STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 36

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator LaROSSA)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 16, 1996

      These amendments clarify that a family's inability or failure to qualify for benefits under the Work First New Jersey program shall not in and of itself be the basis for the separation of a dependent child from his family, or the justification for the foster care placement of a dependent child.