This federal Project Grant award, worth $125,358, was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The grant is designed to promote community-wide efforts to quickly house homeless individuals and families, minimize the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness, and optimize self-sufficiency.
Eligible activities under the CoC Program include permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. The award to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs will support a range of services and housing assistance to address homelessness across the state, though the specific sub-recipient activities are not detailed in the information provided. The CoC Program aims to decrease the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness by focusing on performance metrics such as length of time homeless, returns to homelessness, and exits to permanent housing.