Menendez, Booker Announce Nearly $2M to Help Low-Income Families

On Dec 17, 2020

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of $1,917,124 in federal funding to public housing authorities across New Jersey to help families in federally-assisted housing achieve financial independence by increasing income and building savings. The funding is through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program.

“By linking families to critical job-training, child care, and educational services, the FSS program empowers families to develop the skills and systems needed to set them on a pathway towards financial independence,” said Sen. Menendez. “Achieving and maintaining financial independence is a step towards helping families build better futures and pursue the American dream.”

“Helping New Jersey families achieve financial independence through proven federal programs like this  is an important step towards strengthening the core of New Jersey’s communities,” said Sen. Booker. “This federal investment will help lift up communities by providing New Jersey families with tools to increase income and build savings.”

The following grants were awarded:

Atlantic City Housing and Redevelopment Authority	$64,724
Housing Authority Count of Morris	$86,892
Housing Authority of Gloucester County	$53,677
Housing Authority of Plainfield	$69,000
Housing Authority of the Borough of Fort Lee	$55,000
Housing Authority of the Borough of Madison	$72,000
Housing Authority of the City of Camden	$56,545
Housing Authority of the City of East Orange	$72,000
Housing Authority of the City of Jersey City	$275,886
Housing Authority of the City of Newark	$134,897
Housing Authority of the City of Paterson	$56,737
Housing Authority of the City of Perth Amboy	$139,243
Housing Authority of the City of Vineland	$70,000
Housing Authority of the Township of Irvington	$37,879
Housing Authority Town of Dover	$35,514
Lakewood Housing Authority	$73,605
Lakewood Twp. Residential Assistance Program	$60,438
Monmouth County	$72,000
NJ Department of Community Affairs	$72,000
Passaic County Public Housing Agency	$123,466
Pleasantville Housing Authority	$77,699
The Housing Authority of the City of Orange	68,000
Trenton Housing Authority	$63,331
Woodbridge Housing Authority	$26,591

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