Monmouth County gets 9x's more homeless funding than Ocean County

Homelessness is homelessness, whether you are in Monmouth County or Ocean County.  But how does one explain a 90% difference in grants between the two?  

The competitive grant called Continuum of Care under the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development listed Lakewood and Ocean County as receiving $234,008 for programs to help the homeless while Monmouth County received $2.6 million for its programs.

“The difference between neighboring counties is obscene,” Lakewood Township Committeeman Raymond G. Coles said. “All anyone has to do is pick up a newspaper or drive down Cedar Bridge Avenue to see that we have a huge homeless problem in Lakewood.”

Homeless help in Ocean County is 1/10 of Monmouth County http://on.app.com/XBFVSR 

Grants for homeless in Ocean County questioned; Monmouth gets more http://on.app.com/XBFVSR 

KEY FINDINGS OF 2011 POINT IN TIME COUNT OF THE HOMELESS IN NEW JERSEY

On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, twenty-one Continuum of Care (CoC) jurisdictions in New Jersey – representing the twenty-one counties – conducted the 2011 Point in Time Count (PITC) of the homeless across the state. The goal of the Point in Time Count was to identify the number of homeless people at a given point in time and to collect demographic and other information about those who are homeless to be used to develop effective plans to address and end homelessness. A total of 12,051 surveys were completed across the State of New Jersey as part of the 2011 Point in Time Count.  Below is a list of some of the key findings of the report.
 

Key Findings of the 2011 Point in Time Count in NJ

• There were 12,825 homeless men, women and children counted across the state of New Jersey as part of the 2011 PITC. 
• The estimated number of men, women and children that are homeless over the course of the year within the State of New Jersey is 28,830. 
• There were 8,493 adults counted as homeless on the night of January 26, 2011. 
• Of those 8,493 adults, 1,022 (12.1%) were unsheltered and 7,471 (87.9%) were sheltered homeless. The largest percentage of the homeless were living in Emergency Shelters on the night of the count (39.2%) 
• A total of 4,332 children under the age of 18 were homeless on the night of January 26, 2011.  
• The County of Essex had the highest number of homeless in NJ with 11.8% of the total homeless population on the night of the count. 
• The most prevalent homeless subpopulation in the 2011 count was people who are homeless with mental health issues. 
• A total of 2,291 families reported being homeless on the night of January 26, 2011. 
• total of 751 adults met the HUD definition of chronically homeless when counted on January 26, 2011.
•  In 2011, the number of unsheltered chronically homeless totaled 139 or 18.5% of the chronically homeless individual population. 

A total of 94 families statewide met the chronic homeless family definition on the night of the 2011 count

Announcement of New Projects Awarded for FY 2010 CoC Homeless Competition

HUD’s Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that $216 million has been awarded to fund 691 new projects across the country that will provide housing and supportive services to thousands of homeless individuals and families.

To view the complete list of new projects awarded in the FY2010 CoC Homeless Assistance Programs competition, please visit “Current Highlights” on HUD’s Homelessness Resource (HRE) at www.hudhre.info. Please visit HUD’s website to view the press release and awards by state.

CoC Debriefing
· Webcast: Tuesday, May 17th; 1:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
· Debriefing documents: HUD field offices will email the debriefing documents by May 16th to each CoC’s primary point of contact. As in past years, the debriefing documents will provide a detailed breakdown of the CoC’s score. Issues/Conditions & Grant Agreements
· Information on processing Issues and Conditions and Grant Agreements for the 2010 new projects will be provided by the end of May.
If you have any questions regarding the 2010 New Project Announcement, please contact your local HUD field office