DHS Commissioner and Co-Chair of Interagency Council
to speak on Friday January 29,2010
There is still time to register to attend this important meeting!
Jennifer Velez, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services
Jennifer Velez, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services and co-chairperson of the Interagency Council on Preventing and Reducing Homelessness will be the keynote speaker at the Friday, January 29, 2010, Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness (NJANEH). Ms. Velez will bring not only her passion for ending homelessness but hopefully an update on the state planning process for ending homelessness.
To register to attend click here.
January 29, 2010 – 9 AM to Noon
Statehouse Annex
Conference Room 4, 1st Floor
125 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
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We strongly encourage our members, allies and friends to attend this important event.
During the meeting, the Advocacy Network will release of the 2009 Congressional Report Card which will be available online on Friday morning by clicking here.
The Report Card will document how our two Senators and thirteen members of the House of Representatives voted on key issues related to ending homelessness in New Jersey. The ratings will be based on votes on four key issues and attendance at the 2009 Congressional Reception. The members of the delegation with the highest grades have been invited to attend the Annual Meeting.
In addition, because homelessness represents a tremendous cost to New Jersey in lost productivity and in direct costs paid for shelter and emergency services the Advocacy Network will be releasing its state policy at the Annual Meeting. New Jersey currently manage homelessness, but we have not been focused on ending it. Ending homelessness can be accomplished, but it requires a systemic approach led by the State, which funds the lion share of the burden.
The Advocacy Network will be releasing both the Report Card and the state policy reports at the Annual Meeting and our web sites.
Click here to register to attend.
