § 10-81

a. There is established the New Jersey Supplementary Food Stamp Program in the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the program is to provide nutritional assistance to those categories of noncitizens who were rendered ineligible for the federal food stamp program by section 402 of Pub.L.104-193, the federal “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996” (8 U.S.C. s.1612).

b. The program shall be administered pursuant to State rules and regulations implementing the federal food stamp program, except that the eligibility criteria for noncitizens for the program provided in section 4 of this act shall be used in lieu of those of the federal food stamp program.