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In this Week's Edition
News
HUD Announces Healthy
Homes Production Grants
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National Fair Housing Alliance
Funding Opportunity
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State Leaders Urge Eligible Renters and
Homeowners To Apply For ANCHOR Tax Relief
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Community Leaders Tell Lawmakers
To Keep Building More Affordable Housing
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SHA Releases Toolkit
For Municipalities In Spanish
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NJ DHS And Community Recognize
Direct Support Professionals Week
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Technical Correction To Special
NOFO To Address Unsheltered
And Rural Homelessness
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DDD Update: Revision To
NJDOH Executive Directive 21-011
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Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
Releases State of the Nation’s Housing 2022
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Foothold Technology
New Podcast Episode – Sharing In Our Caring
Resources & Virtual Forums
The Power Of The Disability Vote
September 19, 2022
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Addressing Burnout In The Behavioral Health
Workforce Through Organizational Strategies
September 20, 2022
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Virtual Opioid Summit 2022
The Evolving Opioid Crisis:
A Collaborative Approach
September 21, 2022
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The People’s Gathering - Healing NJ Together
September 22, 2022
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Webinar:
The Voices of People with Disabilities
and Older Adults - Strengthening
Advocacy in the HCBS Settings Rule
September 22, 2022
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Unlearning Ableism:
How to be an Ally with People with Disabilities
September 30, 2022
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NJSILC & CIL Public Forum
On Issues Affecting People With Disabilities
October 4 & 18, 2022
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Registration Open
2022 Fall Tax Credit Compliance
Certification Course and Exam
October 25-28, 2022
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NJ Veteran’s Housing Symposium
November 3, 2022
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24th Annual Supportive
Housing Conference
November 4, 2022
The Palace at Somerset Park 333 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ
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Get early bird savings before Sept. 23, 2022
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Next SHA
Members Meeting
October 12, 2022
10:00am - 12:00pm
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Next SHA
Developers Meeting
November 14, 2022
1:00-3:00pm
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NJ Governor's Conference
on Housing & Economic Development
Registration Open!
Sept 29-30, Atlantic City
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Monarch Housing Associates Conference
Housing as a Human Right:
Exploring Partnerships, Innovation, and Equity
October 6, 2022
Hyatt Regency Princeton
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Housing & Community Development Network
of New Jersey
Under One Roof
October 21, 2022
New Brunswick
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Conference registration is open! | | |
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24th Annual Supportive
Housing Conference
Friday, November 4, 2022
The Palace at Somerset Park 333 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ
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Get early bird savings before September 23, 2022
SHA Members: $150
Non-Members: $185
Family (Non-professionals) / *Students: $85
*Limited scholarships available
Click here to register for the conference
Get 3 or more registrations and save 25% off entire order
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who empower SHA's annual Conference!
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A special shout out to Abilities of Northwest Jersey, Inc. on being awarded a $10,000 Major Grant from the Provident Bank Foundation. The funds will be applied to nutrition and exercise programs for individuals with disabilities.
The health and wellness cooking club will help individuals who struggle with making healthy food choices to build social interactions with peers in the class while learning together and focusing on exercise, health, nutrition, and cooking. With the exercise program, Abilities will be able to help individuals overcome physical limitations and the lack of accessible environments. Both programs will be provided at all Abilities locations, and to individuals who are served remotely at home.
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SHA Welcomes New & Returning
Members In 2022
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HUD Announces Healthy Homes Production Grants | |
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HUD announced that it will provide $40 million in funding through the Healthy Homes Production Grants Program to fix older housing, preserve affordable housing, and improve the health of children and families. The minimum and maximum award amounts are $1 million and $2 million, respectively. The intent of the program is to transform communities by building upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs, taking a comprehensive approach to mitigate housing-related hazards and addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
Applicants are expected to promote cost-effective and efficient healthy home methods that can be replicated and sustained, and address the following objectives:
• Find and eliminate housing-related health and safety hazards in privately-owned, low-income rental and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in units and/or buildings occupied by families with children, adults 62 years and older, or families with persons with disabilities;
• Conduct public education and outreach activities that raises awareness of housing-related health and safety hazards and that identifies individuals and families for grant services;
• Develop a professional workforce that is trained in conducting healthy homes assessments;
• Develop partnerships to assist in meeting program goals; and
• Promote collaboration, data sharing, and targeting between health and housing departments.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday, October 18th.
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National Fair Housing Alliance Funding Opportunity | |
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The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is excited to announce a new funding opportunity through our Inclusive Communities Fund Grant Program! We are seeking local partners in 16 metropolitan areas to provide direct services to families and communities. Grants will be provided to our local partners to undertake activities that support Black and Latino communities to access stable housing, with an emphasis on homeownership, and that create more inclusive, vibrant and healthy neighborhoods. These funds were made available as part of a historic settlement that provided $35.390 million for community relief.
The deadline to apply for a grant is October 14, 2022. Please visit the funding opportunity announcement page to learn more, and join a webinar on September 27, 2022, at 1 p.m. ET to ask any additional questions you have about the grant program and application.
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State Leaders Urge Eligible Renters and
Homeowners To Apply For ANCHOR Tax Relief
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TRENTON - Important instructions on how to file for the new Affordable NJ Communities for Homeowners and Renters (ANCHOR) program have started being mailed out to eligible residents, officially launching the largest property tax relief initiative in New Jersey history.
Under the ANCHOR program, both the size of the benefit and the number of eligible applicants will increase substantially, compared to the previous Homestead Benefit (which ANCHOR is replacing), including double the amount of homeowners and nearly a million renters who had not been eligible for property tax relief in recent years.
Over 870,000 homeowners with incomes up to $150,000 will receive $1,500 in relief; over 290,000 homeowners with incomes between $150-250,000 will receive $1,000; and over 900,000 renters with incomes up to $150,000 will receive $450 to help offset rent increases. To be eligible for this year’s benefit, homeowners and renters must have occupied their primary residence on October 1, 2019 and file or be exempt from NJ income taxes.
Payments will be issued in the form of checks or direct deposits and sent no later than May 2023 to allow time for application processing and validation. Payments will not be subject to federal or State income tax. Eligible homeowners can apply online, by phone, or via paper application, which can be downloaded online and returned by mail. Renters can apply online, or download the application from the Taxation website and return by mail (there is no phone option for tenants, as this is the first time this group will be eligible for property tax relief).
The deadline for filing is December 30, 2022. For more information, visit nj.gov/treasury/taxation/anchor/ or call the ANCHOR hotline at 1-888-238–1233.
Applications will be mailed out b/t Sept.13-30, 2022 | Eligibility requirements: here
Ways to apply:
Via mailed application
Online: Homeowners https://nj.gov/treasury/taxation/anchor/home-file.shtml
Homeowners only can also call: 609-826-4288
Online only: Renters https://nj.gov/treasury/taxation/anchor/tenant.shtml
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Community Leaders Tell Lawmakers
To Keep Building More Affordable Housing
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TRENTON – Today, during an Assembly Housing Committee hearing on the upcoming fourth round of Mount Laurel affordable housing obligations, community leaders testified to the success of the current system in building more affordable homes than New Jersey has seen in decades and told lawmakers that to go back to a defunct system under the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) would be a mistake.
New Jersey is facing a housing crisis fueled by exclusionary zoning, rising housing costs, and population growth. As a state, we do not have enough homes to meet the needs of our residents. Through the current court process, Fair Share Housing Center has settled more than 340 affordable housing cases with towns throughout the state. Even in the last time COAH was functioning — which was over two decades ago — it only approved plans for 121 towns in six years, leaving most of New Jersey’s municipalities in a regulatory limbo where few, if any, affordable homes were built. Then, COAH failed to even adopt legal rules at all for a fifteen-year period, during which rents rose at twice the rate of incomes and home sale prices at three times the rate of incomes. The court process has been able to accomplish far more. Fair Share Housing Center estimates that 50,000 affordable homes will be built as a result of the settlement agreements from this round.
In written testimony submitted by SHA, Executive Director Diane Riley stated, "Despite the adoption of the Mount Laurel doctrine and its landmark civil rights framework, for too many years the Mount Laurel doctrine was unenforced. The Council of Affordable Housing (COAH) whose purview was the administration of housing obligations was grossly ineffective. COAH was unable to review or approve municipal housing plans. The result was endless delays and inaction with tragic and predictable results."
With substantive progress made in the last few years and development taking place across the state helping low income residents and people with disabilities, it would be multiple steps backward to reinstate COAH and inhibit current progress.
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SHA Releases Toolkit For Municipalities In Spanish | |
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NJ DHS And Community Recognize
Direct Support Professionals Week
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(TRENTON) – New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman marked Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week by amplifying how the recent state budget signed by Governor Murphy includes $83.4 million for wage increases for those who work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to help them live successfully in communities across New Jersey. This increase goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023.
Diane Riley, SHA Executive Director said, “These wage increases are just one way we can work to support DSPs across New Jersey as they are vital contributors to helping so many in New Jersey live empowered and fulfilling lives. Honoring DSPs this week acknowledges the fundamental role they provide in sustaining the supportive services within supportive housing.”
Community members including Foothold Technology added their voice to support DSPs with recognition on their Kudoboard, celebrating DSPs nominated by their communities.
Direct Support Professional Recognition Week runs from Sept. 11th to 17th.
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Technical Correction To Special NOFO
To Address Unsheltered And Rural Homelessness
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On September 9, 2022, corrections were published to the Special Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (Special NOFO). The following corrections to the Special NOFO were made:
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FR-6500-N-25S – Section II.B.2.b.(2): HUD updated the calculation for "Continuum of Care (CoC) Project Ranking" that it will use to select projects for the Rural Set Aside. The previous version of the NOFO stated that the calculation of point values would be "50 times the quantity (1-x)..." The technical correction provides that it will be "40 times the quantity (1-x)..." which matches the example used to explain the calculation.
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FR-6500-N-25S – Appendix A: HUD corrected an error in the Preliminary Pro Rata Need (PPRN) formula for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 CoC Program funds, which resulted in minor changes (between $1 and $24) to the maximum award amounts for both the Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside and the Rural Set Aside for many CoCs. These changes are now incorporated in Appendix A.
The deadline for applications is October 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM EDT.
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DDD Update: Revision To NJDOH Executive Directive 21-011 | |
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Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
Releases State of the Nation’s Housing 2022
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The following article appeared in The Edge and reviewed the supply side challenges found in the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) from Harvard University’s 35th annual report.
In June 2022, the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University released its 35th annual housing report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2022, which assesses the current state of the housing market. On June 22, JCHS held a virtual panel discussion to present the findings of the report and talk about its implications. Panelists included Chris Herbert, JCHS managing director; Alanna McCargo, president of Ginnie Mae; Ryan Marshall, president and chief executive officer of the developer PulteGroup; and Sarah Saadian, senior vice president of public policy at the nonprofit National Low Income Housing Coalition. After an introduction from Herbert and Daniel McCue, a senior research associate at the JCHS, Tiziana Dearing, host of Radio Boston on WBUR, moderated the discussion.
One of the main takeaways from the report is the dramatic rise in housing costs. Across the country, home prices and rents increased exponentially in 2021 because growth in demand has outstripped the available supply. An increasing number of Americans are forming households, including many who had delayed doing so until their 30s or 40s. The surge in demand over the past year was also aided by a strong economic rebound as well as federal interventions, such as the pause in student loan payments, which saved Americans with student loan debt an average of $200 a month.
To address this affordability crisis and other issues facing the housing market, the speakers highlighted some recommended policy interventions from the report and introduced some of their own. Many of the recommendations focused on eliminating barriers to the supply of housing. Local land use regulations often increase the cost of housing and can reduce supply. According to McCargo, the Biden administration has focused on addressing supply issues and is working with states and localities to reduce some of these regulatory barriers. Herbert, however, emphasized that states must play the key role in reducing these regulatory barriers. Local governments might lack an incentive to ensure that their jurisdictions allow for enough housing for residents of various income levels. Because all local land use power is derived in some form from the state, said Herbert, states could follow the examples of California, Oregon, and Massachusetts and ensure that local governments are allowing their “fair share” of housing units.
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Foothold Technology
New Podcast Episode – Sharing In Our Caring
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Foothold Technology has released Episode 7 - Our Neighbors - Humanizing Homelessness. If you haven’t yet, Click here to check out their podcast, or you can search for it on your preferred podcast platform (you can find it on most podcast platforms.)
According to HUD’s 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, “More than 326,000 people experienced sheltered homelessness in the United States on a single night in 2021.” Whether we live in urban or rural environments, there are individuals in our community experiencing homelessness. Even so, there is still quite a bit of stigma attached to homelessness. Foothold’s guest today, Adina Lichtman, CEO of Knock Knock Give A Sock, is looking to change the conversation about homelessness.
Tune in to hear how Adina is humanizing homelessness – one sock at a time – by turning transactions into interactions.
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Resources & Virtual Forums | |
The Power Of The Disability Vote | |
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Monday, September 19, 2022 | 12:00 – 5:00 PM
NJ STATE HOUSE ANNEX
131-137 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
Join REV UP NJ for a fall election kickoff to celebrate the power of the disability vote. The event will feature speeches by voting rights advocates, resource tables, voting registration, live entertainment, and free giveaways!
RSVP by calling (732) 738-4388 or email acaba@adacil.org.
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Addressing Burnout In The Behavioral Health
Workforce Through Organizational Strategies
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September 20, 2022 | 1:00-2:00 pm ET
The MHTTC Network, in collaboration with SAMHSA, is hosting the accompanying webinar to assist with the launch of this guide, Addressing Burnout in the Behavioral Health Workforce through Organizational Strategies.
This webinar will highlight findings from SAMHSA’s guide titled, Addressing Burnout in the Behavioral Health Workforce through Organizational Strategies, which explores evidence-based, organization-level strategies and promising practices to address burnout within the behavioral health workforce. Following a presentation of the goals and framing of the guide by SAMHSA’s Humberto Carvalho, MPH; Candace Chen, MD, MPH, George Washington University, from the guide’s technical expert panel will discuss its development. Ellen Childs, PhD, Abt Associates, will describe factors leading to burnout and relevant evidence-based strategies to address it. Representatives from organizations featured in the guide’s case studies will discuss development of their policies or programs to address burnout. The webinar will close with information about how to access the guide.
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Virtual Opioid Summit 2022
The Evolving Opioid Crisis: A Collaborative Approach
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PD&R Quarterly Update On Climate And Housing |  | |
September 22, 2022 | 2:00 - 3:50 EDT
On September 22, 2022, HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) will host a PD&R Quarterly Update virtual event focused on climate and housing. With a portfolio of 4.5 million public and assisted housing units and its work in the development and preservation of affordable housing, HUD plays a key role in how the nation responds to changing climate. Additionally, the department invests billions of dollars every year in housing, infrastructure, and services in neighborhoods and cities across the U.S. through its ever-increasing role in disaster recovery and risk mitigation. As households and communities face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. This PD&R Quarterly Update will bring together experts to discuss topics including relocation, decarbonization and housing affordability, disparities in climate risks, and health impacts of climate change.
The event will also provide attendees with an update on U.S. housing market conditions, as well as a look at the link between housing assistance and environmental justice.
Click here to register for this webinar
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The People’s Gathering - Healing NJ Together | |
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September 22, 2022 | 9:00 AM
The NJ People’s Gathering is a first of its kind, open, online learning collaborative conference, being held on September 22, 2022, to bring together people from all walks of life to discuss healing solutions to the big issues affecting New Jersey’s communities:
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Collective trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic
- Youth mental health and wellbeing
- Material Needs (homelessness, hunger) being experienced within our communities
- Substance Use Issues
- Racism, Homophobia, and Misogyny
- And more.
This special event is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ Office of Resilience and Stockton University. We’ll be using an exciting new technology to support multiple meeting rooms that remain accessible for 36-hours! You have to register to see for yourself how innovative and interactive this conference will be. Please also invite members of your professional and community networks.
How it works
This online conference, The NJ People's Gathering, is participatory and collaborative. Participants propose the topics that will be discussed and set the agenda for reform.
The People's Gathering Tickets, Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
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Webinar:
The Voices of People with Disabilities
and Older Adults - Strengthening
Advocacy in the HCBS Settings Rule
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Friday, September 23 | 2:00 pm ET
The Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule can improve community-based services and supports for people with disabilities and older adults for decades to come. A key requirement of the Settings Rule is that states hear from people with disabilities and older adults about how the state can best implement the Rule.
ACL is hosting this webinar to provide participants with an opportunity to learn when and how to invite and/or provide feedback on state efforts to comply with the rule. Presenters will share key dates, strategies, and examples of how powerful the voices of people with lived experience can be in creating more opportunities for choice and control in service delivery, and advancing the quality of services.
Live captioning will be provided. A video replay and transcript will be made available following the event.
Click here to register for this webinar
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Unlearning Ableism:
How to be an Ally with People with Disabilities
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Friday, September 30, 2022 l 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM l Webinar
Ableism, or discrimination against people with disabilities, contributes to inequities in our society. In this session, participants will learn to identify ableism and how they can respond in positive, proactive ways to promote inclusion. Research-based findings will be discussed as well as first-hand accounts of ableism and allyship. Together, we'll work towards an inclusive future for all.
Click here to register for the webinar
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NJSILC & CIL Public Forum
On Issues Affecting People With Disabilities
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THE NJ STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL (NJSILC) &
THE NJ NETWORK OF CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (CILs)
Invite Residents of ALL NJ Counties To
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A Public Forum to Discuss Issues
Affecting People with Disabilities
October 4, 2022 11 a.m. – 1p.m.
NJ Law Center 1 Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Register by September 7th
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A Public Forum to Discuss Issues
Affecting People with Disabilities
October 18, 2022 Noon – 2 p.m.
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St. Newark, NJ 07102
Register by October 1st
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NJSILC is in the process of preparing the next 3-year State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL), one of its federally-mandated duties.
As part of that process, Council is seeking input from people with disabilities regarding issues that are critical to their living as independently and inclusively as possible in their communities.
Examples of such issues include:
public transit, accessible housing, work readiness and employment assistance
training and education programs (including special ed), student transitioning from school to work accessibility to community services and activities such as voting, recreation, emergency preparedness
Also learn about: Independent Living Philosophy, CIL services, SILC’s role in the IL Network
Families, service providers and other disability stakeholders also are invited.
Ways to Participate
- Join us in person or via Zoom at the Newark Library
- Send written testimony (email or letter) that will be read into the record
- Speak with a SILC representative by phone, to give testimony to share at the event
Send emails to the SILC Coordinator at meneary@njsilc.org
Mail written comments to
M. Neary c/o PCIL 3635 Quakerbridge Rd. Ste. 40 Hamilton NJ 08619
Give verbal testimony to the Coordinator at 732-254-2484
And if possible, attend in-person* at the library or electronically through Zoom**.
*To register or to request accommodations, email the Coordinator.
**For Zoom access information, check the SILC website at www.njsilc.org 1 week prior.
ASL Interpreters & CART will be available.
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Registration Open
2022 Fall Tax Credit Compliance Certification Course and Exam
October 25-28, 2022
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The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency is pleased to sponsor a 4-day Tax Credit Compliance Certification Course and Exam to be held October 25-28, 2022 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, NJ.
Attendance is strongly suggested for those who are new to the Tax Credit Program and need to meet the Tax Credit Certification requirement per the QAP.
Event Details
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Compliance Certification Course Dates: Tuesday, Oct. 25 thru Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022
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Compliance Certification Course Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day
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HCCP Exam/Retake Date: Friday., Oct. 28, 2022
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HCCP Exam/Retake Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Location: Hilton Garden Inn - Hamilton; 800 US Highway 130, Hamilton, NJ 08691
Event Fees
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Compliance Certification Course ONLY: $575
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Compliance Certification Course & HCCP Exam: $700
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Compliance Certification Course & HCCP Exam Retake: $675
Proof of full vaccination or negative COVID test will be required from all conference registrants during the conference hours.
Click Here to Register
Registration ends September 23, 2022
PAYMENT METHOD: CREDIT CARD ONLY
REFUND POLICY: NO REFUNDS
(Substitutions will be permitted until September 23, 2022)
Please contact Johanna Pena.
If you have any questions, please contact Johanna Peña at jpena@njhmfa.gov.
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NJ Veteran’s Housing Symposium | |
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Presented by: The NJ American Legion & the Dept. of Veteran Affairs
Hosted By: Stockton University
Stockton University’s Atlantic City Campus
3711 Atlantic Ave. Atlantic City, NJ
November 3rd, 2022 | 10:00 am – 2:00pm
This event will host presenters on a national and regional level who are subject matter experts in affordable housing and at-risk Veterans. This is a learning and networking experience for all person’s interested in assisting our Nation’s struggling Veteran population.
Click here to register for the event
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The Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey unites its diverse coalition of members engaging development, resources, and information to sustain supportive housing systems within New Jersey. Since 1998, our statewide mission seeks to enhance lives and accessibility to enable independent living within our communities.
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Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey
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