Mission Statement
The mission of the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless is to ensure that homeless individuals and families, and those persons who imminently face homelessness in Union County:
• Obtain safe, sanitary, and adequate temporary or emergency shelter;
• Are provided with a full and fair opportunity to secure safe, decent, affordable, permanent housing;
• Are treated with dignity and respect by all throughout the process of obtaining shelter and/or permanent housing;
• Are advocated for and protected from discrimination as they assert their civil and constitutional rights;
• Are assisted in their effort to self-advocate and are empowered to become self-sufficient.
Our Programs
Project Gatekeeper
Our advocacy services. Advocacy involves emergency case management in which clients receive an assessment of what services are available to them and how to acquire that assistance. Also includes Operation Warm Heart and Community Education programs.
Bernice’s Place
A model program for homeless children that provides after-school tutoring, educational enrichment, group support, and recreational services.
Hospitality House Program
Designed to help working homeless families, provides transitional housing for up to seven families at any given time in three houses located in Elizabeth.
What's New
The 18th Annual Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless Tripleheader Basketball Classic tips off on Saturday, January 28, 2012 read more
Join the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless on September 17, 2011 for bounce house, miniature golf, and more as we celebrate 30 years of service read more
For more than eight years, Operation Warm Heart, a winter shelter program of the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless and 20 churches throughout read more
Kean University’s fraternities and sororities purchased 40 cots for the winter shelter program coordinated by the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless. The read more
Links & Resources
St. Joseph Social Service Center
Housing and Community Development Network of N.J.
New Jersey Community Resources
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
NJ Advocacy Network to End Homelessness
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