Today, at 10 a.m., at the Cathedral Kitchen, 1514 Federal Street, Camden, the Board of Commissioners will be hosting a homeless services and resource fair to provide free necessary services to those in need. This fair will feature on–site showers and haircuts, breakfast and lunch, and access to several organizations to help individuals with employment, housing, legal support, and mental health services.
“Our homelessness resource fairs help to deliver critical wraparound services directly to people who are experiencing homelessness,” said Commissioner Virginia Betteridge, liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services. “This is just one step in towards our goal of ending homelessness in Camden County once and for all.”
The following service providers will be in attendance:
- Camden County Board of Social Services
- Camden County Office of Mental Health & Addiction
- Camden County Division of Community Development
- Volunteers of America
- Cooper University Hospital Center for Healing/ Department of Addiction Medicine
- Rutgers University Free Books Project
- Hispanic Family Center
- Camden County Prosecutors’ Office
- South Jersey Legal Services
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- Senior Citizens United Community Services (SCUCS)
- Center for Family Services
- Camden County Office of Economic Opportunity
To address the ongoing issue of homelessness, the Board of Commissioners and the Camden County Office of Homelessness Servicesannounced a plan to end chronic homelessness in Camden County in April 2024. This six-point plan utilizes programs and partnerships to combat and eliminate homelessness in Camden County. Each municipality within Camden County is involved in these efforts, and the goal is to end homelessness and reach functional zero by 2030. Functional zero is reached when the number of homeless people, sheltered or unsheltered, is no greater than the monthly housing placement rate. To learn more, please visit www.camdencounty.com/service/end-chronic-homelessness-in-camden-county/.