LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 2330
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: JUNE 28, 2024
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Establishes One-Year State Work First New Jersey Menstrual Hygiene
Benefit Pilot Program and State Work First New Jersey Diaper Benefit
Pilot Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS.
Type of Impact: One-Year State expenditure increase, General Fund.
Agencies Affected: Department of Human Services.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact One-Year Duration of Pilot Program
State Cost Increase – Benefits $2.4 million
State Cost Increase – EBT Modifications Up to $60,000
 The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates that this bill will increase State costs by
$2.4 million in order to provide menstrual hygiene benefits and diaper benefits over the one-
year pilot program period to certain Work First New Jersey Program beneficiaries, as described
under the bill.
 The OLS assumes that the Department of Human Services will incur one-time expenses up to
$60,000 to make technological modifications to the State’s existing electronic benefits transfer
system to accommodate these new benefit programs.
 The bill appropriates $2.5 million from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services
for the purposes of the bill.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill establishes two one-year pilot programs in the Division of Family Development in
the Department of Human Services for certain Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) recipients: the
State WFNJ Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Pilot Program and the State WFNJ Diaper Benefit Pilot
Office of Legislative Services Legislative Budget and Finance Office
State House Annex Phone (609) 847-3105
P.O. Box 068 Fax (609) 777-2442
Trenton, New Jersey 08625 www.njleg.state.nj.us
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Program. The bill also makes a $2.5 million appropriation to support the pilot programs. Work
First New Jersey is the State’s cash assistance program for low-income residents.
Under the State WFNJ Menstrual Hygiene Pilot Program, each person who menstruates
participating in WFNJ, ages 18 to 50 years, is to receive a monthly State benefit of $14 to defray
the costs of menstrual hygiene products. Under the State WFNJ Diaper Benefit Pilot Program,
each person participating in WFNJ is to receive a monthly State benefit of $30 for each dependent
of the person who is under 36 months of age to defray the costs of diaper products. The division
is required to establish a process to distribute the monthly State benefit under both programs via
the participant’s WFNJ electronic benefits card, on the same issuance date as the participant’s
standard WFNJ benefits. The bill also requires: the division to educate participants of each pilot
program on the purpose of the additional benefit provided by the pilot program; and the
Department of Human Services to prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report
evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot programs established by the bill.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received; however, data provided by the Department of Human Services indicated that
in May 2023, there were 9,200 female beneficiaries between the ages of 18 and 59 participating in
Work First New Jersey and 2,200 children under the age of three participating in Work First New
Jersey. As of April 2024, participation in the Work First New Jersey Program has increased by 16
percent compared to May 2023 levels.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS estimates that this bill will increase State costs by $2.4 million in order to provide
menstrual hygiene benefits and diaper benefits to certain Work First New Jersey Program
beneficiaries, as described under the bill, over a one-year period. This estimate is based upon
enrollment data provided by the Department of Human Services. Of the expenditure growth, $1.4
million is attributed to the Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Program and $918,000 is attributed to the
Diaper Benefit Program.
In addition, the OLS assumes that the Department of Human Services will incur one-time
expenses up to $60,000 to make technological modifications to the State’s existing electronic
benefits transfer system to accommodate these new benefit programs. To the extent that federal
funds can be utilized, State expenditures will decrease. Currently, Work First New Jersey and
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries access benefits via electronic benefits
transfer cards. In March of 2023, the department initiated a State-funded benefit under the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which required a $60,000 update to the State’s
electronic benefits transfer system. This estimate assumes the provisions of the bill will cost up to
this amount.
This estimate assumes that the education and reporting requirements of the bill can be absorbed
into the existing operating costs of the department, as there are existing systems in place to
communicate with Work First New Jersey recipients and to evaluate the program that can be used
to fulfill these provisions.
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Section: Human Services
Analyst: Sarah Schmidt
Lead Research Analysist
Approved: Thomas Koenig
Legislative Budget and Finance Officer
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the
failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).