Bill Text: NJ A4322 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes FY 2025 supplemental appropriation of $587,450 to DCF for HomeFront NJ - Diaper Access Expansion Pilot Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee [A4322 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4322-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2025 supplemental appropriation of $587,450 to DCF for HomeFront NJ - Diaper Access Expansion Pilot Program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, P.L. , c. .
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L. , c. , the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
16 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
50 Economic Planning, Development, and Security
55 Social Services Programs
1630 Division of Family and Community Partnerships
GRANTS-IN-AID
03-1630 Family and Community Partnerships .................... $597,450
Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,
Social Services Programs ................................... $597,450
Grans-in-Aid:
03 HomeFront NJ - Diaper Access Expansion Pilot Program ($597,450)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This FY 2025 supplemental appropriation provides $597,450 to the Department of Children and Families for a grant to HomeFront NJ for a Diaper Access Expansion Pilot Program. HomeFront's mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring, resources, and expertise of the community. After decades of informally providing diapers to the families, the organization began planning in 2016 for a more formalized Diaper Program. In the years since, the demand for diapers has led HomeFront to expand significantly their diaper service to local families. These additional State resources would allow the organization to serve a larger region, with the potential for Statewide implementation. According to the National Diaper Bank Network, 47 percent of parents in the United State reported diaper need in 2023. Diaper need is defined as parents' and caregivers' inability to provide a sufficient supply of diapers to keep their babies clean, dry, and healthy.
