Menendez, Booker Announce $52M in Federal Funding to Combat Homelessness Across NJ

Press Release

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced a combined $52,486,276 in federal grants have been awarded to over 200 organizations and communities across New Jersey to bolster homelessness prevention programs.

"This funding will help thousands of men and women, families and veterans across the state access safe and reliable housing and obtain critical services they need to get back on their feet," said Sen. Menendez. "These programs are crucial to helping New Jerseyans experiencing homelessness, especially during the pandemic. I applaud all of the local programs and their committed staff for their continued efforts towards ending the homelessness crisis across New Jersey."

"In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities and organizations across New Jersey are performing critical work to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness," said Sen. Booker. "This federal funding will strengthen these efforts and help ensure that our state's residents have access to safe and stable housing."

The funds were awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care Program (CoC) to support permanent and transitional housing programs.

The following organizations, departments and municipalities received awards:

180 Turning Lives Around, Inc.

$355,298

AAH of Bergen County, Inc.

$273,882

Access Family Services Inc.

$416,806

ACENDA Inc.

$337,579

Advance Housing, Inc.

$755,592

Alternatives, Inc.

$466,844

Atlantic County

$21,782

Camden County Council on Economic Opportunity

$304,408

Cape May County

$61,316

Care Plus NJ, Inc.

$896,887

Career Opportunity Development

$46,042

Catholic Charities Diocese of Camden

$71,495

Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen

$920,683

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark

$82,913

Center For Family Services, Inc.

$601,027

Center for Hope and Safety

$38,821

City of East Orange

$488,880

City of Trenton

$4,773,419

Collaborative Support Programs of NJ

$4,031,746

Coming Home of Middlesex County

$77,070

Community Planning and Advocacy Council

$1,221,823

County of Bergen

$410,702

County of Burlington

$15,006

Covenant House New Jersey

$1,189,750

CUMAC/ECHO, Inc.

$90,184

Easter Seals New Jersey

$232,743

Elizabeth Housing Authority

$486,863

Elizabeth/Union County

$1,389,603

Ending Homelessness Group

$143,396

Essex County

$1,057,728

Family Promise of Morris County

$409,532

Family Promise of Sussex County

$631,118

First Call for Help

$261,047

Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corp.

$1,331,706

Gateway YMCA

$1,243,034

Greater Bergen Community Action, Inc.

$88,110

HABcore, Inc.

$2,182,133

Heart of Hannah Women's Center Inc.

$200,924

Homeless Solutions, Inc.

$516,945

Housing Authority of Bergen County

$1,835,926

Housing Authority of Edison

$1,228,070

Housing Authority of Jersey City

$768,878

Hudson County Division of Housing & Community

Development

$245,890

Isaiah House, Inc.

$327,466

Jersey Battered Women's Service, Inc.

$332,607

Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County

$188,568

Legacy Treatment Services

$361,893

Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, Inc.

$42,633

Mental Health Association of Monmouth County, Inc.

$142,595

Middlesex County

$750,115

Monmouth County

$1,431,041

Morris County

$56,722

New Jersey AIDS Services

$318,433

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

$848,311

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs

$2,602,197

North Hudson Community Action Corporation

$703,972

Northwest NJ Community Action Partnership, Inc.

$338,239

Oaks Integrated Care

$98,997

Passaic County Department of Human Services

$2,593,040

Plainfield Housing Authority

$1,536,149

Positive Health Care, Inc.

$225,412

Salem County Inter Agency Council of Human Services

$127,057

Somerset County

$12,090

St. Joseph's Hospital

$192,235

Straight & Narrow, Inc.

$598,482

The House of Faith, Inc.

$283,788

Transitional Housing Services, Inc.

$79,721

Triple C Housing, Inc.

$62,044

United Way of Hudson County

$1,548,112

Vantage Health System, Inc.

$1,643,715

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Inc.

$270,545

West New York Housing Authority

$370,513

WomenRising

$623,038

York Street Project

$1,291,004

YWCA

$281,941

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