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On May 7, 2008, Housing and Urban Development released the FY 2008 SuperNOFA for all programs except the Continuum of Care (CoC). The CoC will be released no earlier than July 1, 2008.

Section 811 applications are due on July 16, 2008

The number of units available for the New Jersey is twenty (20) for a total of $2,875,370. The Webcast Date is May 20, 2008 12:30 - 3:00 PM. Click here to read the NOFA. For more information available on Grants.gov click here.

Section 202 application are due on July 10, 2008.

The number of units available in New Jersey is one hundred eleven (111) for a total capital advance of $16,759,723 The Webcast Date: May 20, 2008 12:30 - 1:30 PM. Click here to read the NOFA. For more information available on Grants.gov click here.

To view all of the SuperNOFA opportunities click here.

The Census Bureau has released its most recent population estimates. In today’s Star-Ledger there was a fascinating article about the changes and what they tell us about the future of New Jersey. The article had statistics for the entire state and by each county. To read a summary of the date and to access links to all of the data click here. To view statewide data as well as the data by county click here.

The following is an excerpt form the article. To read the full article click here.

New Jersey’s melting pot flavors far-flung counties
Thursday, August 09, 2007
By Robert Gebeloff and Julie O’Connor
Star-Ledger Staff

In New Jersey’s older urban areas, the pattern has held for years.

As the white population declines in places like Essex, Union and Hudson counties, the minority population grows.

But this decade, there’s a new twist: Minorities are also moving into the state’s more far-flung counties at a faster rate than whites, U.S. Census figures re leased this morning indicate.

The numbers show that blacks, Asians and Hispanics accounted for two-thirds of the population growth in the New Jersey counties that had the lowest percent of minority residents in 2000.

The spread of diversity to these mostly white counties is driven in part by upwardly mobile blacks and Hispanics leaving New Jersey’s cities and the general affluence of many Asian immigrants. But it is also a byproduct of service economy jobs generated by overall growth. Read the rest of this entry »