NEW JERSEY STATE FUNDS

• Lifeline Assistance Program is funded from general fund revenues and provides a heating assistance benefit to elderly and disabled citizens.  Credit is transferred to a client's utility bill if a homeowner or tenants receive cash benefits. In FY 2001 grants totaling $71,573,850 were issued to 318,103 Lifeline recipients.
  
  

LEVERAGING

2001: $71.6 million
2000: $70.8 million
1999: $70.3 million
1998: $70.8 million
1997: $69.9 million
1996: $72.3 million
1995: $72.7 million
1994: $72.5 million
1993: $65.7 million
1992: $64.5 million
1991: $59.9 million

LEGISLATIVE CODE

New Jersey Statutes, Title 48, 2-29.16