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Somerset County hosted their second Project Homeless Connect event for the year on June 18, 2008. From 8:30am - 2:00pm participants were able to access various services as well as receive food, clothing, toiletries. Held at the SHIP Drop In Center in Somerville, volunteers from throughout Somerset County greeted attendees with a smile while providing services, goods and engaging in conversation. The Somerset County Project Homeless Connect II was a great success serving as an example of engaging the community throughout the year.

These are some of the twenty (20) photos from the Somerset County Project Homeless Connect II.

You can click on any photo to see it full size or click here to view all of the photos. To save a photo right click on the photo.

To view a slide show click here.

The second annual Project Homeless Connect events in New Jersey were a great success. Held on January 29, 2008, Project Homeless Connect brought together communities and the homeless in an effort to reconnect the homeless to their communities and the communities to their neighbors. 2008 events saw dramatic increases in guests attending and volunteers. Diversified services were provided at events conducted at 37 sites across the state. New Jersey saw over 5,000 guest attend Project Homeless Connect with over 1,000 volunteers! Among the numerous services provided, highlights include flu shots, haircuts, legal services, veterans services, permanent housing referrals and many others. Thousands of articles of clothing, food, books, toiletries and other items were given away at the events. A special thanks goes out to those who worked tirelessly to plan these successful events as well as to the public and private sector volunteers and elected officials who showed their support for Project Homeless Connect around the state!

To review the 2008 Project Homeless Connect event click here to view a PDF version of the 2008 Power Point overview.

For more information click here [Email address: ttelsford #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ].

On February 28, 2008, the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Sussex County - Harold J. Wirths. Freeholder Director, Glen Vetrano, Deputy Director, Phillip R. Crabb, Jeffrey M. Parrott and Susan M. Zellman - thanked each of the volunteers who helped make Project Homeless Connect and Point in Time a success. The event was attended by more forty (40) volunteers who were thanked for making the 2008 events a success. To view the list click here.

The Herald News covered the event in an article entitled “Number of homeless children in county on the rise.” To read the article click here.

These are the photos, courtesy of Thor Carlson, from the event. Click on any photo to view it full size. Right click to save.

This is the article in the Herald News

Number of homeless children in county on the rise
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

By STEPHEN J. NOVAK [Email address: snovak #AT# njherald.com - replace #AT# with @ ]

NEWTON - Just last week, as Stephen Gruchacz walked through the county’s social services office, he saw about 75 people in the waiting room, and “an awful lot of strollers.

A recent survey confirmed the impression of the administrator of the county Department of Health and Human Services: the number of homeless or at-risk families with young children is on the rise.

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Tags: Point-in-Time-Count, Project Homeless Connect, Sussex County

Camden County hosted a successful Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday January 29, 2008. These are some photos from the event. 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.

Thanks to Su Nottingham of the Bergen County Department of Human Services, we have been able to add nine new photos from the successful Bergen County Project Homeless Connect event.

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These are some random photos for the event.

To view all of the photos click here. To view a slide show click here.

To find out more about Project Homeless Connect click here.

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.