New Jersey S 2477: Permits members of NJ National Guard to be election workers under certain circumstances.

Bill Text

S2477 

SENATE, No. 2477 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator NILSA I. CRUZ-PEREZ

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency 
assistance recipients.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning certain emergency assistance benefits and 
amending P.L.1997, c.14.

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

���� 1.��� Section 8 of P.L.1997, 
c.14 (C.44:10-51) is amended to read as follows:

���� 8.��� a.� Emergency assistance 
shall be provided only to recipients of Work First New Jersey and persons 
receiving Supplemental Security Income pursuant to P.L.1973, c.256 (C.44:7-85 
et seq.) in emergent situations.� The standards for eligibility shall be established 
by the commissioner by regulation, except that emergency assistance shall be 
granted to an individual or family in which the individual or family is in a 
state of homelessness or imminent homelessness that, according to a signed 
attestation by the applicant, is the result of imminent or demonstrated 
domestic violence that may imperil the health and safety of the individual or 
family.� Emergency assistance shall be provided for up to 12 cumulative months, 
regardless of whether the recipient receives emergency assistance as a 
recipient of Work First New Jersey, as a recipient of Supplemental Security 
Income, or pursuant to a combination thereof, except that:

���� (1)� the commissioner may 
provide for an extension of emergency assistance for up to six additional 
months to a family with dependent children, if the commissioner determines that 
a case of extreme hardship exists.� The commissioner shall review each such case 
on a monthly basis during the six-month period and shall continue the emergency 
assistance only if the commissioner determines, based upon the monthly review, 
that the extreme hardship continues to exist.� If the extreme hardship 
continues to exist at the end of the six-month period, the commissioner may 
provide an additional six months of emergency assistance to no more than 10 
percent of those families with dependent children which are receiving temporary 
rental assistance under the emergency assistance component of the program, 
based upon the most current data available;

���� (2)� the commissioner may 
provide for an extension of emergency assistance for up to six additional 
months to no more than 10 percent of single adults and couples without 
dependent children who are receiving temporary rental assistance under the 
emergency assistance component of the program, if the commissioner determines 
that a case of extreme hardship exists.� The commissioner shall review each 
such case on a monthly basis during the six-month period and shall continue the 
emergency assistance only if the commissioner determines, based upon the 
monthly review, that the extreme hardship continues to exist; 

���� (3)� the commissioner shall 
provide for an extension of emergency assistance to an individual, if the 
commissioner determines that the individual is:

���� (a)�� the parent or other 
relative of a disabled child or other disabled dependent who must provide 
full-time care for the disabled child or other disabled dependent, as defined 
by regulation of the commissioner; 

���� (b)� permanently disabled, 
including, but not limited to, a person eligible for disability insurance 
benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.401 et 
seq.), as defined by regulation of the commissioner;

���� (c)�� over 60 years of age; or

���� (d)� chronically unemployable 
as defined by regulation of the commissioner.

���� The commissioner shall review 
each individual's eligibility for emergency assistance every six months and 
shall continue the emergency assistance if the commissioner determines, based 
upon the review, that the individual continues to meet the criteria established 
pursuant to this paragraph (3); and

���� (4)� (a)� subject to the 
requirements of subsection h. of this section, the commissioner shall provide 
that all months of emergency assistance received more than 84 months from the 
date of application for emergency assistance shall not be counted toward the cumulative 
12-month limit of emergency assistance as required pursuant to this subsection.

���� (b)� The Department of Human 
Services shall provide case management services to an individual receiving 
emergency assistance pursuant to this paragraph.� As used in this 
subparagraph:� "case management services" means personalized services 
to assist an individual or a family receiving emergency assistance pursuant to 
subparagraph (a) of this paragraph focusing on housing stability and delivery 
of services related to housing needs that can