ASSEMBLY CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FOOD SECURITY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4642

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 23, 2025

      The Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4642.

      This bill requires the Division of Children’s System of Care (DCSOC) in the Department of Children and Families to ensure that once an individual up to the age of 21 with a developmental disability has been authorized to receive services from an agency contracted with the division to provide family support services, the family or guardian of the individual is allowed to set aside any amount of unused agency-after school care service hours, offered by the same agency contracted with the DCSOC to provide after school care to the individual, for use during holiday and weekend hours.

      As defined in the bill, “agency-after school care” means social and recreational experiences provided by a community-based agency contracted with the DCSOC to an individual up to the age of 21 with a developmental disability during after school hours and outside of the individual’s home.