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More than 200 advocates from New Jersey to attend!

With one week left to the 2nd Annual Congressional Reception, more than two hundred formerly homeless people, passionate advocates and housing providers from across the state have registered to attend the July 30th event.

The top three policy issues will be:

1. Significantly increase funding for homeless and housing assistance programs within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for services linked to permanent and supportive housing for homeless individuals, families, and youth. Click here for more details.

2. Pass legislation to reauthorize the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program that will protect homeless families and homeless people with disabilities, expand prevention activities, and focus on permanent housing solutions to homelessness. Click here for more details.

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Senators Lautenberg and Menendez to attend!

Congressmen Holt, Sires, Rothman and Payne to attend!

Congressmen LoBiondo to meet after the reception!

More than 200 advocates from New Jersey to attend!

With one week left to the 2nd Annual Congressional Reception, more than two hundred formerly homeless people, passionate advocates and housing providers from across the state have registered to attend the July 30th event. The Congressional Reception is currently “sold out” and we are therefore unable to accept any more reservations!

Congress members Holt, Sires, Rothman and Payne plan to attend this event along with Senators Lautenberg and Menendez. Outreach is continuing to other members of the House.

The top three policy issues will be:

Adequate funding for housing and supportive services;

McKinney-Vento Reauthorization; and

Adequate funding for the Second Chance Act.

Two of the bus pickup locations have been determined.

The central NJ bus will leave at 8:15 AM from the United Way of Mercer County (3131 Princeton Pike, Bldg 4, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648)

The southern NJ bus will leave 8:15 AM from CPAC (6981 N. Park Drive East, Pennsauken, NJ 08109).

The pickup for the northern bus will be resolved this week.

Hosted by Senator Menendez, the Congressional Reception is coordinated by the following organizations that comprise the Steering Committee of the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness: Catholic Charities of New Jersey (comprised of the five Catholic Charities agencies located through the state); Corporation for Supportive Housing; Homes for New Jersey; Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries; Lutheran Social Ministries in New Jersey; Monarch Housing Associates; The New Jersey Anti-Poverty Network; NJ Alliance to End Homelessness; New Jersey Catholic Conference; and Supportive Housing Association of NJ.

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We are pleased that Congressman Steve Rothman has signed on as a co-sponsor of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008. Congressman Rothman is one of sixteen (16) co-sponsors in the House of Representatives of this crucial legislation. Congressman Rothman is the third member of the NJ delegation to be a cosponsor. He joins Congress members Pallone and Sires.

Section 811 is a critically important federal program that assists the lowest income people with serious and long-term disabilities to live independently in the community by providing integrated affordable rental housing linked with voluntary services and supports.

Click here to read our previous posts.

For more information on this important legislation:

Click here to read Opening Doors on Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 in PDF or here to read it online.

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