FREEHOLD – Despite the poor weather conditions, Monmouth County’s 2009 Project Homeless Connect got off to a very busy start today with Freeholder Amy A. Mallet leading a team of volunteers and county staff in offer coats and food to scores of individuals and families in need of housing and social services.

 

“Our goal was to offer a healthy meal, a warm coat and friendly services to people,” Freeholder Mallet said. “We are connecting with people by offering help through various county and not-for-profit service providers. Our county volunteers and staff are making a difference now while supporting Project Homeless Connect’s efforts to end homelessness throughout the state and nation.”

 

Project Homeless Connect is part of a statewide effort to obtain a snapshot of the homeless citizens. Those who stopped in one of three locations in Asbury Park, Freehold Borough or Long Branch were offered coats, food, health screenings, employment assistance and other services available through the county’s Department of Human Services and not-for-profit organizations as well. 

 

The event gathered information about individuals who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, and offers information and services available through the county’s Department of Human Services and not-for-profit organizations.
 
One of the goals of Project Homeless Connect is to gain an accurate picture of the number of people who experience homelessness and to work toward providing them with the needed services. The event is part of an annual point-in-time survey of the homeless population in the New Jersey.
 
Results of the survey should be available in the next few weeks. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that such a count of the homeless be done every two years.

 

 
Affordable Housing Alliance
ARC of Monmouth: Work Opportunity Center
Atonement Lutheran Church, Asbury Park
Bar Anticipation
BJ’s Wholesale
St. James Episcopal Church, Long Branch
Brookdale Community College
Burger King
Burlington Coat Factory and One Warm Coat
Canwright House
Check Mate, Inc.
Child Care Resources of Monmouth County
Community Health Law Project
CPC Behavioral Healthcare
Cravings in Allenhurst
Dignity U Wear
Dunkin Donuts in Freehold
DYFS
Fa Nagle the Bagel
Family & Children’s Services
Family Promise of Monmouth County
Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
Frank’s Deli – Asbury Park
Freehold Area Open Door
Habitat For Humanity
Hispanic Affairs & Resource Center
Holiday Express
Hot Bagel Bakery
Howell Middle School South
I Beseech Thee
Interfaith Neighbors
James Berner, Interlaken
Jeanne Scully
Jersey Shore Rescue Mission
Linkages- Easter Seals of NJ
Lisa Wilson
Long Branch Concordance
Lunch Break in Red Bank
Manna House
McCloone's Pier House
Mike McGowan, Ocean
Ministries throughout Monmouth County
Monmouth Family Health Center
Monmouth University
New Beginnings Agape Christian Center
New Jersey Natural Gas
NJ Youth Corps – Asbury Park
Novadebt
180, Turning Lives Around
O.C.E.A.N, Inc.
Ocean Monmouth Legal Services
One Warm Coat
Paul M. McGuire Family Health Center
Sam’s Club in Freehold
Salvation Army
Social Security Administration
The Center in Asbury Park
The City of Asbury Park
The First Methodist Church in Oakhurst
Thompson Middle School – coat drive by Patrick Weir
United Way of Monmouth County
Valarie Craig
VNA of Central New Jersey
Veterans Affairs
Walmart, Freehold
Wendys
Wegmans, Manalapan
What About a Bagel

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