New Jersey A 1152: Increases FY2024 appropriation from General Fund to DCF for Center for Great Expectations by $1.5 million from $500,000 to $2.0 million.

Bill Text

A1152 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1152 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Increases FY2024 appropriation from General Fund to 
DCF for Center for Great Expectations by $1.5 million from $500,000 to $2.0 
million.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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A 
Supplement to the annual appropriations act 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� The 
following item in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations 
act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, is 
amended to read as follows:

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 [$162,418,000]$163,918,000

���������������� Total 
Grants-in-Aid appropriation,��������������������������������������� 

������������������ Social 
Services Programs .. [$162,418,000]$163,918,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 03��� Center for 
Great Expectations [($500,000)]($2,000,000)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill increases the FY2024 
appropriation from the General Fund to the Department of Children and Families 
for the Center for Great Expectations by $1.5 million, from $500,000 to $2.0 
million.� The Center for Great Expectations is located in Somerset and provides safe housing and supportive 
services to over 1,000 women, men, and children annually, from both within and 
outside Somerset. Many of these individuals are homeless or economically 
marginalized, pregnant or parenting, or living with mental health or substance 
use disorders.� Importantly, the organization administers the State�s only 
residential program for adolescents with mental health disorders, who are 
pregnant or parenting.

���� The additional State funds will be used to support the Center�s adolescent residential 
program, the adult residential program for pregnant and at-risk women, and the 
outpatient substance abuse and mental health programs.� All of these programs 
face a funding shortfall in the current fiscal year, which will be completely 
mitigated with the help of this additional State funding.