In this Week's Edition
News
New Jersey Marks
Disability Pride Month in July
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New 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Starts July 16th
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NJ Legislative Disability Caucus:
Direct Care Workforce Crisis
Developing a Sustainable Workforce
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Freddie Mac Will Factor On-Time
Rent Payments Into Loan Purchase Decisions
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Jersey City Proposes Amendments
To Enhance Inclusionary Zoning
& Affordable Housing Development
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Grant Program to Provide Assistive Technology Tools
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New Jersey Partners Launches
Online Substance Use Disorder
Treatment Reference Guide
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nTIDE June 2022 Jobs Report:
Employment Reaches All-Time
High For People With Disabilities
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CSH Offering On-Demand Trainings
SHA Members Get A Discount
Resources & Virtual Forums
Implementing Data-Informed Social Justice
Change Within Organizations
July 18, 2022
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DCM Associates Four Pillars
of Successful Nonprofit Leadership
July 20, 2022
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Thinking Outside the Box
Housing Webinar Series:
Key Development Concepts and
Housing Models for Justice System Leaders
July 21, 2022
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Next SHA
Members Meeting
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Next SHA
Developers Meeting
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Community Health
Law Project
September 15, 2022
The Wilshire | West Orange
Honoring
Harold B. Garwin, Esq.
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NJ Governor's Conference
on Housing & Economic Development
Sept 29-30, Atlantic City
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SHA Conference Save The Date!
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Friday, November 4, 2022
The Palace at Somerset Park
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New Housing Opportunity for Seniors in Glassboro |
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Applications for the special needs apartments at Harmony Gardens, a community planned and developed by Pennrose Properties will be available August 1, 2022. Harmony Gardens is a senior (55+) community of garden style apartments with a special needs set aside of 16 one and two bedroom apartments. PennReach is the non-profit partner and offers Supportive Services for the complex. The 16 apartments offer independent living for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Please distribute widely to individuals seeking independent living in South Jersey.
For applications they can contact kodell@pennreach.org and they will be added to the list of interested individuals to receive an application on August 1.
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2 Weeks Left to Share Your Workshop Ideas |
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Friday, November 4, 2022
The Palace at Somerset Park 333 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ
Got a ground-breaking workshop or
insights on growing housing opportunities?
Proposals are due by end of day on
Friday, July 29, 2022, via email.
Email completed proposals / questions
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Don't miss your chance to share your message with hundreds of attendees at SHA's annual conference as a sponsor or an exhibitor.
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SHA Welcomes New & Returning
Members In 2022
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New Jersey Marks Disability Pride Month in July |
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Disability Pride Month is an annual observance promoting visibility and awareness of the positive pride felt by individuals with disabilities. Celebrated in July, Disability Pride initially started as a day of celebration in 1990—the year the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. That same year, Boston held the first Disability Pride Day. The first official celebration of Disability Pride Month occurred in July 2015, which also marked the 25th anniversary of the ADA. Since then, cities across the country have celebrated disability pride month with parades and other festivities.
Scott Chesney, who also joined us last year as a SHA Conference keynote speaker, provides the following video message in honor of Disability Pride Month on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
In New Jersey, Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) has proudly hosted and organized the New Jersey Disability Pride Parade and Celebration since 2011. Postponed in recent years due to COVID-19, ACI hopes to host the event under a new name, Disability Pride in the Park, in coming years.
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New 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Starts July 16th |
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Starting July 16, 2022, New Jerseyans will be able to use 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 988 will be available for call, text, or chat to those experiencing a mental health-related or suicidal crisis, or those looking to help a loved one through a crisis. The existing Lifeline number, 1-800-273-8255, will continue to be available.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available to persons of all abilities, including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Division of Developmental Disabilities, and other governmental Departments, have worked with 988 to provide disability specific service information and other available resources. This will equip 988 to meet the presenting need of the caller and, as appropriate, connect them with other appropriate resources depending on their unique needs.
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NJ Legislative Disability Caucus: Direct Care
Workforce Crisis – Developing a Sustainable Workforce
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The New Jersey Legislative Disability Caucus is a bipartisan forum within the New Jersey Legislature comprised of lawmakers committed to promoting inclusion by considering the impact on the disability community when shaping ALL public policies in the Garden State. The quarterly meetings of the Caucus aim to increase awareness and provide lawmakers and their staff with a greater understanding of the complexities of the disabilities service system and issues impacting individuals with disabilities and their families.
Next Session: July 26, 2022 | 12:00 PM ET
NJ Legislative Disability Caucus Roundtable Discussion
Caucus member will hold a panel discussion about Direct Care Workforce Crisis
Solutions to Develop a Sustainable Workforce impacting people with disabilities.
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Freddie Mac Will Factor On-Time
Rent Payments Into Loan Purchase Decisions
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Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprise, or GSE) announced it will start considering on-time rent payments as part of the GSE’s loan purchase decisions, with the goal of increasing homeownership opportunities for first-time homebuyers. With the borrower’s permission, lenders and brokers will be able to submit bank account data to Freddie Mac’s Loan Product Advisor (the GSE’s automated underwriting tool) to identify 12-months of on-time rent payments for inclusion in the tool’s assessment of loan qualification for purchase by Freddie Mac. This policy change aims to help potential borrowers (those who have been unable to access homeownership due to lacking a credit score or having a limited credit history) access homeownership by building the credit score needed to access home lending. Last year, Freddie Mac announced an initiative to help renters build credit by encouraging operators of Freddie Mac-financed multifamily properties to report on-time rental payments to the three major credit-reporting bureaus.
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Jersey City Proposes Amendments To Enhance Inclusionary Zoning & Affordable Housing Development |
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The city has announced that the “overlay” they are introducing would require developments to build affordable housing at 10 to 15 percent of the total number of units in a development. In return, it would incentivize developers to create affordable units by allowing extra density, according to City Planning Director Tanya Marione.
The city also said that the overlay would also allow developers to seek approval before the Planning Board instead of going to the City Council for rezoning or the Zoning Board of variances. (Hudson Reporter, July 11, 2022)
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Grant Program to Provide Assistive Technology Tools |
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The deadline to apply is September 15, 2022.
Interested persons are encouraged to apply early funds are limited.
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New Jersey Partners Launches Online
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Reference Guide
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Free Online Tool Bolsters Efforts to Help Individuals Find Trusted and
High-Quality Addiction Treatment Options Across New Jersey
ATLAS®, or Addiction Treatment Locator, Assessment, and Standards Platform, at www.TreatmentATLAS.org, offers an easy-to-use dashboard to allow individuals with substance use disorder and their loved ones to search for and compare participating programs using criteria such as location, services offered, and insurance accepted so they can find the best treatment for their unique needs. ATLAS has been made possible in New Jersey through a partnership with Human Services and funding from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. ATLAS builds on existing efforts by New Jersey to connect individuals and families to treatment through the 1-844-ReachNJ helpline.
ATLAS is fully available in English and Spanish and has several unique features including:
- Feedback from other patients once a minimum threshold of 20 responses for the facility is met, updated every 24 hours;
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An expert-approved Addiction Treatment Needs Assessment, created in collaboration with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and OpenBeds, to help guide the treatment search based on the individual’s needs and severity;
- The ability to search and filter using criteria such as location, services offered and insurance accepted, as well as the opportunity to compare facilities.
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nTIDE June 2022 Jobs Report: Employment Reaches
All-Time High For People With Disabilities
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East Hanover, NJ – Employment increased slightly from May to June for people with disabilities, reaching an all-time high. The monthly increase in the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities may reflect their need for additional income because of inflation according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).
Comparing year-to-year data, as the economy recovers from the effects of the pandemic, people with disabilities have outpaced people without disabilities with their employment now exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
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CSH Offering On-Demand Trainings
SHA Members Get A Discount
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The Supportive Housing Training Center’s On-Demand trainings are engaging and interactive, giving supportive housing staff the opportunity to take trainings on their own time and at their own pace. |
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Take this new self-paced course or assign it to new supervisors in your program. This course introduces new supervisors to the essential skills they need to be successful in their role. The modules are interactive and provide opportunities for self-reflection. They can be completed at the learner's convenience.
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Our Onboarding Curriculum is the most convenient and comprehensive way to introduce new hires in supportive housing programs to key principles and best practices. Topics include Housing First, harm reduction, property management, trauma-informed approaches and much more.
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This foundational course will explore the experience of trauma and how unaddressed issues may manifest in tenants and in the workplace. This course is ideal for anyone considering implementing trauma-informed practices or wishing to develop a better understanding of the experience of traumatic events.
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Take this training to learn how to provide good customer service, foster an inclusive community, collaborate with service providers, and work with tenants who may experience episodes of mental illness or struggle with substance use. This on-demand training gives staff the opportunity to take the course on their own time. It includes real-world scenarios and opportunities for interaction and engagement.
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SHA Members can take advantage of these trainings and more and also get a 20% discount as a SHA Member Benefit. Contact Joseph Christensen to access this member benefit today.
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Resources & Virtual Forums |
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Implementing Data-Informed Social Justice
Change Within Organizations
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July 18, 2022 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART) is the first tool designed specifically to help community behavioral health and other human service organizations assess how much their organizational and clinical processes are affected by racism. Sosunmolu Shoyinka, M.D., MBA, and Rachel Melissa Talley, M.D., will discuss how the SMART tool was developed and how you can apply it to create measurable progress in becoming anti-racist at all organizational levels.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Analyze how to implement the SMART tool within your organization.
- Learn how to use data to facilitate dialogue and structure attainable organizational change goals.
- Examine what you can do to champion a culture of ongoing, data-informed change within your organization.
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DCM Associates Four Pillars
of Successful Nonprofit Leadership
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July 20, 2022 | 01:00 PM ET
DCM Associates is pleased to offer a free webinar, "The Four Pillars of Successful Nonprofit Leadership," to celebrate the launch of its brand-new Institute for Transformational Nonprofit Leadership Certificate program. This transformational nonprofit leadership executive training program is intended for current CEOs/executive directors, executive leadership team members, and emerging leaders who hope to become a CEO in the future.
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Thinking Outside the Box Housing Webinar Series:
Key Development Concepts and
Housing Models for Justice System Leaders
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Registration
The next webinar in the series, Key Development Concepts and Housing Models for Justice System Leaders, will be held on July 21, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 PM EDT. Participants must register for the webinar in advance. To do so, simply access the registration page at the link below.
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There are many great ways of supporting SHA: Join as a member, send donations, or shop with AmazonSmile. Thank you for your support!
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Want all the member benefits with SHA? Visit our website or contact Joseph Christensen to apply or manage your membership.
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Members can post jobs to find applicants within the wider supportive housing community. Click on the button to visit our job page.
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Diane Riley, Executive Director
Joseph Christensen, Membership & Communication Manager
Kate Kelly, MSW – Integrated Community Project Manager
Kate Leahy, Housing Navigator Project Manager
Janai Johnson, Administrator
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Advocate ● Educate ● Support
The Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey unites its diverse coalition of members engaging development, resources, and information to sustain supportive housing systems within New Jersey. Since 1998, our statewide mission seeks to enhance lives and accessibility to enable independent living within our communities.
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Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey
185 Valley Street, South Orange, NJ 07079
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