The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced over $118 million in grants to support local homeless assistance programs across the country. This round of HUD’s Continuum of Care grants will provide critically needed support to approximately 630 local programs on the front lines, serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Earlier this year, HUD announced $2.2 billion in grants to support thousands of local programs working towards addressing the needs of homeless individuals and families.
Local homeless programs in New Jersey will receive $2,286,952. Just this past January, HUD awarded $46 million to New Jersey local homeless programs. View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding.
“The path to self-sufficiency begins with a safe place to sleep and ultimately, an affordable place to call home,” said Secretary Carson. “These grants will help service providers across the Nation continue their work of reducing homelessness in their communities and help our most vulnerable neighbors. The Trump Administration is committed to lifting up all Americans and this announcement is yet another example of our unwavering commitment to empower this great nation through investing in our people.”
HUD Continuum of Care grant funding supports a broad array of interventions designed to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness, particularly those living in places not meant for habitation, located in sheltering programs, or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Each year, HUD serves more than a million people through emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing programs.
“The nearly $2.3 million in grants being awarded today to the Garden State by the Trump Administration further contributes to the already record level of funding aimed at reducing homelessness in New Jersey,” said Lynne Patton, HUD Regional Administrator for New York and New Jersey. “Just this past January, HUD awarded $46 million to New Jersey because we recognize the importance of supporting New Jersey’s local homeless assistance programs.”
In 2019, most of the country experienced a combined decrease in homelessness, however significant increases in unsheltered and chronic homelessness on the West Coast, particularly in California and Oregon, offset those nationwide decreases, causing an overall increase in homelessness of 2.7 percent. HUD’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found that 567,715 persons experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019, an increase of 2.7 percent since 2018, but a nearly 11 percent decline since 2010. The number of families with children experiencing homelessness declined 5 percent from 2018 and more than 32 percent since 2010. Local communities also reported a continuing trend in reducing veteran homelessness across the country—the number of veterans experiencing homelessness fell 2.1 percent since January 2018 and by 50 percent since 2010.
Lakewood does NOT NEED any money for homeless. Lakewood chased out all the homeless who were living in “Tent City”. There are no more homeless people living in Lakewood as they went to Howell, where the township said they can set up their tents. Give the money to Howell.
Dovid very insensitive thing to say, this Dovid completely disagrees. I see many homeless downtown and many are undocumented and unemployed. we need a shelter badly in lakewood, where is everyone’s compassion? It says in the Torah “love thy stranger as you too were strangers in the land of Egypt”.