1. NJ Department of Community Affairs – Homelessness Initiatives

2. Addressing Homelessness Through National Best Practices
Housing First
Moving On
VASH and Veteran Initiatives
Family and Youth Initiatives
Targeting Mainstream Resources

3. Housing First

4. Housing First Camden Housing First Pilot
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
Chronically Homeless Super-Utilizers of Hospitals
50 vouchers + $250,000 in service funding

5. Housing First Statewide Housing First Initiative
500 State Rental Assistance (SRAP) vouchers
$250,000 in supportive services “seed” funding – successful applicants brought leveraged service funding
107 voucher applications processed to date

6. Moving On

7. Moving On Initiative
Targeting people who have stabilized in supportive housing programs
Require affordable housing, but no longer need intensive supportive services
Creating capacity in system for new homeless households through backfill of current programs
500 State Rental Assistance Program (SRAP) vouchers
41 applications received

8. VASH and Veteran Initiatives

9. VASH
859 VASH vouchers for veteran households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
32 households graduated to DCA HCV vouchers, freeing up additional VASH for new veteran households

10. Project-Based HCV
273 project-based vouchers for projects serving veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

11. Family and Youth Initiatives

12. Keeping Families Together
Partnership with Department of Children and Families
Targeted rental assistance and supportive services to extremely vulnerable families who are homeless or live in unstable housing and who are involved with child welfare system

13. Keeping Families Together
50 vouchers in CY2016
100 vouchers in CY2017

14. Youth at Risk of Homelessness
Department of Children and Families
100 vouchers in CY2016
30 targeted to pregnant and parenting young adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

15. Targeting Mainstream Resources

16. Housing Choice Voucher Program
More than 1,000 new vouchers issued to families with special needs in CY2016
Waiting List opening in CY2016
10,100 households added to waiting list
Preference for households with special needs

17. State Rental Assistance Program
Set-asides for family, elderly, disabled and homeless
Statewide waiting list opening for family, elderly and disabled waiting lists March 6-March 10
Homeless set-aside direct referrals through DHS

18. Prevention and Shelter Support
$2.35 million awarded to 6 agencies for 2017 Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing
$2.54 million awarded to 19 agencies for 2017 Homelessness Prevention Program
$2.3 million awarded to 27 shelters and transitional housing programs for 2017 Shelter Support Program

19. Other Resources Community Services Block Grant program
Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit
National Housing Trust Fund
Home Energy Assistance
LIHEAP