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Please visit the Monarch Housing website for the full job description and application information.

Paterson Habitat for Humanity is now accepting applications to purchase two-family homes located at 213 Governor Street and 65 North 5th Street in Paterson. The applications will only be accepted between May 1 to May 31 at 3:00 p.m.

The Housing Authority of Bergen County is pleased to announce that beginning Monday May 16, 2022 9:00AM EST and closing Friday May 20, 2022 11:59PM EST pre-applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program wait list will be available online. A random selection lottery will be conducted to select 350 applicants to be placed on the wait list. Persons applying must meet all income and eligibility requirements. You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older or be an emancipated minor to apply.

Pre-applications can be submitted online only at www.habcnjS8Waitlist.org.

Applicants can check their lottery results in their online application portal via www.waitlistcheck.com. Lottery results will be made available after May 24, 2022. Each of the top 350 applicants randomly selected by lottery will receive written communication of their selection. You are required to register for WaitListCheck in order to Apply.

Special congratulations to Disability Rights New Jersey as it leads a collaborative State Team in The Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice (CYVYC)'s Community of Practice to promote alternatives to guardianship for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Disability Rights New Jersey has partnered with the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD), The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, and SPAN Parent Advocacy Network as the lead agency in the collaborative initiative. Read the complete press release here. 

SHA celebrates our dear friend and board colleague, Steve Schoch for his many successful years as Managing Principal for Kitchen & Associates. Schoch strengthened the organization’s commitment to affordable housing, with more than 1,000 affordable housing projects across 20 states. He also helped establish the firm as a leader in supportive housing and student housing, with more than 1,600 units of supportive housing and 32,000 student housing beds developed in 30 states during his tenure. He was appointed as managing principal following the retirement of Beth Kitchen in 2011. SHA is glad to know that Steve will continue helping enhance design and lives across the state as he will transition to new responsibilities within Kitchen & Associates.

SHA also congratulates Matthew Bartner, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, as the newly named managing principal of Kitchen & Associates. Bartner previously served as principal and director of operations for the firm. We are excited to see future progress as Kitchen & Associates continue to enhance design and lives for the people of New Jersey.

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In recent remarks at The Network's Healthy Homes and Communities Summit, NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) Executive Director Melanie Walter announced a commitment of an additional $10 million to finance the Hospital Partnership Subsidy Program, supporting the completion of 2-3 more projects. The program matches funding contributions from participating hospitals collaborating with community development organizations to provide affordable rental apartments for lower income families, as well as accessible homes with supportive and wrap-around services for residents with special needs. Walter also announced that the agency will be looking to partner with community organizations that provide property rehab and outfitting services.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $20 million in new grants for its Eviction Protection Grant Program, doubling the amount originally allocated for the launch of the Program in November 2021. Through HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), these competitive grants were made available to non-profit and governmental legal service providers serving or expanding services in areas with high rates of eviction or prospective evictions, including rural areas.

NJHMFA Tax Credits: 2022

Please call your Tax Credit Analyst if you have questions.

Please note: The information contained in this email was compiled from information derived from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. NJHMFA is not responsible for any errors contained in these charts, typographical or otherwise. Owners are independently responsible to maintain compliance with the requirements of the tax credit program and Section 42 of the Code of the Internal Revenue Code.  

If you have any further questions, please contact Natasha Solomon at 609-278-8825 or email at nsolomon@njhmfa.gov.

As time progresses, costs can change and grow over time which prompted the Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey to review and update Rental and Sale income limit calculators for the state. Originally released in 2014 under the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), AHPNJ has created updated versions of these calculators retaining all of the original calculations developed by COAH, only updating values for 2022 income limits and 2018 HUD utilities where applicable.

AHPNJ has updated these calculators, originally conceived and created by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, for the sole purpose of providing information and assistance. These materials are for educational, non-commercial, discussion purposes only, and should not be relied on for business, legal, or financial decisions. Any use of these materials and the computations made in these materials for business, legal and financial advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent professionals. AHPNJ makes no claim, promise, guarantee or representation as to the suitability, reliability, appropriateness or accuracy of the information contained in these materials.

Pricing limit calculators for other years are available by request. If you have any questions regarding the operation of these calculators, please feel free to contact Randall Gottesman by email at randy@cgph.net.  

The State of New Jersey is in the process of drafting its FY 2022 Annual Action Plan for HOME, CDBG, ESG, HOPWA, and HTF funds as well as the allocation plan for HOME-ARP funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), The State is looking for your feedback on community needs to complete these plans. This feedback, along with collected data, will assist the State in making choices about how HUD funds will be used. 

The State has scheduled four community meetings that are open to the public. The meetings will be facilitated discussions around community needs, existing resources, and ways we can address gaps for our most vulnerable residents. Seats are limited and registration is necessary. All meetings are virtual.

Please select one session below that you'd like to attend. Sessions are organized by topic areas relevant to the 2022 Annual Action Plan and HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, but you may choose to attend any meeting that fits your schedule as each session will collect general as well as targeted input. Please share info about these meetings and encourage others to attend who may have valuable input.   

The Department of Children and Families recently published this Request for Qualifications for Housing Related Support Services. 

Exhibits and attachments for this RFQ may be viewed here.

Questions can be submitted to DCF.ASKRFP@dcf.nj.gov until 12 p.m. on May 13, 2022.

Responses will be accepted on a rolling basis through June 22, 2022.

The state’s nonprofit organizations have experienced improvements in their circumstances since the worst of the pandemic in 2020, but a number of significant challenges persist, according to a new report by the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits.

New Jersey Non-Profits: Trends and Outlook 2022, the Center’s annual survey of the nonprofit community shows that nonprofits are still contending with gaps between demand and funding, the impact of COVID-19, the economy, and ongoing racial inequities, all factors that affect their ability to address continually escalating community needs. The results were presented at a web briefing, The State of the New Jersey Nonprofit Community, on May 3, 2022.

In a new report, Advancing New Jersey’s Employment First Practices and Policies, the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities calls for a renewed commitment to New Jersey’s Employment First policy, to improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This report was developed by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in partnership with the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts.

The report’s executive summary and action plan (available in English and Spanish) includes an examination of the current landscape with a series of recommendations. A longer, more detailed version of the report and memo in English and Spanish are also available.

In 2012, New Jersey became an Employment First state to “proactively promote competitive employment in the general workforce for people with any type of disability” (New Jersey Office of the Governor, 2012), thereby “joining the national movement to deliver meaningful employment, competitive wages, and career ladder opportunities for people with disabilities” (New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities [NJCDD], 2019). This initial announcement was followed by a policy statement further defining Employment First in New Jersey: “Competitive employment in the general workforce is the first and preferred post education outcome for people with any type of disability” (New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, n.d.). In spite of this policy shift toward Employment First almost a decade ago, the mainstream labor force participation rate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in New Jersey has not significantly increased and continues to lag behind national trends. To address this issue, in March 2021, NJCDD contracted with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to evaluate New Jersey’s Employment First policies and practices, and develop recommendations and an advocacy plan to increase meaningful competitive employment for people with I/DD in New Jersey. The goal was to better understand the strengths, challenges, and opportunities New Jersey faces in implementing its Employment First policy and to identify strategies to support more New Jersey residents with I/DD to succeed in integrated employment.

The Garden State Leaders is a free leadership and advocacy training program for NJ residents with lived experience of homelessness and poverty. Throughout the program, participants learn to effectively tell their stories and further their advocacy goals. Each session focuses on different topics such as understanding how the legislative process works in NJ, opportunities to make a difference on the local government level in your community, working with the media, and many more. 

For questions or more information, please email Kate Leahy at kleahy@njceh.org.

(TRENTON) – Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman announced a new help line available to support caregivers of adult individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, help and support is available to caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at 1-833-NJ-ADULT (1-833-652-3858) daily from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. A messaging system monitors for caregiver crisis-level calls that may need an after-hours return call.

DHS recognizes the challenges parents of adults with disabilities face. In addition to this help line, the Department offers a wide array of services to support adults with disabilities and their families, including assistive technology, behavioral supports and employment assistance. For more information about DDD services, click here.

If an individual receiving DDD services is experiencing a crisis, please contact Crisis Assessment Response and Enhanced Services (CARES) through Trinitas Regional Medical Center Behavioral Health at 1-888-393-3007, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well (NJAAW), the No. 1 resource for older adults and retirees in New Jersey, has launched a groundbreaking podcast series that expertly answers a question nearly a quarter of state residents ask every day: How do you age well in The Garden State?

Click here to register for the NJCDD Meeting.

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