'DCA'

The proposed New Jersey FY 2024 budget allocates $1.152 billion to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), reflecting a reduction of 19.6% or $280 million from the adjusted appropriation of $1.432 billion in FY 2023. These figures are based on the Governor’s proposal, and may change based on public testimony, changes by the Legislature, and discussions with the Administration before its enactment by the end of June. 

This week, Governor Phil Murphy announced that the federal government approved New Jersey’s plan to spend $228 million of federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to assist households and communities that were impacted by Hurricane Ida in 2021.

The week of April 25, both the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee held hearings for the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Community Affairs.