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Providing
Basic Needs & Increasing Self-Sufficiency
A panel of providers and experts, called the
Community Advisors Council, met to craft an agenda that would address
these issues. A Community Impact Team of volunteers evaluated the programs
based on ability to meet the desired outcomes of the RFP.
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Providing
Basic Needs & Increasing Self-Sufficiency
Amount Awarded for 2005 - 2006: $433,465 |
Program
Goals |
Funded
Programs |
| Providing Basic
Needs & Emergency Assistance: Provide emergency assistance
with food, shelter, rent, mortgage and utility assistance to individuals
and families in an acute or chronic crisis situation and help
them to create a long-term stabilization plan. |
Emergency Services/Disaster Relief
Services (American Red Cross) $68,480
Utility, Rental, Mortgage Assistance (AtlantiCare
Behavioral Health) $5,000
(Mizpah Inland Human Services) $4,000
Emergency Assistance
(Catholic Charities) $8,633
Food Bank (Community Food Bank of NJ, Southern
Branch) $32,000
Food Pantry Services
(SJ AIDS Alliance) $13,500
Crisis Shelter (Covenant House of NJ) $5,002
Social Services Program
(Salvation Army AC Corps) $15,500
Emergency Services
(Salvation Army Service Extension) $8,560
Legal Services
(South Jersey Legal Services) $17,120
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| Ensure Independence
& Self-Sufficiency: Provide adults, children and
families with the skills and tools needed to be successful in
school, the workforce and in the social culture of our community. |
Women’s Home to Work Program
(Atlantic County Women’s Center) $17,120
Rites of Passage Transitional Living Program (Covenant
House NJ) $5,000
Child Care & Emergency Child Care
(Jewish Community Center) $29,960
Homeless Employment Linkage Program
(Jewish Family Service) $34,240
Adult Literacy
(Literacy Volunteers of America) $29,379
The Learning Center
(Mizpah Inland Human Services) $5,050
Bi-lingual Multi-Service Center
(Spanish Community Center) $5,000
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| Assure a positive quality of life
standard for Atlantic County residents with special needs:
Provide seniors, adults and children with special needs and their
families with the skills and tools needed to be successful in school,
the workforce and in the social culture of our community. |
Respite
(The Arc of Atlantic County) $17,600
(Disabilities Resource Center) $5,000
(Shirley Eves Center) $1,000
Case Management
(The Arc of Atlantic County) $17,600
Rosin Senior Center
(Beron Jewish Older Adult Services) $8,560
Rosin Center Nutrition (Beron JOAS) $8,560
Alzheimer’s Adult Day Care
(Beron JOAS) $3,000
Case Management/Support Services
(Beron JOAS) $4,500
Reassurance Program
(Contact Cape-Atlantic) $30,000
Senior Community Independent Living Services & Activities
(Family Service Association) $6,420
Elderly Services Intervention
(Jewish Family Services) $25,680
Toy Library Program
(Shirley Eves Center) $2,000 |
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