• Grant Information Session #1: March 11, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
• Grant Information Session #2: March 12, 10:30 am-12:00 pm
• The deadline to submit questions to [email protected] is March 15, 11:59 pm.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend a session (pre-register).
• To obtain access SAGE IGX, applicants must complete the application interest form by April 1st.
• Applicants must submit their application through the NJDOL SAGE IGX by 11:59 PM April 3, 2024.

Grant overview:   

The Cultivating Access, Rights, & Equity (CARE) Grant Program seeks to increase New Jersey workers’ awareness of and equitable access to paid family and medical leave benefits (aka Temporary Disability and Family Leave Insurance), earned sick leave, and other work rights, and unemployment insurance. 

This grant program focuses on workers who are less likely to have access to paid leave, such as low-wage workers, immigrants, refugees, veterans, and youth workers, and on reducing barriers related to race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity that can impact workers’ knowledge of – and meaningful access to – the rights and benefits for which they are eligible. 

For Fiscal Year 2024, the CARE Grant Program has been expanded to include outreach and education on additional Wage and Hour laws, including minimum wage, overtime, wage theft/wage payment, misclassification, and the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights.

The CARE Grant Program seeks to establish collaborative relationships with trusted community-based organizations throughout the state who demonstrate capacity, experience, and a history of success providing outreach, education, technical assistance and/or support. Public and private nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, state-recognized tribal governments with 501(c)(3) status, and government entities may apply. Applicants can submit proposals as individual organizations or as a collaborative with a lead agency. 

Application is to be submitted in SAGE IGX. Access will be granted after submitting the Application Interest Form. 

• View the NGO for application components 
• Submit an Application Interest form by April 1st.  
• View this excel spreadsheet for a preview of a budget template in SAGE IGX. Subgrantee budgets should be completed using this spreadsheet, and uploaded to SAGE IGX.