Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) State Budget
Contact your state legislators today! Urge them to support additional funding for domestic violence services in the FY27 State Budget:
- Increase funding for DV services by $15M bringing the total funding for Domestic Violence services to $38.4M to offset the loss of federal funding, ensure the availability of critical core and culturally specific services, to maintain hotels as an option for emergency safe housing, and to support public awareness and education across the state.
- Increase funding for Abuse Intervention Programs by $4.2M bringing the total funding for AIPs to $8.4M, which will support the clinical staffing requirements in the program, training and collaboration with system partners like courts, probation, DCPP and victim services, and to increase accessibility to programming for participants.
- Allocate $5M to supplement federal funding currently used to support the Domestic Violence Response Team program to ensure survivors in every county have access to an advocate at their local police department or hospital.
- Maintain $8.6M for Domestic Violence Housing to provide housing advocacy and flexible assistance to help survivors acquire or maintain safe permanent housing.
Now is not the time to roll back funding to programs. We need the legislature’s support to ensure survivors, and their children have access to the life-saving services they need in their communities.
Recent news
- N.J. domestic violence reports are rising. A legislative package aims to give survivors greater protection (2025)
- Domestic Violence Survey Details Extensive Scope of Problem in NJ (NJ Spotlight News, April 2024)
- For NJ Domestic Violence Survivors, Affordable Housing Can be a Matter of Life or Death (Asbury Park Press, March 2024)
- Bill Would Require State to Translate “Vital” Docs into Seven Languages (New Jersey Monitor, January 2024)
- Domestic Violence Shelter Space Remains in Short Supply, Straining Agencies That Bring Survivors to Safety (NJ Advance Media, February 2023)
NJ 2026-2027 Legislative Session
NJCEDV supports legislation that:
- Centers the experience and needs of survivors from marginalized communities including Black and brown survivors, undocumented survivors, LGBTQIA2S+ survivors, survivors with disabilities, and survivors who have been criminalized.
- Improves access to services for all survivors.
- Ensures safe, affordable and quality housing for all survivors.
- Supports survivors’ economic safety and security.
- Develops abuse intervention programming and restorative practices in response domestic violence.
Contact nmorella@njcedv.org for more information regarding NJCEDV’s policy work.
NJCEDV + NNEDV
NJCEDV joins the National Network to End Domestic Violence and domestic violence coalitions across the country to advocate for federal policies that help to increase access to services and safety for all survivors and communities.
Join us in urging Members of Congress to act now to prevent catastrophic cuts to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds which will result in a 43% reduction in funding to New Jersey programs.
Share Your Story
Do you have a story to share? Are you interested in helping to inform domestic violence policy?
NJCEDV welcomes, and encourages, survivors to participate in the legislative process. There are many opportunities to help inform legislators about domestic violence, and the impact that laws have on survivors and communities. Your voice can help center the needs of survivors and build stronger policies in our work to end domestic violence in NJ.
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