LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 5582
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
DATED: DECEMBER 26, 2023
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through
DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Type of Impact: Annual State expenditure increase.
Agencies Affected: Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact Annual
State Expenditure Increase Indeterminate
 The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that this bill would result in an
indeterminate annual State expenditure increase for a grant program for YouthBuild programs
throughout New Jersey, to be funded by available federal funding sources.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill allows the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a grant
program for YouthBuild programs throughout New Jersey. YouthBuild is a community-based
pre-apprenticeship program that provides job training and educational opportunities for at-risk
youth ages 16 to 24 through the United States Department of Labor. The bill would expand
YouthBuild programs in the State by establishing a State program with federal funding that would
work in coordination with the federal program.
In order for a YouthBuild program to be eligible to receive this grant funding, several program
requirements must be met: (1) serving economically disadvantaged young people ages 16 to 24
who have not received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent; (2) offering integrated
education and job skills training services and activities which are evenly divided within the
program, with 50 percent of students’ time spent in classroom-based instruction, counseling, and
leadership development instruction and 50 percent of their time spent in service learning
experiences at job sites; (3) curriculum culminating in an industry recognized credential, with the
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YouthBuild program being the entity administering the examination; and (4) providing stipends to
youth participants to cover the costs associated with their full time participation in this program.
Only not-for-profit private agencies that are affiliates of YouthBuild USA or have received a
federal Housing and Urban Development YouthBuild award are eligible to use the term
YouthBuild and apply for this funding.
The bill requires the appropriation to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development
of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, federal block grants, or other available federal funding sources
to implement the provisions of the bill.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that this bill would result in an indeterminate annual State expenditure
increase for a grant program for YouthBuild programs throughout New Jersey, to be funded by
available federal funding sources.
The OLS notes that the YouthBuild programs currently rely on periodic federal grants to
maintain their projects.
Section: Commerce, Labor and Industry
Analyst: John Gaudioso
Assistant Fiscal Analyst
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.).