$45 MILLION TO COMBAT HOMELESS IN NJ ANNOUNCED

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced that over $45.5 million in grants have been awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support hundreds of permanent and transitional housing programs for homeless individuals and families, and to support homelessness prevention programs in New Jersey. Homelessness in New Jersey has dropped 48.6% in the past decade, according to the 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, due to federal investment in effective local programs and strategies. Cape Counseling Services got the biggest grant money in Cape May County.