Legislation Assemblymen Bruce Land and Bob Andrzejczak sponsored to identify and assist people in need of shelter during severe weather events was advanced by an Assembly committee on Thursday. “No one in New Jersey should have exposure to the elements be his or her cause of death. The mere notion of that is just...
read moreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sister Mary Benedicte wants to focus on feeding the hungry lined up outside a soup kitchen in a gritty part of San Francisco. But the city’s booming economy means even seedy neighborhoods are demanding higher rents, threatening to force out an order of nuns who serve the homeless. The sisters of...
read moreSussex County’s two representatives in Congress met Thursday with a top official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, seeking support for opening a clinic in northwestern New Jersey. U.S. Reps. Scott Garrett, of Wantage, and Rodney Frelinghuysen, of Harding, spoke behind closed doors on Capitol Hill with VA Under...
read moreThe New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness is extremely pleased to announce the passage of Bill S2806/A4913 through both the Senate and the Assembly. This huge step is the result of much hard work on the part of the Coalition and its partners. If signed into law by the governor, it will make a significant impact on reducing...
read moreLegislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Vince Mazzeo, Sgt. Bob Andrzejczak, Angelica Jimenez, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Daniel Benson to boost rental assistance to military veterans was approved by an Assembly panel on Monday. “Our veterans were willing to endure untold sacrifices for their country. Now we need to step up to...
read moreBy David Danzis New Jersey Herald Posted: Dec. 4, 2015 12:15 am HOPE — Sometime in the winter of 2000, Ray Chimileski learned about a homeless man living under a trestle bridge in Dover. He found out the man was from Atlanta and had no family in the area. Chimileski likely would have acted to help the man no matter the...
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