Bill Text: NJ S1019 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-25 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S1019 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S1019-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning employment and persons with disabilities and supplementing chapter 16 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall establish a program to connect persons with disabilities with qualified organizations that provide job training for the disabled community and with employers that have employment needs.
b. The department shall establish and maintain a program in collaboration with qualified organizations. The department shall issue a request to community-based and nonprofit organizations to provide job training, education, and outreach services and prescribe requirements for qualified organizations. The qualified organizations shall be responsible for developing and consulting with the department on job training and outreach materials.
c. The department shall develop an online resource hub to provide information for persons with disabilities who are seeking employment or job training. The resource hub shall include a list of qualified organizations providing job training, education, and outreach services to persons with disabilities. The database shall also allow employers to post job openings. The database shall provide information on State labor laws and guidelines on fair employment.
d. For the purposes of this section, "qualified organization" means:
(1) A nonprofit organization that has a minimum of five years of experience working with persons with disabilities; or
(2) An organization that works with nonprofit organizations that has a minimum of five years of experience working with persons with disabilities.
e. The department shall issue an annual report to the Governor and Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) to review the implementation and success of the program.
2. This act shall take effect on the 30th day next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to establish a program to connect persons with disabilities with qualified organizations providing job training for the disabled community and with employers with employment needs.
The bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to:
1. establish and maintain the program in collaboration with qualified organizations, defined as nonprofit organizations, or organizations working with nonprofit organizations, which have at least five years of experience working with persons with disabilities;
2. request community-based and nonprofit organizations to provide job training, education, and outreach services, making the organizations responsible for developing in, consultation with the department, on-the-job training and outreach materials;
3. develop an online resource hub to provide employment and training information for persons with disabilities, a list of qualified organizations providing job training, education, and outreach services to persons with disabilities, and a database which permits employers to post job openings and provides information on State labor laws and fair employment guidelines; and
4. issue an annual report to the Governor and Legislature reviewing the implementation of the program.
