New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-281a. Information on homeless prevention programs, services made available on Internet website, Department of Community Affairs
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-281a
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(1) grant programs and homeless intervention programs, including the “Homeless Veterans Grant Fund” established by section 4 of P.L.2013, c.239 (C. 54A:9-25.33), “Statue of Liberty Trust Fund,” established by section 3 of P.L.1987, c.57 (C. 32:32-3), “County Homelessness Trust Fund,” created by P.L.2009, c.123 (C. 52:27D-287a et al.), and the Homeless Intervention Program in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, that supply grants and provide referral assistance services to homeless veterans, homeless persons, and persons at imminent risk of homelessness, as applicable;
(2) homeless youth programs and other homeless services provided to teens and young adults by the Division of Children’s System of Care and Office of Adolescent Services in the Department of Children and Families;
(3) homeless prevention services provided by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families to families involved in the child welfare system;
(4) homeless services provided by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services to persons suffering from mental illness or co-occurring addiction and mental health disease; and
(5) other county, State, or federal housing and homeless prevention programs that provide financial and other supportive services to homeless persons or those at imminent risk of homelessness.
b. The department shall notify each county welfare agency, Division of Child Protection and Permanency local office, veterans service office, emergency shelter for the homeless, health care facility, State psychiatric hospital, crisis intervention unit, screening service, library, and community-based outreach program and nonprofit organizations providing housing and homeless prevention services in the State of the requirement to:
(1) post the information specified in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section in a conspicuous public place in the agency, office shelter, facility, hospital, unit, screening service, library, or place where housing and homeless prevention services are provided; and
(2) provide the information, at no cost, to homeless persons or persons at imminent risk of homelessness.
c. The department shall ensure, in consultation with the Departments of Children and Families, Health, Human Services, and Military and Veterans Affairs, that:
(1) the information posted on its website is made available on the websites of the Departments of Children and Families, Health, Human Services, and Military and Veterans Affairs, and is updated as necessary; and
(2) a website link to the information is posted to the Internet website of every county welfare agency, Division of Child Protection and Permanency local office, and veterans service office in the State.
d. As used in this section, “homeless person” means a teen, a young adult, a veteran, as defined under N.J.S.11A:5-1, N.J.S.18A:66-2, section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C. 43:15A-6), or section 1 of P.L.1983, c.391 (C. 43:16A-11.7), an unemployed or underemployed person, a person with mental illness, or a person with developmental disabilities who is living outside, or in a building not meant for human habitation or which the person has no legal right to occupy, or in an emergency shelter, in a temporary housing program which may include a transitional and supportive housing program if habitation time limits exist, or temporarily in the home of another household, or in a motel.
L.2021, c.437, s.1.