The Interagency Council on Preventing
and Reducing Homelessness
Public Hearings Announced – November 23, 2009
You and I, understand that homelessness is a risk that we all share – people of all means, of all backgrounds, of all abilities, in all of New Jersey’s counties.
You and I, must be willing to speak in one voice, throughout our communities, for the need for supportive housing and systems-based solutions to make housing for all an accessible reality.
Thus, the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness was pleased to hear that The Interagency Council on Preventing and Reducing Homelessness has invited NJ residents to provide comments and suggestions on the quality, provision and coordination of homeless services.
Click here for the official announcement.
Ending homelessness is no longer an impossible task it is something we can and must achieve. We have learned from each other what it takes to end homelessness. There are proven strategies that work. They are already being implemented in New Jersey by counties, cities and non-profits that have developed local plans to end homelessness. We must plan together, focusing all of our energies on the single goal of ending homelessness for every individual and family in New Jersey.
Therefore, we strongly encourage our members, allies and friends to attend the hearings so that our voices will be heard not only about why we must end homelessness but also the need to employ the tools of prevention, housing first, rapid re-housing, and linkage to services that have been proven to work.
Sign up today to speak at one of the two locations where the hearings will be conducted:
Monday, November 23, 2009
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium
1:00 PM until 3:00 PM
59 Koch Ave
Morris Plains, NJ 07950-4400
Monday, November 23, 2009
New Lisbon Developmental Center Auditorium
1:00 PM until 3:00 PM
Route 72
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
Attendees should RSVP to the Department of Human Services no later than Friday, November 20, 2009 by calling (609) 633-6446.
In order to accommodate all participants, individuals providing in-person testimony should provide the panel with a written copy of their remarks and will be allowed a maximum of three minutes to testify.
Persons only wishing to provide written testimony may do so by clicking here to send an email [Email address: dhs_commissioner #AT# dhs.state.nj.us - replace #AT# with @ ]:
or by mail to:
Commissioner, Department of Human Services
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
Written testimony should be received no later than Monday, November 23, 2009.
Driving directions are on the flyer which can be accessed by clicking here.
