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Salem County’s United Way along with Freeholders, mayors, departmental staff, civic and faith based leaders had the opportunity to hear Phil Mangano of the Interagency Council on Homelessness on March 13, 2008. United Way CEO’s Rebecca Purchase of Salem County and Dan Altilio of Hudson County introduced Mr. Managano. Mr. Mnagano’s comments focused not only on the importance of implementing the Salem County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness but on the importance of the three R’s: research, resources and results. To read more about the event click here to read the article in the Today’s Sunbeam.

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 Phil Mangano address in Salem County [40:23m]: Download

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These are random 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.

On February 20, 2008, the Salem County Board of Chosen freeholders adopted a draft plan to end homelessness in ten years.

“Homelessness is a serious problem that requires serious and thoughtful action to address it,” said Freeholder Jeffrey J. Hogan, (pictured on the right) chair of the county Health and Social Services Committee and a member of the task force. “This plan will help guide all of our efforts to address this problem and make sure that we are not leaving anyone behind.” To read all of Freeholder Hogan’s comments click here.

“It’s a sizable project, but there is a return. With people working, they are able to put back into the community,” Rebecca Purchase of the United Way said. The United Way chaired the planning process “It is a lot cheaper in the long run than the Band-Aid solutions … Renter’s assistance, food assistance, trips to the emergency room because they are sick. Those are Band-Aid solutions. Rather than a price tag, I would call this an investment.”

To read the story in the Today’s Sunbeam click here.

Salem County Freeholders attended the Project Homeless Connect events held yesterday. All of the elected officials worked one of the two PHC sites or went out with the street teams canvassing known locations and surveying people they encountered on the street. NJN new highlighted the events of the day on their 6pm broadcast Tuesday Night

Please note that the Project Homeless Connect portion of the program starts at minute 11:40 and ends at minute 14:30 of the broadcast. This video will only be availble online for one week so please watch and enjoy!

To view the NJN news report on Salem County’s PHC please click here

Salem County hosted their 2nd Annual Project Homeless Connect event on January 29, 2008 along with 18 other counties throughout the state of New Jersey. Organized by Paul Sutton of the Inter-Agency Council, Human Services Advisory Council of Salem County, PHC events were held in Salem City and Penns Grove with street teams combing the woods and other areas looking for homeless individuals. The activities of the day were highlighted in the local Salem newspaper, Today’s Sunbeam.

To read news coverage of the event click here

Salem County’s Today’s Sunbeam newspaper ran an article on January 22, 2008 discussing the upcoming Project Homeless Connect events. The article discussed the hidden homeless population in the county and the great need that often goes unnoticed as people slip through the cracks.

Group to aid homeless in county

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
By Heather Simione [Email address: hsimione #AT# sjnewsco.com - replace #AT# with @ ]

SALEM Where will you sleep tonight?

This is a question whose answer by many who live here will shock you into the reality that homelessness does exist in Salem County.

On Jan. 29 an estimated 60 volunteers will work in coordination with Project Homeless Connect to conduct a Point In Time Survey to assess the number of those in need of shelter and provide basic essentials to them.

Street team volunteers will pound the pavement from mid-morning until dusk reaching out to those succumbing to harsh weather during this winter season.

Four individuals will comprise a team with each team preferably having a bi-lingual member.

As it’s commonly known, those with mental illness are the biggest challenge to bring in from the cold because this is a voluntary process. No one is forced to leave the streets. However, they will still be offered help and supplies even if they choose not to go with a volunteer to one of the two facilities being used as a base to provide services to these individuals.

To read the full article click here

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These are random images from the Gallery which contains 1412 photos.

These are the most recent additions to the Gallery.

These are the most viewed images in the Gallery.

These are the list of all of the photo albums. Below the links are four random photos from each album:

2007 Governor’s Conference

Allies Homes 2004

Allies Homes 2004 Album 2

Allies Homes 2005

Alternatives - Somerset

Alternatives Homes 2004

Arc Warren - Columbia Supportive Living

Arc Warren - Columbia Supportive Living Album 2

Bergen County 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Bergen County 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Bergen meets Phil Mangano

Blankfest

Bridgeway - 9 month inspection 9/11/2007

Bridgeway - Hunterdon Home

Camden DREAMS

Camden DREAMS Grand Opening

Camden Homeless Summit

Camden Homeless Vigil 2006

Camden Housing First Summit

Camden’s 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Camden’s 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Cape May 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Cape May 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Caring Homes 2004

CoC Summit December 10, 2007

CoC Summit March 18, 2008

Congressional Reception

CSP South - South Main Avenue

Cumberland 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Essex County PHC 2008

Hawthorne 2007 07 19

Hudson 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Hudson PHC and Plan Completion

JSDD 2005

Life Link Grand Opening

Lily Mae Grand Opening

Lily Mae Album 3

Lily Mae Album 4

Lily Mae Album 5

Lily Mae Construction

Lily Mae Construction Album 2

Mercer County 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Middlesex County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Kick Off

Monmouth 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Morris 2006 Project Homeless Connect

Morris 2007 Project Homeless Connect

NJCDC - Birch

NJCDC - Hawthorne - 6/7/07

NJCDC - Hawthorne - Grand Opening

Ocean 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Ocean County 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Passaic County 2007 Project Homeless Connect

Passaic County 2008 Project Homeless Connect

Passaic County PIT & PHC Kickoff 2007

PCICH: HOPE in Passaic County Ten Year Plan Kickoff

Phil Mangano in Gloucester County

Phil Mangano in Salem County

Project Live - Office building and residences

Project Live - Office Building and Residences - Ribbon Cutting

Project Live Efficiency Apartment Update

Project Live Efficiency Apartments

Robins Nest - Buildings 1 and 2

Robins Nest Grand Opening Part2

Seashell Open House

Somerset Street Count Locations

Sussex Freeholders Approve Plan to End Homelessness

Sussex Freeholders Thank PIT and PHC Volunteers

The Keys to Ending Homelessness in Hudson County

Winans

To have your photos of events or project development please contact either Taiisa Telesford [Email address: ttelesford #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ] or Asish Patel [Email address: apatel #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ].