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	<title>NJ Advocacy Network to End Homelessness &#187; Advocacy</title>
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		<title>Action Alert- Ask your Senator to oppose S.1</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/11/action-alert-ask-your-senator-to-oppose-s-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/11/action-alert-ask-your-senator-to-oppose-s-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action Alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAH]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, March 15th the Senate Economic Growth Committee will on vote S.1 sponsored by Senators Lesniak and Bateman to change New Jersey’s procedures “concerning provision of affordable housing.” The new bill will remove requirements for low-income and very-low-income housing, excluding virtually all New Jersey families earning less than $40,000 a year.  The bill defines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Response to S1</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/04/in-response-to-s1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/04/in-response-to-s1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness respond to the pending S1 legislation in the following published op-eds.
Rev. Bruce H. Davidson, Director of the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in New Jersey wrote this op-ed on behalf of 14 other leaders of religious organizations (Inter-Faith religious groups) within the state:
“We are therefore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Date- Lobby Day 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/04/save-the-date-lobby-day-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/03/04/save-the-date-lobby-day-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lobby Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Low Income Housing Coalition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SAVE THE DATE
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
2010 Lobby Day
Wednesday April 14th
The New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness will join with the Housing &#38; Community Development Network and other New Jersey housing advocates at the NLIHC lobby day in Washington DC on April 14th. Join in lobby visits to NJ members of Congress and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ Advocacy Network Provides Testimony</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/02/12/nj-advocacy-network-provides-testimony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/02/12/nj-advocacy-network-provides-testimony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Campbell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S122]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Rental Assistance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alison Recca-Ryan, President of the NJ Advocacy Network to End Homelessness (NJANEH) and Executive Director of the Corporation for Supportive Housing, provided testimony on February 4, 2010 on Senate Bill 122 which would direct a portion to State Rental Assistance Vouchers (SRAP) to veterans.  Recca-Ryan testified:

&#8220;While CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing) and the NJANEH are in support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WANTED: $2.4 billion for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants in FY 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/02/04/wanted-2-4-billion-for-mckinney-vento-homeless-assistance-grants-in-fy-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/02/04/wanted-2-4-billion-for-mckinney-vento-homeless-assistance-grants-in-fy-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Recca-Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mckinney-Vento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please join the NJANEH and other national advocacy groups (NAEH, CSH) in writing letters to Senator Menendez and Lautenberg and your local Representative (see contact list at end of this post) to ask them to support a funding level of $2.4 billion for Homelessness Assistance Grants this year.
Last year Congress made big improvements to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Report Card Released</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/29/2009-report-card-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/29/2009-report-card-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard W. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albio Sires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Pascrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Payne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank LoBiondo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Pallone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Adler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Lance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[report card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodney Frelinghuysen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rush Holt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Lautenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Menendez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Rothman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Second Annual Congressional Report Card has been released!
Menendez, Payne and Holt rated A+!

2009 Honor Roll
Menendez &#8211; A+
Holt &#8211; A+
Payne &#8211; A+
Sires &#8211; A
Lautenberg &#8211; B+
Andrews &#8211; B+
Pascrell &#8211; B+
Rothman &#8211; B+
Adler &#8211; B
Pallone &#8211; B
Lance &#8211; B
LoBiondo &#8211; B
Smith &#8211; B
Frelinghuysen &#8211; C+
Garrett &#8211; D


	
	Click on the icon to read a PDF version of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lori Grifa New DCA Commissioner</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/26/lori-grifa-new-dca-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/26/lori-grifa-new-dca-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard W. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Community Affiars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Chris Christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori Grifa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney tapped to head Community Affairs

	
	Lori Grifa the new DCA Commissioner

Lori Grifa, a 46-year-old Montclair resident, was nominated on Monday January 25, 2010, Governor Chris Christie to be the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
The Advocacy Network looks forward to working with Commissioner Grifa to end homelessness in New Jersey. With the release last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Menendez and Lautenberg support NHTF Funding!</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/25/menendez-and-lautenberg-support-nhtf-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/25/menendez-and-lautenberg-support-nhtf-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard W. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHTF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLIHC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Lautenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Menendez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Both Sign ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter to include
NHTF funding in jobs bill!
Nationally 25 Senators Support NHTF

Resources
NHTF allocation formula would provide
$34.5 million along with project based vouchers for NJ!
NHTF will create 521 construction jobs and 131 permanent jobs!
As homelessness rises in NJ need for NHTF increases!
Click here to view allocations by state.
Click here to view HUD&#8217;s regulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCA Report Raises Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/25/dca-report-raises-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/25/dca-report-raises-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard W. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Community Affiars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Chris Christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OHA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OHA, COAH targeted for elimination
HMFA and Division of Housing and Community Resources
Among those identified for changes!
Last Friday, Governor Chris Christie released nineteen (19) reports prepared by his Transition New Jersey subcommittees, which conducted thorough reviews of all departments, agencies and authorities of the state and made assessments and recommendations to improve, shrink and, in some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lautenberg signs letter for NHTF Funding!</title>
		<link>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/22/lautenberg-signs-letter-for-nhtf-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.njaneh.org/2010/01/22/lautenberg-signs-letter-for-nhtf-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard W. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Trust Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLIHC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Lautenberg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Signed ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter to include NHTF funding in jobs bill!

Resources
NHTF allocation formula would provide
$34.5 million along with project based vouchers for NJ!
NHTF will create 521 construction jobs and 131 permanent jobs!
As homelessness rises in NJ need for NHTF increases!
Click here to view allocations by state.
Click here to view HUD&#8217;s regulations on allocations.
Click here to [...]]]></description>
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