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HOUSING, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICESPublic Housing Capital FundFunding: $4 billion; New Jersey will receive $104.69 million in formula funding and $1 billion is available for competitive grants Administrator:
Description: Funding will go to local housing agencies to be used for capital repairs and improvements to federally-subsidized public housing. Competitive grants will be used for priority investments, including ones that leverage private-sector financing for renovations and energy conservation retrofits. Web site:
Homelessness Prevention FundFunding: $1.5 billion; New Jersey will receive $41.1 million in formula funding Administrator: State of New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Description: The funds will provide for a variety of assistance, including: short-term or medium-term rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, including such activities as mediation, credit counseling, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management. Web site: http://www.recovery.nj.gov/recovery/programs/esg.html Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramFunding: $2 billion in competitive grants Administrator: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, State of New Jersey Description: Funds will go to States, local governments, and non-profit entities in areas with the greatest number of foreclosed homes to provide emergency assistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes. Funds can be used to purchase and redevelop foreclosed homes or vacant properties and demolish blighted structures. Web sites: Community Development Block GrantFunding: $1 billion; New Jersey will receive $26.7 million in formula funding and $1.9 million for state programs Administrator: State of New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Description: The State administers the Small Cities CDBG Program. This program provides grants and loans for community development activities that principally benefit persons of low and moderate income, prevent or eliminate slums and blight, and meet urgent community development needs for which no other resources are available. All non-entitlement towns and counties are eligible to apply. Web site: http://www.recovery.nj.gov/recovery/programs/small_cities.html Community Service Block GrantFunding: $1 billion; New Jersey will receive $27.58 million in formula funding Administrator: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Description: Provides funding to local community action agencies for services for the growing number of low-income families hurt by the economic crisis, such as housing and mortgage counseling, jobs skills training, food pantry assistance, as well as benefits, outreach, and enrollment. Web site: http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/comact.html Child Care and Development Block GrantFunding: $2 billion; New Jersey will receive $34.1 million in formula funding Administrator: New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development Description: Provides subsidized child care services through vouchers or contracts with providers to low-income working families and low-income families in which parents are engaged in education or training. Web site: http://www.recovery.nj.gov/recovery/programs/child_care.html Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramFunding: $20 billion Administrator: State of New Jersey Description: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in New Jersey as the Food Stamp Program, is a nutrition program that helps low-income individuals and families afford food. This funding will provide SNAP recipients with a 13.6 % increase to maximum SNAP benefits. Recipients do not have to apply since the funding is automatically added to their allotment. Web site: http://www.recovery.nj.gov/recovery/programs/food_stamps.html Emergency Food Assistance ProgramFunding: $150 million; New Jersey will receive $2.1 million in formula funding Administrator: State of New Jersey Description: Funds will be used to purchase commodities for food banks to refill emptying shelves and to assist with administrative functions Web sites: Head Start ProgramFunding: $2.1 billion; New Jersey will receive $12.77 million in formula funding Administrator: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Description: Funding is administered directly to Head Start programs in states to provide development, educational, health, nutritional, social and other activities that prepare children to succeed in school. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/ Senior Nutrition ProgramFunding: $97.7 million; New Jersey will receive $2.8 million Administrator: State of New Jersey Description: Funding will be used to provide nutritious meals, in group settings and home-delivered, for adults 60 years of age and older. Two-thirds of the funding for New Jersey will go toward senior nutrition programs and the other third will be spent on home delivered meals for frail elderly. Web site: http://www.recovery.nj.gov/recovery/programs/senior_nutrition.html
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