Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $22.5 million from the Surplus Revenue Fund for grant programs to assist individuals and families as part of the New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan.

Highlights:

-Appropriates $3 million to the Department of Agriculture for its Hunger Initiative/Food Assistance Grant Program to provide assistance to food banks and soup kitchens. -Appropriates $10 million to the Department of the Treasury for the Grant-in-Aid to NJ Statewide Heating Assistance and Referral for Energy Services to assist residents in need with heating and utility bills. -Appropriates $9.5 million to the Department of the Treasury for a Grant-in-Aid to Legal Services of New Jersey for legal services for low-income individuals.

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