Bill > S1436

Introduced Session

This bill would establish the "New Jersey Fostering Success Voucher Act" to provide rental assistance and case management services for certain young adults leaving foster care or kinship care. The bill directs the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to establish the New Jersey Fostering Success Voucher Program (voucher program) to provide rental assistance vouchers and case management services to eligible young adults. In order to be eligible to obtain rental assistance vouchers and services through the voucher program, the bill requires a young adult to:· be between 18 and 26 years of age;· have been in foster care or kinship care;· be experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk of homelessness, and have voluntarily agreed to participate in services offered and provided by a case management agency;· reside in the State; and· have an income that does not exceed standards established in the bill. Rental assistance vouchers would be provided in amounts comparable to those amounts and standards established for the State rental assistance program pursuant to P.L.2004, c.140 (C.52:27D-287.1 et al.). A young adult who receives a rental assistance voucher would be required to participate in case management services provided by a case management agency that meets standards established in the bill. The bill requires a case management agency to make reasonable efforts to engage a program participant, and support the participant in coming into compliance with the program requirements prior to terminating services. The bill directs the Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of the bill on or before the first day of the seventh month following enactment. The bill would appropriate $10 million from the General Fund to DCA for the implementation of the program.

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Kristin Corrado (R)*,  Troy Singleton (D)*,  Teresa Ruiz (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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