{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-1a-11","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:1A-11","heading":"Statewide needs assessment.","body":"5.\tThe Commissioner of Human Services shall contract with Rutgers, the State University to conduct a Statewide needs assessment to:\na.\tidentify and quantify, at all steps in the State's food delivery system, wholesome and nutritious food that goes to waste before it can be made available to those in need of such food;\nb.\tidentify and quantify the need for emergency or supplemental feeding for families and individuals in the State;\nc.\tidentify strategies and structures for minimizing spoilage of food resources;\nd.\tdevelop a fiscally judicious plan to secure food from loss to deterioration or waste and to transport and apportion that food to emergency feeding programs throughout the State;\ne.\tdevelop strategies for behaviorally focused educational outreach with at-risk families and individuals; and\nf.\tanalyze nutritional sufficiencies and deficiencies in existing emergency food programs and develop solutions to generating nutritionally complete, culturally acceptable diets.\nL.2001,c.62,s.5.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"eda05e252d0a545c6949ba16922f6f0a171fec4da8bde2b9caa22d98dceba68f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-1a-10","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-1a-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}