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Date: September 10th 2006

		ENDING HOMELESSNESS in NEW JERSEY EZINE IN THIS ISSUE: Keys to Ending Homelessness in Hudson County Upcoming Events Project Homeless Connect PIT Debriefing
ENDING HOMELESSNESS in NEW JERSEY EZINE An occasional ezine of news related to ending homelessness in New Jersey. September 10 , 2006 Volume 1/Number 2 ISSN 1935-4835
	Keys to Ending Homelessness in Hudson County Friday September 22nd 10 AM St. Lucy's shelter front steps, 619 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ Rain or Shine	News of Interest The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs released its Housing Policy to create 100,000 new permanent housing units in ten years including units for the homeless. To read the policy click here. "Affordable housing in N. J. nears its 'sunset' as 30-year deals expire, experts fear rising prices" To read the article click here. San Diego, CA advocates for permanent solutions to end Chronic Homelessness after realizing cost benefit. To read the article click here Who Is Homeless? The real facts click here Permanent Housing and Support Services. A best practice model in Philadelphia Click Here We would like to hear your feedback. Please email us with your comments.
The Hudson County Alliance to End Homelessness will be holding a kick-off event to begin the planning process for their Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. They have secured Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive, Jerramiah Healy, Mayor of the City of Jersey City, Bishop Thomas A. Donato, Archdiocese of Newark, Bishop Robinson, President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and Daniel Altilio, President, United Way of Hudson County as Co-Chairs for this process. Co-Chair Thomas DeGise has stated that "Over the next decade, this strategy to address chronic homelessness can succeed. But it will only succeed if we are willing to marshall the resolve and the resources needed to make it a reality." The group intends to have the final plan completed for presentation on the day of the Point in Time Count, January 25, 2007. Work will be done by the five Task Forces that have been identified. These Task Forces were formed around what the Alliance determined to be the ‘root causes’ of homelessness; Discharge, Family Break-up & Domestic Violence, Healthcare (mental health & substance abuse), Mainstream Resources, and Permanent Affordable Supportive Housing. If you would like to join any of these task forces please e-mail Kristin Green. To view the invitation letter click here.
Phillip Mangano, the Executive Director of the Interagency Council on Homelessness will also speak at the Hudson County Alliance to End Homelessness ten Year Plan kickoff on September 22, 2006. To read Philip Mangano's Biography click here.
Upcoming Events September 24th Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness Benefit For more information contact Alison K. Badgett September 25th Passaic County holds an up county event for the ten year plan. For more information contact Randi Moore. September 26th-27th Governor Jon S. Corzine's Conference on Housing and Community Development click here for more Info		Helpful Links Interagency Council on Homelessness National Alliance to End Homelessness Corporation for Supportive Housing Million Dollar Murray What The EHT does Throughout New Jersey To view the counties the Ending Homelessness Team works in click here. To meet the Ending Homelessness Team staff click here. Additional photos and a slide show from the Passaic County Ten Year Plan Kickoff are online. Email us links that you find helpful.
	October 5th; Camden City and County will be holding "Endings Have Beginnings" Camden City/County Summit to End Homelessness on October 5th, 2006 from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cherry Hill Army National Guard Armory, Grove St. & Park Blvd., Cherry Hill, New Jersey. For more information Joanne Locke or click here for the invitation. The keynote speaker will be Dennis Culhane of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Culhane has authored numerous studies indicating that homelessness can solved instead of managed. His work was the basis of the Million Dollar Murray article in the New Yorker.
October 6th Grand Opening of Phase 1 of Life Links, the Robins' Nest project serving homeless youth. For more information contact Ruth London. To list future events please contact Randi Moore.
Project Homeless Connect New Jersey! The mission of New Jersey's Project Homeless Connect Day will be to bring communities together to create and promote tangible solutions to homelessness in their own communities, as well as in those neighboring them. New Jersey's first Project Homeless Connect Day will be held as part of the 2007 Point in Time Count on January 25, 2007. Hosting a statewide Project Homeless Connect day on the same day as the mandated Point in Time Count will allow CoC's to count even the hardest to reach, reduce duplication, and give CoC's the opportunity to provide those being surveyed with the services they need. CoC's statewide are encouraged to work collaboratively on this effort. In order to encourage this type of participation the New Jersey Alliance to End Homelessness will be taking the lead at the state level by distributing initial information about the event and coordinating monthly conference call between contacts statewide, allowing CoC's to share information with one another. For more information contact Randi Moore.		Links for Project Homeless Connect National Project Homelessness Connect Website San Francisco's Project Homeless Connect Website Indianapolis' Project Homeless Connect Website For a list of possible services that a CoC can provide during Project Homeless Connect click here.
September 13th Point in Time Debriefing Monarch Housing and CSH are hosting a Point in Time Count Workshop and Roundtable Discussion on September 13th from 10:00am – 12:30pm at the HRDI Training Facility – Multi Purpose Room, 200 Woolverton Ave., Building 20, Trenton, NJ. Click here for directions. There are still a limited number of spaces open, so please contact Kristin Green at or 908.272.5363 if you would like to attend. Click here for a copy of the agenda. CoC’s throughout the state have been invited to come together and discuss past Point in Time Counts, they will also hear from guest speakers who will present new and innovative ideas that can be incorporated into the HUD mandated January 2007 PIT count. This Forum will provide an excellent opportunity to begin the PIT process for your community, which will be followed by the roll out of the 2007 PIT Survey Tool and training's which will take place on a regional basis beginning in October. The 2007 count is an opportunity to build on the statewide baseline data collected during the 2005 PIT count on homelessness in New Jersey. The better coordinated we are, the more accurate the data will be. This is a list of future training for the 2007 PIT count. CSH PIT Training 'Train the Trainer' sessions to be held regionally: Central: 10/10/06 at HMFA 10 AM Northern: 10/23/06 Bergen County Southern: 10/25/06 CC Camden 10 AM For Additional Information Please Contact Kristin Green		The 2006 Point in Time (PIT) Numbers Camden Hudson Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Passaic Sussex Warren Totals This free script provided by JavaScript Kit
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