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DCM Associates is helping Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties (JFS) recruit an Executive Director. JFS provides vital community support and assistance through outpatient mental health counseling, senior services home visitation services, special needs and family support programs, volunteer programs, Holocaust survivors' programs, employment readiness and career counseling, and more.

If you would like to express your interest in this position, please send a cover letter and resume to Allan Weisberg, Managing Director at allan@dcm-associates.com. If you would like to discuss the opportunity further or would like to recommend a candidate, please contact Dennis C. Miller, Founder & Chairman at dennis@dcm-associates.com or by phone at 201.956.1810.

We're giving Ken Regan of Regan Development Corp. a shout out for his work with the Money Follows the Person Housing Partnership Program (MFPHPP). This collaborative is enabling the creation of affordable housing accessible rental apartments in three complexes in Howell and Clifton, for people moving out of nursing homes. 

Funding for MFPHPP comes from savings from the Money Follows the Person program, a federal demonstration program to help individuals transition from institutions into the community. In New Jersey, this program is called I Choose Home NJ.  For more information, visit www.ichoosehome.nj.gov or call 855-466-3005.

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The White House released a comprehensive plan for combatting one of the major causes of inflation: the rising cost of rent and the severe shortage of homes affordable and available to America’s lowest-income and most marginalized households. The “Housing Supply Action Plan” includes a series of measures designed to increase the supply of housing over the next five years, including (1) using federal transportation funds to incentivize jurisdictions to reduce restrictive local zoning laws; (2) supporting manufactured housing, accessory dwelling units, and small-scale developments; and (3) streamlining federal financing and funding sources to help lower costs and speed development.

The announcement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/16/president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-ease-the-burden-of-housing-costs/

Today’s rising housing costs are years in the making. Fewer new homes were built in the decade following the Great Recession than in any decade since the 1960s – constraining housing supply and failing to keep pace with demand and household formation. This mismatch between housing supply and housing demand grew during the pandemic. While estimates vary, Moody’s Analytics estimates that the shortfall in the housing supply is more than 1.5 million homes nationwide. This shortfall burdens family budgets, drives up inflation, limits economic growth, maintains residential segregation, and exacerbates climate change. Rising housing costs have burdened families of all incomes, with a particular impact on low- and moderate-income families, and people and communities of color.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $10.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 formula grants to communities across the United States for housing and community development activities ranging from affordable housing development to public housing modernization to economic opportunities for people with low and moderate incomes.

FY22 CPD Formula Grant Program – $6.3 billion in allocations to eligible grantees across the following grant programs for all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Insular Areas. Click here for a complete list of FY22 CPD Formula Grant Program recipients. A breakdown of CPD formula grants follows:

Click here for a complete list of FY22 Capital Fund Program Awards recipients.

HUD announced it will publish a rule to implement changes to the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, which benefits HUD-assisted families with the combination of stable affordable housing; individualized coaching and service coordination to help families develop and pursue financial goals; and the ability to set aside a portion of the rent in the form of an escrowed savings account that grows as families’ earnings increase. The changes include permanently expanding the FSS program’s definition of an eligible family to include tenants of privately-owned multifamily properties subsidized with Project-Based Rental Assistance. The changes also include expanding eligibility for FSS enrollment to include any adult member of the household—rather than only the head of household. This change is designed to be more inclusive of households where the head of household is unable to work or increase work activity due to issues such as health conditions, disabilities or family caretaking responsibilities. The rule also expands the definition of “good cause” for a FSS client contract extension to include participants who are in active pursuit of a long-term goal that will help them get ahead economically, such as a college degree, as opposed to only reasons outside of the family’s control.

HUD announced $1.4 million in Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) funding for youth transitioning out of foster care who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. HUD’s FYI initiative makes housing choice voucher (HCV) assistance available to public housing agencies in partnership with public child welfare agencies to assist youth aged 18-24 (who are aging out or have aged out of foster care) with rental assistance. To be eligible for FYI funding, public housing authorities must: administer an HCV program; enter into a partnership agreement with a public child welfare agency; accept young people referred by their partnering public child welfare agency; and determine that the referred youth are eligible for HCV assistance. Over the past year, the FYI initiative has awarded $12.7 million in 45 states to assist youth in accessing housing stability. 

An estimated 1.6 million low-income New Jersey residents will be able to afford a high-speed internet connection under a plan rolled out Monday by President Joe Biden.

Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program was included in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law enacted last year. The White House said at the time that an estimated 1.6 million low-income New Jerseyans would receive subsidized internet access. More than 3 in 10 New Jerseyans did not subscribe to an internet service.

Comcast’s Internet Essentials Plus offering would be free to qualified households under this program, said David Watson, president and chief executive. Verizon likewise is offering free internet connections through its Fios Forward program. Optimum has its own free program as well. Those eligible for the program have income at no more than 200% of the federal poverty level, which is $27,750 for a family of four, or already participate in a provider’s low-income internet program.

To sign up or for more information, go to getInternet.gov or call 1-877-384-2575. (NJ.com, May 10, 2022)

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Effective May 18, 2022 the RFP is available at https://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/providers/grants/  and 

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/provider/funding/ 

A proposal must be submitted that comports with the RFP requirements and instructions. Applications due No Later than 4:00pm on June 24, 2022. 

A personal my Social Security account gives you access to personalized tools whether you receive benefits or not. Don’t have an account yet? Signing up is free, easy, and secure. The attached flyer includes just a few examples of what you can do with a my Social Security account from virtually anywhere and without contacting Social Security. Save time and go online! Visit each link or use your mobile device to scan the QR code to learn more about a service. Join the more than 65 million people who have a my Social Security account to complete their Social Security business online.

Click here to access the flyer from the Social Security Administration.

Are you a nonprofit Board Member or CEO struggling to find the right leadership assessment tool? DCM Associates has created a leadership assessment tool specifically for nonprofits to help identify their organization's strengths and weaknesses. We also provide accurate recommendations in areas of needed improvement.

As a nonprofit leader, you should be looking for ways to improve your organization's effectiveness. One way to do this is to take advantage of different leadership assessment tools, such as our Executive Leadership & Board Governance Online Assessment Survey.

The Boggs Center is excited to share the latest episode of BoggsCast, a podcast where faculty and staff explore best practice, showcase success stories, and help listeners envision possibilities for innovation through interviews with state and national experts.

In this episode, Regina Rodriguez Sisneros, Director of Equity Initiatives and Systems Innovations for the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDS), discusses equity, diversity, and inclusion.

BoggsCast episodes and full transcripts are available on the Podbean App, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify apps and websites. Listen wherever and whenever works for you! 

The United Way Caregivers Coalition of The United Way of Northern New Jersey invites you to join the next virtual Munch & Learn program on Tuesday, May 24th at 11:00am. The presentation will be on “Too Much Stuff.” People who have a tendency to hoard can accumulate so much “stuff” it overwhelms their lives, and family members and friends often do more harm than good in their attempts to help.

This 2.5 hour workshop is designed for CSS staff who develop and submit plans to the IME. Workshop participants must bring a de-identified IRP in development or have previously been submitted and received feedback but are not currently on hold to discuss and review. This will be entirely practice-based, and participants must be willing to bring a de-identified plan and provide feedback to others. Participants will work in small groups led by a SHP CSS staff. Each participant will present their plan, ask questions, and receive feedback and suggestions from those in their group. CSS programs should limit registration to 1 to 2 staff.  

The CSS IRP Development Workshop will be remote and held live through Zoom on Tuesday June 14th, 9:30 am until 12:00 pm. Space is limited, so licensed staff and RN’s should register as soon as possible. Registration information must be for the staff attending the training. 

If you have any questions regarding the CSS IRP Development Workshop, please contact Emilie Banz, Shelley Buchbinder, or Earle Leitch. 

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