Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Senator BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Speight, Dunn, Haider, Park, Peterpaul, Donlon, Senators Wimberly and McKnight
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.
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.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
20 Physical and Mental Health
23 Behavioral Health Services
7700 Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services
GRANTS-IN-AID
08-7700 Community Services .............................................. $615,000
Total Grants-In-Aid appropriation,
Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services $615,000
Grants-in-Aid:
08 NJ 2-1-1 Partnership Operating Aid....... ($615,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill appropriates $615,000 to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of awarding a grant to the NJ 2-1-1 Partnership Operating Aid.
In June 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the designation of 2-1-1 for human services information and referral programs on a nationwide basis. The FCC, in establishing the 2-1-1 designation, granted community groups the ability to establish the delivery of information and referral services using this universal access number on a state-by-state basis.
In 2002, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) designated NJ 2-1-1 Partnership as the sole administrator of the 211 dialing code in New Jersey. Since then, NJ 2-1-1 Partnership has been providing the 2-1-1 service Statewide.