WASHINGTON - US Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced New Jersey has been awarded over $24.1 million to support hundreds of homeless projects in New Jersey through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care program.

According to the Corporation for Supportive Housing's most recent data there are an estimated 11,741 homeless men, women and children across the state of New Jersey. These funds will help ensure local shelter and service programs can continue operating and prevent an interruption in services.

"In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, more New Jerseyans than ever understand what it means to be without a home. That is why I am grateful that these federal resources have been allocated to many of the agencies that deal directly with New Jersey's homeless men, women and children," said Senator Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing. "This funding enables many dedicated professionals and organizations to help those without a home find a home. In this tough economic environment, the least we can do is help ensure those who are struggling the most have the support they need and a place where they can live."

"This federal funding will help homeless men and women across New Jersey find safe, reliable housing and access services to improve their lives. Investing in these programs during difficult economic times makes an important commitment to those who are most at-need in our communities," said Senator Lautenberg, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, which funds these programs. "With this funding, we can help create new opportunities for some of the state's most hard-pressed families and put more New Jerseyans in decent homes."

HUD's Continuum of Care Program is one of many federal initiatives aimed at reducing and preventing homelessness, as well as supporting them in their transition to a better future. Last year, President Obama launched the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness, a collaboration of 19 federal agencies and offices that form the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to reach specific benchmarks by 2020.

Background Info from the Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD's Continuum of Care grants announced today provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons as well as services including job training, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care. Continuum of Care grants are awarded competitively to local programs to meet the needs of their homeless clients. These grants fund a wide variety of programs from street outreach and assessment programs to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families.

In 2010, President Obama and 19 federal agencies and offices that form the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) launched the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness puts the country on a path to end veterans and chronic homelessness by 2015 and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020.

In addition to HUD's annual grant awards, HUD continues to manage the $1.5 billion Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) Program. Made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this three-year grant program is intended to prevent persons from falling into homelessness or to rapidly re-house them if they do. To date, more than one million persons have been assisted through HPRP.

Full list of Awards for New Jersey

CoC - Continuum of Care

SHP - Supportive Housing Program

S + C - Shelter Plus Care

SRO - Single Room Occupancy

Atlantic City & County CoC

Career Opportunity Development / Project for Independent Living; SHP; $51,411

Covenant House New Jersey, Inc / ACROP; SHP; $141,279

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Atlantic HMIS FY 2012; SHP; $17,000

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care-Atlantic; S+C; $154,588

Bergen County CoC

AAH of Bergen County, Inc. / Hackensack/Bogota; SHP; $245,380

Advance Housing, Inc. / REN - Fairview McKinney; SHP; $162,384

Advance Housing, Inc. / REN - Advance Supportive Living Program; SHP; $346,883

Advance Housing, Inc. / REN - Operating PH Bonus Program; SHP; $10,095

Advance Housing, Inc. / REN - Service and Operating Program; SHP; $25,941

Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare Inc. / Homeless Case Management; SHP; $106,856

County of Bergen / Alfred J. Thomas Home for Veterans; SHP; $88,415

County of Bergen / Bergen County Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); SHP; $82,893

Making It Possible to End Homelessness / Imani Park Transitional Housing; SHP; $35,667

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care-Middlesex; S+C; $172,704

Triple C Housing Inc. / H2O; SHP; $58,484

Monmouth County CoC

Affordable Housing Alliance / Park Road Apartments; $44,801

180 Turning Lives Around, Inc. / Families in Transition Expansion; SHP; $145,381

180 Turning Lives Around, Inc. / Families in Transition Original; SHP; $125,261

Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey / Monmouth County Tenant Based Rental Assistance; S+C; $102,167

County of Monmouth / Center House S=C; S+C; $309,405

County of Monmouth / Homeward Bound 1; S+C; $406,672

County of Monmouth / Housing with Dignity; S+C; $378,276

County of Monmouth / Safe and Sound; S+C; $201,390

County of Monmouth / Ray of Light; S+C; $54,331

EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY INC, THE / ESNJ HUD Monmouth 2012; SHP; $44,071

HABcore, Inc. / HABcore Rt 66 Apts 02 - 2012; SHP; $256,400

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Monmouth Exp HMIS FY 2012; SHP; $56,727


NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care-Monmouth; S+C; $159,883

Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. /Monmouth Stonehurst Phase 1 Supportive Services and Operations; SHP; $83,596

Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. / Monmouth Stonehurst Phase 2 - Supportive Services; SHP; $41,532

The Center in Asbury Park, Inc / Center House; SHP; $188,515

Morris County CoC

Community Hope, Inc. / Morris County Leasing Program; $13,864

Homeless Solutions Inc / Child Care Access Program; SHP; $60,375

Homeless Solutions Inc / Safe Haven; SHP; $390,732

Homeless Solutions Inc / Transitional Housing Program; SHP; $215,953

Jersey Battered Women's Service, Inc. / Transitional Living Program; SHP; $195,027

Mental Health Association of Morris County, Inc / Step Off the Street Outreach; SHP; $59,117

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care- Morris III (3AP); S+C; $169,410


Lakewood Township/Ocean County CoC

Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey / OMHS S+C; S+C; $58,381

Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey / OMHS S+C Leasing; $13,864

Lakewood Housing Authority / OMHS leasing for the chronically homeless 2008; SHP; $14,481

Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. / Ocean Dover Road/Laurel Avenue; SHP; $39,233

Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. / Ocean Jay Street; SHP; $42,491

Ocean's Harbor House / Project Achieve; SHP; $19,741

Vetgroup, Inc. / Vetwork; SHP; $21,058

Paterson/Passaic County CoC

Housing Authority of The City of Paterson / NJCDC Marion St. Apts.; S+C; $128,869

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Passaic Exp HMIS FY 2012; SHP; $25,000

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Passaic HMIS FY 2012; SHP; $22,667

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care- Paterson YMCA (MNJ); S+C; $1,040,398

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care- St. Joseph's PATH (Passaic) (3AZ); S+C; $200,711

Passaic County Department of Human Services / Eva's Village Apartments; S+C ; $121,568

Passaic County Department of Human Services / St. Paul's CDC; S+C; $47,369

Passaic County Department of Human Services / Housing First Pilot Project; S+C ; $327,953

Passaic County Department of Human Services / St. Joe's CDC; S+C ; $47,370

St. Philip's Ministry UMC / NJ-511 - REN - Place of Promise; SHP; $64,725

Strengthen Our Sisters / NJ-511 - REN - Passaic County Permanent Housing Project; SHP; $148,330

Somerset County CoC

Alternatives, Inc. / Permanent Supportive Housing I (NJ0136B2F1310)03; SHP; $103,632

Alternatives, Inc. / Permanent Supportive Housing II (NJ0137B2F131003); SHP; $103,192

Alternatives, Inc. / Permanent Supportive Housing IV (NJ0138B2F131003); SHP; $18,589

Volunteers Of America Delaware Valley Inc / NJ-503-REN-Chance II Supportive Housing; SHP ; $120,553

Sussex County CoC

Advance Housing, Inc. / REN - Sussex Supportive Living Program; SHP; $80,025

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Sussex HMIS FY 2012; SHP; $2,457

Trenton/Mercer County CoC

City of Trenton / Catholic Charities On My Own Housing Voucher Program; S+C; $193,460

City of Trenton / Dunham Hall Residence; S+C; $188,256

City of Trenton / Catholic Charities Leasing Program; SHP; $10,784

City of Trenton / Day Drop-in Center for the Homeless; SHP; $68,517

City of Trenton / Housing First Leasing - Trenton/Mercer; SHP; $9,914

City of Trenton / Housing Now; SHP; $141,519

City of Trenton / GTBHC & CC Greenwood Ave.; S+C; $309,537

City of Trenton / GTBHC S+C; $353,399

City of Trenton / Housing First Demonstration Initiative.; S+C; $425,613

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Mercer HMIS FY 2011; SHP; $19,970

Elizabeth/Union County CoC

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway/Elizabeth Housing Authority 45 U; S+C; $643,609

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway/Elizabeth Housing Authority 20U REN; S+C; $260,630

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway/Plainfield Housing Authority 25 U REN; S+C ; $352,224

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway/Plainfield Housing Authority S+C 15U; S+C; $197,948

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway/CSPNJ 11U CH-Fam 2012, 15U; $141,841

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst/Elizabeth Housing Authority REN; S+C; $62,027

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst/Plainfield Housing Authority 35 U REN; S+C; $479,733

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Bridgeway Supportive Housing 2012 REN; SHP ; $26,328

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / CAU 96 \&116 West Grand 2012 REN; SHP; $101,236

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / CAU Morris Ave. TH REN; SHP; $49,954

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Community Access Institute Colonial/Morse; SHP; $24,775

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Community Access Unlimited Jaques Street 2011; SHP; $163,535

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless 2011 REN TH ; SHP; $13,533

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst 4U (a) SHP REN; SHP; $16,982

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst 5U SHP REN; SHP; $82,192

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst 8U SHP REN; SHP; $27,430

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst SHP 4U REN; SHP; $36,808

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst SUP 2 U REN; SHP; $19,009

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst SUP 8 U (a) REN; SHP; $96,226

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst SRA 4 U REN; SHP; $80,658

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / Homefirst SRA 10 U REN; SHP; $145,166

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / YMCA of Eastern Union County REN 2012; SHP; $289,622

Elizabeth/Union County CoC / YWCA Eastern Union County PH REN 2012; SHP; $221,858

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Union HMIS FY 2011; SHP; $40,655

Warren County CoC

Alternatives, Inc. / Permanent Supportive Housing; $65,676

Easter Seals New Jersey / NJ-516 - ESNJ Warren HUD 2012; $7,613

NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS / Shelter Plus Care - Alternatives (3AW); S+C; $91,248

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency / Warren HMIS FY 2011; SHP; $2,000

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