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Higher Public Assistance Funeral Reimbursements Time to Increase Public Assistance Funeral Appropriations The New Jersey public assistance funeral and disposition program reimbursement rates Feeling the financial imbalance? of $2,246 for funeral expenses and $524 for cemetery costs have not increased in 10 years. In 1985, the State enacted N.J.S.A. 44:1-157.1, which set public assistance funeral reimbursement maximums at 75 percent of the average cost of a funeral and burial/cremation. The funding disparity between actual reimbursements and this statutory mandate is approximately $45.8 million according to 2017 pricing data collected by the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association. The proposed State budget for FY 2019 shows that approximately $16.9 million is now set aside to cover the costs of public assistance funerals. Raising this amount by $14.4 million to a total appropriation of $31.3 million allows for an approximate $2,400 increase in the total maximum funeral/cemetery reimbursement rate. There are approximately 6,000 public assistance funerals each year. Although this increase will not completely close the gap in the statutory funding formula, it will help ensure dignified funeral services for eligible decedents. Organizations in Support of a Funding Increase • New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Inc. • Garden State Funeral Directors Association HELP CONTACTING LEGISLATORS Contact your legislators by telephone, fax, email or personal meeting. Use the enclosed lists of legislative districts and municipalities to find your local representatives. LOBBY for Higher Public Assistance Funeral Reimbursements You can help. Contact your legislators today. © 2018 New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Inc. All rights reserved. PO#18-168 5/18 Don’t want to type this? Download at www.njsfda.org/WFNJMay18 SAMPLE LETTER May 2018 (Send by email or fax no later than June 13, 2018) URGENT: FUNERAL HOME LETTERHEAD Advocate for Increased Public Assistance Funeral Benefits Date Dear NJSFDA Member: The Honorable ________ (insert legislator’s name) Help lobby for an increase in the Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) funeral reimbursement District ________ (insert district number) rate today! Final State budget negotiations are underway and funeral directors must RE: Increase Appropriations for Public Assistance Funerals communicate the importance of a funding increase. Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019 allocates approximately $16.9 million to the WFNJ funeral Dear _________ (insert legislator’s name): and disposition program. We are requesting an additional $14.4 million in the State On behalf of the families we serve who are in need of public assistance funeral budget to raise the $2,770 reimbursement by approximately $2,400. benefits, please join Senator Paul Sarlo, Senator Steven Oroho, Assemblyman June 13, 2018. Jon Bramnick and Assemblyman Thomas Giblin in supporting a budget resolution You are urged to contact state senators and assembly members by request for an additional $14.4 million to increase existing Department of Human Services line items for the Work First New Jersey Funeral and Disposition Program Specifically request that legislators join Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee (found on FY 2019 budget pages D213-D214). Funding has not been raised in Chairman Paul Sarlo, Senate Republican Conference Leader Steven Oroho, Assembly 10 years and this poses a severe hardship for families in need. Regulated Professions Committee Chairman Thomas Giblin and Assembly Minority Leader For your information, N.J.S.A. 44:1-157.1 sets the rates at 75 percent of the cost Jon Bramnick in supporting this bipartisan effort to increase funding of the WFNJ funeral of an average funeral and burial but ongoing appropriations have not reflected program line items in the FY 2019 State budget and convey support to their colleagues this mandate. It is estimated that this funeral/burial program is underfunded by and legislative leadership. $45.8 million. While a $14.4 million increase will not close the gap completely, it will help ensure dignified funeral services. If you have any questions, please contact Althea D. Ford, NJSFDA Director of Government Relations at 732.282.5129 or [email protected]. Without an increase, New Jersey funeral homes will be unable to continue to provide services to New Jersey’s most needy as they substantially subsidize the State’s financial responsibility in burying the poor. Thank you for your consideration and for conveying your support to your Sincerely, colleagues and legislative leadership. If you have any questions, please call me or Althea D. Ford at the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Inc. at 732.282.5129. Sincerely, Signature Althea D. Ford George R. Kelder Jr., CFSP Director of Government Relations CEO/Executive Director Don’t want to type this? Download at www.njsfda.org/WFNJMay18 SAMPLE LETTER May 2018 (Send by email or fax no later than June 13, 2018) URGENT: FUNERAL HOME LETTERHEAD Advocate for Increased Public Assistance Funeral Benefits Date Dear NJSFDA Member: The Honorable ________ (insert legislator’s name) Help lobby for an increase in the Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) funeral reimbursement District ________ (insert district number) rate today! Final State budget negotiations are underway and funeral directors must RE: Increase Appropriations for Public Assistance Funerals communicate the importance of a funding increase. Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019 allocates approximately $16.9 million to the WFNJ funeral Dear _________ (insert legislator’s name): and disposition program. We are requesting an additional $14.4 million in the State On behalf of the families we serve who are in need of public assistance funeral budget to raise the $2,770 reimbursement by approximately $2,400. benefits, please join Senator Paul Sarlo, Senator Steven Oroho, Assemblyman June 13, 2018. Jon Bramnick and Assemblyman Thomas Giblin in supporting a budget resolution You are urged to contact state senators and assembly members by request for an additional $14.4 million to increase existing Department of Human Services line items for the Work First New Jersey Funeral and Disposition Program Specifically request that legislators join Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee (found on FY 2019 budget pages D213-D214). Funding has not been raised in Chairman Paul Sarlo, Senate Republican Conference Leader Steven Oroho, Assembly 10 years and this poses a severe hardship for families in need. Regulated Professions Committee Chairman Thomas Giblin and Assembly Minority Leader For your information, N.J.S.A. 44:1-157.1 sets the rates at 75 percent of the cost Jon Bramnick in supporting this bipartisan effort to increase funding of the WFNJ funeral of an average funeral and burial but ongoing appropriations have not reflected program line items in the FY 2019 State budget and convey support to their colleagues this mandate. It is estimated that this funeral/burial program is underfunded by and legislative leadership. $45.8 million. While a $14.4 million increase will not close the gap completely, it will help ensure dignified funeral services. If you have any questions, please contact Althea D. Ford, NJSFDA Director of Government Relations at 732.282.5129 or [email protected]. Without an increase, New Jersey funeral homes will be unable to continue to provide services to New Jersey’s most needy as they substantially subsidize the State’s financial responsibility in burying the poor. Thank you for your consideration and for conveying your support to your Sincerely, colleagues and legislative leadership. If you have any questions, please call me or Althea D. Ford at the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Inc. at 732.282.5129. Sincerely, Signature Althea D. Ford George R. Kelder Jr., CFSP Director of Government Relations CEO/Executive Director Time to Increase Public Assistance Funeral Appropriations The New Jersey public assistance funeral and disposition program reimbursement rates Feeling the financial imbalance? of $2,246 for funeral expenses and $524 for cemetery costs have not increased in 10 years. In 1985, the State enacted N.J.S.A. 44:1-157.1, which set public assistance funeral reimbursement maximums at 75 percent of the average cost of a funeral and burial/cremation. The funding disparity between actual reimbursements and this statutory mandate is approximately $45.8 million according to 2017 pricing data collected by the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association. The proposed State budget for FY 2019 shows that approximately $16.9 million is now set aside to cover the costs of public assistance funerals. Raising this amount by $14.4 million to a total appropriation of $31.3 million allows for an approximate $2,400 increase in the total maximum funeral/cemetery reimbursement rate. There are approximately 6,000 public assistance funerals each year. Although this increase will not completely close the gap in the statutory funding formula, it will help ensure dignified funeral services for eligible decedents. Organizations in Support of a Funding Increase • New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Inc. • Garden State Funeral Directors Association HELP CONTACTING LEGISLATORS Contact your legislators by telephone, fax, email or personal meeting. Use the enclosed lists of legislative districts and municipalities to find your local representatives. LOBBY for Higher Public Assistance Funeral Reimbursements You can help. Contact your legislators today. © 2018
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