ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2287

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 1997

      The Assembly Community Services Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No.2287.

      As amended by committee, this bill transfers the New Jersey Youth Corps established in the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to P.L.1984, c.198 (C.9:25-1 et seq.), and currently funded through the Department of Education, to the Department of Human Services.

      This transfer will enable the New Jersey Youth Corps to serve as a model welfare-to-work program for young high school dropouts in accordance with the Governor's Work First N.J. Welfare Reform Initiative.

      The amendments delete specific reference to the Division of Family Development so that the transfer of the New Jersey Youth Corps is to the Department of Human Services.