New JerseyAgencies would face deadlines to help benefit recipients find volunteer work
New Jersey would set deadlines for tools that help health and food benefit recipients document volunteering, and shift $100,000 between agencies with budget approval.
What it does
State agencies would face October 1, 2027, deadlines for volunteer information and reporting tools tied to federal rules for NJ FamilyCare health coverage and SNAP food assistance.
With the state budget director’s approval, $100,000 from the Office of Volunteerism’s fiscal year 2027 budget would move to the human services and labor departments.
Argument forDeadlines could help agencies finish tools that let benefit recipients report volunteer hours and show they meet federal rules.
Argument againstIf approved, the transfers could leave the volunteerism office with less money while it still must help people find eligible volunteer work.
More detail
State agencies would have to meet deadlines for volunteer information, online hour reporting, and shared SNAP work tracking. The tools serve people who use volunteer work to meet federal rules for NJ FamilyCare health coverage or SNAP food assistance. The deadlines would take effect immediately if enacted, with all three tasks due on or before October 1, 2027.
The human services and labor departments would each receive $50,000 from the Office of Volunteerism. The money would support the law on meeting federal benefit rules through volunteering. The state budget director would have to approve the transfers. The transfer provision would take effect immediately if enacted and apply to the budget year ending June 30, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)Latest
- Oct 5Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd ReadingMinor
- Sep 28Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations CommitteeIntroduced
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