11. Community Participation

New Jersey

​​​Wealth Disparity Task Force: Since its creation by Executive Order in 2021, the Wealth Disparity Task Force (WDTF) has focused on reaching out to the public for direct input to the WDTF working groups: Education, Health, Housing, Criminal Justice, and Economy. To inform its final report, the WDTF members continue to engage the public, building on the outreach conducted during in-person and virtual listening sessions.

​Based on the work of WDTF, several initiatives were included in the FY2024 and FY2025 budgets, including housing reforms and proposals to reduce medical debt, while continuing a first-generation homeownership down payment assistance program and programs to incentivize employee ownership and supplier diversity.

​​Office of Equity: Community engagement strengthens public awareness and informs our work to improve outcomes for families under EO 319 and in the work of the Equity and Literacy working group of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force.​