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We have some new photos provided to us by Bob Guarasci of NJCDC from Passaic County’s Project Homeless Connect event held on Tuesday January 29, 2008. Click on anyone to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here.

Cumberland County hosted a successful Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday January 29, 2008. These are some photos from the event. The photos were taken by Ms. Lebron of Tri-County Community Action Program. Click on any photo to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here. As they become available more photos will be posted.

Monmouth County hosted a successful Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday January 29, 2008. These are photos from the event. Click on anyone to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here. As they become available more photos will be posted.

Passaic County hosted a successful Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday January 29, 2008. These are some new photos from the event. Click on anyone to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here. As they become available more photos will be posted.

Ocean County hosted a successful Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday January 29, 2008. These are photos from the event. Click on anyone to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here. As they become available more photos will be posted.

Talking Politics TV show is streaming reruns of their coverage of the 2007 Point in Time count in Hudson county. Rerun - If you missed it, watch our show on last year’s January Homeless Count Day. Meet some of the folks involved with helping the homeless whether through the County or private shelters. Come with us as Bob DuVal, TP’s cameraman, Tom Harrigan from PERC, a private emergency shelter, and I meet some of the homeless who live under the viaduct in Union City. Hear their stories. Get the insights on one of three private emergency shelters in HC as I talk to the Director of PERC in Union City. Many of those living in these shelters are the working poor, the minimum wage earners.

To watch the show click here.

Project Homeless Connect events across the state enjoyed greater traffic this year as word quickly spread about the event. Many counties saw significant increases in attendance at their sites. Monmouth County saw an especially large increase with 800 individuals and families visiting one of four Project Homeless Connect sites in the county. Attendence at Project Homeless Connect Sites for the 2008 events were two times as high as last year’s attendance. The county has issued a press release discussing some of the successes of the event and the great community spirit showcased by Monmouth County residents.

To view the press release click below.
Monmouth PHC Summary Press Release