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In this Week's Edition
News
SHA Developers Meeting - January 9, 2023
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New NLIHC Report On Housing
On The National Ballot
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USDA And Social Security
Administration Collaborate To Improve Nutrition Security Through SNAP
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Governor Murphy Announces $24M+
For Public Transportation And To Spur
Transit-Oriented Development
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New DCA Report On Rise Of Institutional
Ownership Of Residential Properties
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NJCDD Seeking To Hire Cultural Liaisons
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New NAEA Framework Resource Released
Reimagining Interim Housing:
Transforming Our Approaches
To Sheltering People
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CSH & Capital Impact Partners
Survey On How Supportive Housing
Can Leverage Assisted Living Programs
To Promote Aging In Place
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New Jersey Broadband Initiative Survey
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NJ Minimum Wage Law Increase Reminder
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NJ DHS Listening Sessions On
New 988 Mobile Crisis Response Teams
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ANCHOR Tax Relief Deadline
Extended To January 31st
New Eligibility For Homeowners
and Renters in PILOT Housing
Resources & Virtual Forums
Free Fall/Winter 2022-23
Webinar From DCM Associates
December 21, 2022
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ACL Housing And Services Resource Center
Webinar On Coordinating Resources
To Develop And Strengthen Partnerships
January 9, 2023
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NJ Division On Civil Rights Webinar
The Law Against Discrimination in Housing
January 19, 2023
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CSH And Capital Impact Partners Virtual Event How Supportive Housing Can Leverage Assisted Living Programs To
Promote Aging In Place
February 28, 2023
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Rutgers School Of Health Professions
CSS Training For Direct Care Staff,
Clinicians, and RNs
February - April 2023
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Thank you to everyone who made our conference a success! | |
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Next SHA
Developers Meeting
January 9, 2023
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Next SHA
Members Meeting
February 1, 2023
Annual Meeting
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East Rutherford
Ewing
Hackensack
(seniors and people
with disabilities)
Old Bridge
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SHA Welcomes New & Returning
Members In 2022
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Members can join us on Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:00 PM-3:00PM for a virtual meeting of our Developers Group.
Special Guest:
Jacob Day
Business Development Associate
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
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Registration Is Now Open to SHA Members
To register, email Joseph Christensen at j.christensen@shanj.org.
Zoom Meeting Information will be sent by Thursday, January 5th.
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New NLIHC Report On Housing On The National Ballot | |
NLIHC released a new report, Voters Choose Housing: A Summary of Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections. The report gives an overview of nearly 100 ballot measures that devote new resources to affordable housing, strengthen tenant protections, respond to homelessness, amend zoning and land use policies, facilitate affordable housing development, and tax or regulate short-term rentals (STRs). Case studies from ballot measure campaigns in Florida, California, New York, and Colorado provide a glimpse into the inner workings of ballot measure campaigns, ideas about successful organizing tactics, and key lessons learned. | |
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USDA And Social Security Administration Collaborate
To Improve Nutrition Security Through SNAP
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Cross-enrollment improves customer service, eliminates
administrative burdens, and gets more people the services they need
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the Social
Security Administration (SSA) announced a strengthened partnership to help
connect Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. USDA and SSA’s new joint agreement, or memorandum of understanding, will improve efficiency, helping to advance food and nutrition security and reduce the hurdles families face to obtain the government assistance they need. SSA continues its commitment to help people access SNAP benefits in two critical ways. SSA employees notify SSI applicants and recipients of their eligibility for SNAP. And, when everyone in a household is applying for or receiving SSI, SSA will help them apply for SNAP. Under federal law, FNS reimburses SSA for time and resources spent on SNAP screenings and applications.
The updated memorandum of understanding, which is renegotiated every five years, prioritizes efficiency by piloting alternatives to outdated paper-based application processes and collecting data to inform future improvements. Expanding the use of electronic applications and telephonic signatures will make it easier for SSI recipients to complete their SNAP application. SSA will also provide additional data to USDA on the number of SSI applicants not receiving SNAP and at what point they drop out of the application process.
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Governor Murphy Announces $24M+ For Public Transportation And To Spur Transit-Oriented Development | |
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DOVER – Governor Phil Murphy announced critical funding to expand access to safe transportation and enhance areas around public transit facilities across the state. The awards total more than $24 million across three programs as part of Governor Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Funding for the Local Aid and Economic Development Grants line-item increased by nearly 50% over the last fiscal year, representing the Murphy Administration’s commitment to a wide range of transportation options and smart, transit-oriented development.
The Transit Village Program will provide $2.9 million toward the revitalization and redevelopment of areas around transit facilities into mixed-use neighborhoods.
The Safe Streets to Transit Program will provide $13.4 million in funding to improve access to transit facilities and public transportation in counties and municipalities, including Dover, which will utilize its nearly $800,000 award to improve traffic signals that will help protect pedestrians and school children. Additionally, the Local Bikeway Program will provide $8.4 million to promote bicycling as an alternate mode of transportation.
Click here for more details on this story and funding distribution.
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New DCA Report On Rise Of Institutional
Ownership Of Residential Properties
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NJ DCA has released a new report on the rise of institutional residential property ownership called, Buying New Jersey: The Rise in Institutional Ownership of Residential Properties.
Some findings include:
- Approximately 6% or 1 in 17 residential properties were institutionally owned in 2020, a 2.5 percentage point increase over 2012. The number of these properties nearly doubled over that eight‐year period.
- About 71% of institutionally owned residential properties are owned by corporate or business entities, followed by trusts at 22% and banks at 4%.
- South Jersey municipalities tend to have the highest shares of these properties and growth in institutionally‐owned home shares, followed by Central Jersey municipalities.
- Distressed neighborhoods within urbanized communities tend to have very high institutional homeownership shares. Distressed cities tend to experience the greatest rises in institutional homeownership.
- The areas where many low‐income homebuyers live are also the ones losing the most available housing stock and seeing larger home price increases as a result.
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NJCDD Seeking To Hire Cultural Liaisons | |
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NJCDD is seeking Cultural Liaisons who can make connections in the following counties:
Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Union, Cumberland, Middlesex, and Somerset
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The NJCDD defines a Cultural Liaison as an individual from a diverse background within the I/DD community who utilizes their own network of community contacts and resources such as family/friends, religious institutions/ faith-based places of worship, school/college/trade school, employment/volunteer, memberships/associations, and leagues/clubs AND connects their network to the NJCDD and other resources for information related to disability services and supports.
Job duties/responsibilities:
- Helps link individuals and families with supportive resources and services through the NJCDD and DD Act Partners
- Supports individuals and families in the community by sharing information and identify linkages using lived experiences
- Assists the NJCDD in connecting with diverse communities and stakeholders and helps identify any barriers in accessing these communities and/or the needed services or information
- Shares knowledge of positive as well as negative experiences in connections with NJCDD and/or accessing or receiving services
Cultural Liaisons will coordinate outreach with NJCDD’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consultant and complete Activity Reports that track results. Please apply by completing the short survey application here.
NJCDD will contact candidates after completion of the survey application. There are a limited number of Cultural Liaison positions available at this time. NJCDD will compensate candidates at $22.00/hour and reimbursement for authorized travel reimbursement at the State of NJ approved mileage rate, currently .47 cents a mile.
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New NAEA Framework Resource Released
Reimagining Interim Housing:
Transforming Our Approaches To Sheltering People
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The guidance and recommendations of people with lived expertise of homelessness, and the lessons learned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, made it clear to the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) create and seize opportunities to transform our approaches to sheltering people experiencing homelessness. The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response partners have been implementing a Reimagining Interim Housing project to support communities to pursue such transformation and are now releasing two new documents to help shape and inform communities efforts:
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CSH & Capital Impact Partners
Survey On How Supportive Housing Can Leverage
Assisted Living Programs To Promote Aging In Place
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February 28, 2023 | 10:00AM ET
CSH and Capital Impact Partners are seeking input from the supportive housing field around the needs of aging clients, challenges when serving the aging population, and difficulties faced in retaining older adults in housing. Please fill out our survey to help prepare for the virtual brainstorming session and discussion on February 28th.
After completing the survey, register for the event here in the events section below.
This virtual event is hosted in partnership with Capital Impact Partners.
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New Jersey Broadband Initiative Survey | |
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Ensuring every resident and business within the State of New Jersey has access to high speed internet is within reach. Through the Broadband Office located within the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the State is working to ensure 100% access is achieved. The NJBPU's mission is to ensure that the State of New Jersey doesn’t just achieve #InternetForAll but ensure that the state is digitally equitable with the aim to achieve digital justice.
The NJBPU is working with ECC Technologies, and they are asking that you share a survey we created to assess the current state of broadband need throughout the state. Please take and then share our survey at Broadband-NJ.com with your networks, clients and communities.
The survey is meant to get an accurate assessment of the connectivity needs of residents in communities throughout the state. The site also comes with a speed test designed to check the connectivity speeds of the network for respondents who current have internet. This will assist in identifying unserved and underserved pockets within our state.
We also invite you to contact us by emailing broadband@bpu.NJ.Gov and help us understand how connectivity and broadband can impact your community networks.
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NJ Minimum Wage Law Increase Reminder | |
In February 2019, Governor Murphy signed New Jersey's Minimum Wage Law which requires a minimum hourly wage of $15 to be implemented statewide by 2024. The next incremental increase of $1.13 takes effect on January 1, 2023. | |
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EFFECTIVE DATE:
Jan. 1, 2023
Jan. 1, 2024
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NJ MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES TO:
$14.13 per hour
$15 per hour
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This law may impact some DDD-funded provider agencies and individuals who receive DDD-funded services from self-directed employees:
- Provider agencies should familiarize themselves with the law and make whatever wage adjustments are needed to be in compliance.
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Individuals who receive DDD-funded services from a self-directed employee (SDE) will need to make sure they comply with the new law by ensuring their employee’s hourly wage for any service provided is at least $14.13 by January 1, 2023. To increase a self-directed employee’s hourly wage, individuals must contact their Support Coordinator, and the fiscal intermediary that issues payments to their employee. Please note that fiscal intermediaries are prohibited by law from compensating self-directed employees for any amount less than $14.13 per hour beginning January 1, 2023.
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NJ DHS Listening Sessions On
New 988 Mobile Crisis Response Teams
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The Division of Human Services (DHS) is hosting two public listening sessions to hear constituent input on the new 988 mobile crisis response teams.
DHS and the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are working to create these new teams that will respond to suicidal, mental health and substance use crisis situations across the state. $16 million in funding for mobile crisis response teams was made available in the SFY2023 budget.
These listening sessions are required by the 988 law signed by Governor Murphy in June 2022.
Event: 988 Mobile Crisis Public Listening Sessions – In-Person
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM ET
Middlesex County Fire Academy - 1001 Fire Academy Drive Sayreville, NJ 08872
Event: 988 Mobile Crisis Public Listening Sessions – Virtual
Thursday, January 19, 2023 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM ET
Zoom Webinar – Link to be provided by DMHAS
Details for registration and attendance will be forthcoming.
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ANCHOR Tax Relief Deadline Extended To January 31st
New Eligibility For Homeowners and Renters in PILOT Housing
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Attention ANCHOR Applicants
The deadline for filing your ANCHOR benefit application is January 31, 2023.
Important Update: The extension now includes a provision allowing homeowners or tenants living in units which make Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) to be eligible for this program. This could potentially benefit many seniors or people with disabilities. More details will follow and we will update you as we know more.
ANCHOR benefits will roll out in the late Spring of 2023. ANCHOR payments will be paid in the form of a direct deposit or check, not as credits to property tax bills. Homeowners who filed a homestead benefit application last year may be able to obtain their ID and PIN numbers online. Tenants do not need an ID or PIN number to file. Visit the Division’s ANCHOR page for all filing information. Due to high call volume, the ANCHOR and Homestead Benefit Hotline may be unable to take your call at certain times. If that occurs, please try your call at another time. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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More than three million residents are eligible for up to $1,500 in property tax relief under the ANCHOR program.
To be eligible for this year's benefit, you must have occupied your primary residence on October 1st, 2019. The deadline for filing is now January 31st, 2023. ANCHOR replaces the Homestead Benefit program.
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Homeowners
You are considered a homeowner if, on October 1, 2019, you:
- Owned a house,
- Owned a condominium and paid property taxes on your unit;
- Were a resident shareholder of a cooperative housing complex;
- Were a resident of a continuing care retirement community and your continuing care contract requires you to pay the proportionate share of property taxes attributable to your unit.
You may not qualify if your residence was completely exempt from paying property taxes.
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Tenants
You are considered a tenant if, on October 1, 2019, you:
- Rented an apartment, condominium, or house;
- Rented or owned a mobile home located in a mobile home park.
You may not qualify if you lived in tax-exempt, subsidized, or campus housing.
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Resources & Virtual Forums | |
Free Fall/Winter 2022-23 Webinar From DCM Associates | |
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December 21, 2022
1:00 p.m. EST / 10:00 a.m. PST
How to Become One of America’s
Most Successful Nonprofit Organizations
Dennis C. Miller, Founder & Chairman
Click here to register
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ACL Housing And Services Resource Center
Webinar On Coordinating Resources
To Develop And Strengthen Partnerships
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January 9, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Are you interested in developing housing and services partnerships that effectively identify and coordinate rental assistance resources and services to support independent community living for people in need of stable housing?
Join the Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC) to learn how state and local systems can develop lasting cross-sector partnerships to increase access to accessible, affordable housing and supportive services for people with disabilities, older adults, and people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Through this webinar, participants will discover:
- Key connection points and approaches for developing partnerships between community living support service providers and rental housing assistance providers.
- Steps to identify and align funding and programs to create a comprehensive service and housing system.
- Key components of the partnership development process and lessons learned from other successful models.
- Strategies to strengthen and incentivize collaborations over time.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The webinar will include real-time captioning and ASL interpreting. If you need any additional accommodations, or if you have questions, please email HSRC@acl.hhs.gov.
Launched in partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Housing and Services Resource Center fosters cross-sector partnerships between the organizations and systems that provide housing resources and homelessness services, health care and mental health services, independent living services, and other supportive services. HHS and HUD are working together to expand accessible, affordable housing; streamline access to services; coordinate and better leverage resources; and ultimately help people exit homelessness and live in sustainable, affordable community housing.
Click here to register for the webinar
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NJ Division On Civil Rights Webinar
The Law Against Discrimination in Housing
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January 19, 2023 | 9:30 AM – 11:30AM
All New Jersey residents and those seeking housing have the right to an experience that is free from discrimination. This training will provide an overview of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and review housing protections under the LAD. Through case studies and other interactive exercises, participants will examine topics including source of lawful income discrimination, steering, sexual harassment, reasonable accommodations, and service and support animals.
NOTE: This training provides a broad overview of housing protections under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. For an in-depth exploration of how criminal history may be considered during the housing application process, sign up for our training, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Fair Chance in Housing Act.
Click here to register for this training webinar
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Rutgers School Of Health Professions
CSS Training For Direct Care Staff, Clinicians, and RNs
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We are opening registration for the Spring 2023 CSS 9-Week training series. This training is for CSS direct care staff, clinicians, and RNs who have never taken the 9-week CSS training through the Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP).
The series will be preceded by our CSS Orientation Modules, now available on our online (Canvas) learning platform. They provide an overview of CSS admissions and documentation processes, CSS services, and the golden thread of documentation. These modules are prerequisites for the training series and must be completed before starting the training in February 2023. If you have taken these modules previously, you will not need to retake them.
The series itself will be remote and will begin the week of February 6th, 2023. It will be a blend of synchronous Zoom meetings and asynchronous (independent) learning activities.
Please register here for the Spring training series in one of the three training groups*:
- Tuesdays 10:00 am-1:00 pm from 2/7/2023-4/4/2023
- Wednesdays 12:30-3:30 pm from 2/8/2023-4/5/2023
- Thursdays 10:30 am-1:30 pm from 2/9/2023-4/6/2023
After registering, you receive an email from Debbie Rich with instructions on setting up a Canvas account and completing the prerequisite modules. Again, you can register for the upcoming training series here. Registration for the Spring training will close on Monday, January 30th, 2023.
*Please Note*: You do not need to retake these modules if you have previously completed them. Please reach out to the instructors to notify them if and when you previously completed the modules.
If you have any questions regarding the CSS Orientation modules or Canvas, please contact Emilie Banz or Earle Leitch.
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CSH & Capital Impact Partners
Survey And Virtual Event
How Supportive Housing Can Leverage
Assisted Living Programs To Promote Aging In Place
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February 28, 2023 | 10:00AM ET
CSH and Capital Impact Partners are seeking input from the supportive housing field around the needs of aging clients, challenges when serving the aging population, and difficulties faced in retaining older adults in housing. During this brainstorming session, they will discuss methods in which the supportive housing field can better collaborate with assisted living programs (ALPs), to promote aging in place.
If you are a New Jersey supportive housing developer, service provider, or property manager, join a virtual brainstorming session to share your input and expertise.
Before the event, please fill out our survey to help prepare for the virtual brainstorming session and discussion.
After completing the survey, register for the event here.
This virtual event is hosted in partnership with Capital Impact Partners.
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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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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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