County-owned Residences Approved for Women at Risk of Homelessness – TAPinto.net

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Nine county-owned homes will now be available to 32 single women at risk of homelessness, announced the Freeholders.

The Morris County Board of Freeholders unanimously approved the use of these homes located on the former Greystone Park at their meeting on Wednesday evening. The county’s Morris Advisory Leadership Group recommended this proposal for use of all nine, unoccupied homes that was submitted jointly by nonprofit organizations Homeless Solutions and Family Promise of Morris County.

“There is a high level of need for supportive housing in our county which this important initiative will help address,” said Freeholder Kathy DeFillippo, who is the county governing board’s liaison on Human Services issues. “These homes will provide essential living space for women struggling with a housing crisis in a therapeutic and non-stigmatizing and non- polarizing environment.’’

Homeless Solutions would be the property and tenant manager, and provide an on-site supervisor responsible for monitoring the campus. Family Promise would provide management and programming, with on-site service staff and administrative staff.

Family Promise Executive Director Joann Bjornson and Homeless Solutions CEO Dan McGuire offered a joint statement: “This is an amazing opportunity to work jointly, on a

new level of partnership between our two agencies. Sharing our resources and project expenses, along with the support from local community providers, will allow us to convert this property into not only housing but safe homes for vulnerable women in our community. We thank the Morris County Freeholders and the Morris Advisory Leadership Group for their trust in us.”

According to the Freeholders, a network of community providers are supportive of this project, including Atlantic Health System, Child & Family Resources, Community Hope, Community Soup Kitchen, County College of Morris, Drew University Center for Civic Engagement, Interfaith Food Pantry, JBWS, Monarch Housing, Habitat for Humanity, New Jersey AIDS Services, Mental Health Association of Essex & Morris, NewBridge Services, United Way, Zufall Health Center, and the Housing Alliance of Morris County.

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