“The Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress shows that there were 9,662 homeless New Jerseyans before the pandemic, a number that has the potential to increase," said HUD Newark Field Office Director Justin Scheid.

The initiative from the New Jersey Business Action Center will cover topics including financial resources, technical assistance, tips for obtaining government contracts, COVID-19 safety protocols and resources for nonprofits.

For the 14th time in as many months, Gov. Phil Murphy has renewed the order, which allows the state to reallocate public health resources toward the pandemic.

For the week ending April 10, there were 10,743 people in the state who filed for unemployment; according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 19,875 people filed claims the week prior.

The Senate president highlighted “water systems, reservoirs, real estate and parking lots” owned by state and municipal governments that could go toward generating revenue under the measure.

Three new members were nominated to the bistate agency as well as one renominated. aThree new members were nominated to the bistate agency, while Kevin McCabe was renominated.

The initiative makes grants up to $50,000 available to suburbs looking to redevelop, repurpose, or re-green vacant and underutilized retail or office park properties.

None of the mega-sites have been affected, nor was Hackensack Meridian Health in Bergen County, according to Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. "The large sites are keeping the appointments and filling them with Moderna or Pfizer," she said.

Monday's opportunity is a required first step to be considered for grant funding, according to the NJEDA, and will be open online until April 29 at 5:00 p.m. Applications will then formally open in May.

“With the growing primary care needs of our community, health equity lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, a budding, post-pandemic mental health crisis, and the community’s demand for more comprehensive and specialized care, our current facilities are bursting at the seams,” according to the facility's president and CEO, Shereef Elnahal.

Legislation allocating $10 million to support child care services across the state is a key measure in helping working parents transition back to the workplace.

The Wall Street rating agency cited "the legacy of decades of structural budget mismatches and escalating liabilities that had only partly been addressed by the time the coronavirus pandemic unfolded with the state as an initial epicenter.”