Welcome to Monarch's
Ending Homelessness Team!

The Ending Homelessness Team at Monarch Housing Associates has significant expertise in the preparation of CoC applications and the related homeless planning activities. In 2004, Monarch Housing Associates worked with five continuums of care in New Jersey. All of which were funded and received funding at a higher level than in prior years. The two highest ranked continuums were ones that Monarch worked with. In addition, Monarch was the consultant for five of the top ten CoCs. In 2005 Monarch Housing Associates worked with seven counties and again all were funded.  The top three (3) ranked continuums in the state were counties that we worked with, and all were ranked in the top eleven with scores several points above the cut off for funding.  Also, the counties that we worked with either increased their score or rank from the previous year.  In the fall of 2005 Monarch began working to develop two Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness with counties in New Jersey.  In 2006, Monarch submitted Continuum of Care applications on behalf of eleven (11) counties, representing the majority of the state.  Currently.  Currently we are working with fourteen (14) of the twenty-one (21) counties in the state to develop continuum of care applications, two (2) counties on Ten Year Plans and are involved at varying levels with others working to coordinate their homeless planning efforts. To meet all of the staff click here. To view the counties we work in click here.

HUD Announces 2007 Continuum of Care Awards!

On December 21, 2007, HUD announced the 2007 Continuum of Care Funding Awards. The news release is available by clicking here. To view the awards by County click on the county name in the table. Overall New Jersey received awards totaling $31,829,896. This amount was $3,318,175 more than last year. The total increase was 12%.

Counties that worked with Monarch Housing Associates received funding totaling $20,283,088 or 63.7% of the total awarded to NJ.

Of the funding for new projects $7,472,216 or 71% was in counties working with Monarch Housing Associates. Of the new funds, $3,721,080 was for housing first initiatives in three counties - Trenton/Mercer, Bergen and Passaic. Click here for more details.

More than one hundred fifty (150) people attended the July 24, 2007, Middlesex County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Kick Off. The event was held at Elijah’s Promise Parking Lot on Abeel Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey. “We want to end homelessness in Middlesex County. It is a goal that is obtainable, but only if we all commit to work together,” said county Freeholder Blanquita Valenti.

The group expects to have a draft of the plan completed for review in late December 2007. The work behind drafting the planning document will be done by the three Task Forces that have been identified.

Pictured on the left is Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel. Photos and audio from the Kickoff are now online. To view the photos click here. To view the slide show click here.

To read the Home News article click here. To view the postings on Monarch's Blog click here. On that posting you can find links to the speeches from the Kickoff. To view the second posting - More photos from the Middlesex Kick Off have been posted - click here.

Project Homeless Connect New Jersey 2007 Serves 5,121 Individuals!

Monarch Housing Associate's Ending Homeless Team, in collaboration with the New Jersey Alliance for the Homeless (NJAH) coordinated and planned the first ever statewide Project Homeless Connect (PHC) in the country on January 25th, 2007. To review the numbers for each county please click here. To review the most recent posts on the Monarch Blog, which includes press releases, video links, and other information click here.

Share your comments about Project Homeless Connect on the Blog.

Photos, slide shows and all of the press coverage are available online. The Photos and slide shows are in the gallerynew on the Monarch website. The menu bar in the upper right hand corner also has links for these. .

Share your comments about the Project Homeless Connect photos on the Blog.

The news articles have all been posted in the Monarch Blog. In addition, we are soliciting your help in submitting your impressions of the event that can be added to either in the Ezine or the Blog.

This a photo of the 2007 Camden Project Homeless Connect. To view more photos from Camden's successful Project Homeless Connect Event click here. To view the slide show click here.

Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew speaks with constituents at the Cape May Project Homeless Connect. To view more photos from Cape May's successful Project Homeless Connect Event click here. To view the slide show click here.

This is a photo of Rocky Perez, Red Cross Hudson-Bergen, and John Arceo, Jersey City Episcopal Community Development Corporation, hand out sandwiches, snacks, juices and coffee at the Hudson County Project Homeless Connect. To view more photos from Hudson's successful Project Homeless Connect Event click here. To view the slide show click here.

Ready to stay warm on the coldest night of the year at the Project Homeless Connect event in Ocean County at Macedonia Baptist Church. To view more photos from Ocean's successful Project Homeless Connect Event click here. To view the slide show click here.