Redd-Stack Homeless Trust Fund
Hearing will be on May 14th at 10 AM
Lobby Day is the same day!
Join us in Trenton!
Senator Dana L. Redd
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing for the Homeless Trust Fund bill (S2354) sponsored by Senators Dana L. Redd (D-5) and Brian Stack (D-33) will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 10 AM in Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The full vote for approval will likely occur on May 21, 2009.
Our friends at the Housing and Community Development Network will be holding Lobby Day 2009 on May 14, 2009. We strongly encourage our members to not only attend the hearing but to also participate in this important event. Not only will your participation help insure passage of S2354, but it will allow you to educate your representatives about the need for housing choices, rental and home assistance, foreclosure prevention and school construction reform. For more details click here.
To sign up for Lobby Day or get more information, please contact Arnold Cohen [Email address: acohen #AT# hcdnnj.org - replace #AT# with @ ] via email [Email address: acohen #AT# hcdnnj.org - replace #AT# with @ ] or by phone at 609 393-3752, ext. 16. Refreshments will be served.
Please plan to attend the hearing!
Senator Brian Stack
The nine (9) current sponsors are:
Senator Dana L. Redd (D-Camden) , Prime
Senator Brian Stack (D-Union City), Prime
Senator Robert W. Singer (R-Jackson)
Senator Barbara Buono (D-Edison)
Senator Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge)
Senator Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark)
Senator Bob Smith (D-Piscataway)
Senator James Beach (D-Cherry Hill)
Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark)
The Homeless Trust Fund establishes a recurring source of funding that would be dedicated to ending homelessness in each County that decided to establish a local fund. This would be a distinct account that would receive dedicated sources of public funds. Funds from the Homeless Trust Fund will be used to support projects that:
- Measurably reduce homelessness;
- Demonstrate government cost savings over time;
- Employ evidence-based models or promising approaches;
- Could be replicated in other counties across the state;
- Include a strong performance measurement component; and
- Are consistent with the locally developed plan to end homelessness.
If you are interested in helping with the campaign we encourage you to read the sign on letter and have your organization become one of the leaders in this important campaign. To view a list of those who have endorsed this campaign click here.
For a fact sheet click here or for a description of possible uses and populations to be served click here.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions can be found by clicking here.
For more information click here [Email address: rbrown #AT# njaneh.org - replace #AT# with @ ].
