Post by Logan on Jun 24, 2016 9:55:58 GMT -6
TRENTON — New Jersey's welfare recipients would collect a larger monthly assistance grant, and would no longer be financially penalized for having additional children under two bills a Senate committee approved Thursday.
The Senate Budget and Appropriation Committee approved the two bills as part of the Democrats' emphasis on poverty, which grew to unprecedented heights following the recession.
One bill (A30), calls for raising the monthly welfare grant for the first time in 29 years. A family of three, for example which today receives $424 a month would get $466 in 2017, $509 in 2018 and $551 in 2019.
This would cost the state $14.2 million in the coming fiscal year and $27.1 million and $38.6 million in the two subsequent years, according to the bill's fiscal analysis by the Office of Legislative Services.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/senate_committee_oks_welfare_grant_hike.html
The Senate Budget and Appropriation Committee approved the two bills as part of the Democrats' emphasis on poverty, which grew to unprecedented heights following the recession.
One bill (A30), calls for raising the monthly welfare grant for the first time in 29 years. A family of three, for example which today receives $424 a month would get $466 in 2017, $509 in 2018 and $551 in 2019.
This would cost the state $14.2 million in the coming fiscal year and $27.1 million and $38.6 million in the two subsequent years, according to the bill's fiscal analysis by the Office of Legislative Services.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/senate_committee_oks_welfare_grant_hike.html