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Monday, November 24, 2008

Redd-Stack Bill Gains Support

by Richard Brown on November 24, 2008

in Homeless Trust Fund

Senators Buono and Vitale sponsor Trust Fund legislation

Senator Joseph F. Vitale

The Homeless Trust Fund legislation S-2354, sponsored by Senators Dana L. Redd (D-Camden) and Brian Stack (D-Union City), gained support from two members of the Middlesex County Senate Delegation. Deputy Majority Leader Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge) and Budget and Appropriations Committee Chair Barbara Buono (D-Edison) [...]

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Demand soars for food and shelter

by Richard Brown on November 24, 2008

in Ending Homelessness

NJ Shelters are full and pantries are bare

“We are seeing people we have not seen for a long time,” said the Rev. Jarret Kerbel, director of the Crisis Ministry’s food pantry, which supplies food to 1,400 households in Trenton each month.
“We are seeing people who haven’t crossed that threshold for five, six or seven years [...]

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