HUD awards $1.8M to stabilize public housing agencies in NJ

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $25 million to 181 public housing agencies experiencing or at risk of experiencing financial shortfalls, according to an Aug. 23 press release. This funding, provided by the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, will enable PHAs to continue serving residents as they take steps to […]

NJIT awarded $1.1M to broaden access for low-income, first-gen college students

NJIT awarded $1.1M to broaden access for low-income, first-gen college students

NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey Institute of Technology has been awarded three Upward Bound grants by the U.S. Department of Education totaling $1,168,939 that will help pave the way for hundreds of Newark high school students to pursue a college degree. Upward Bound — one of seven federal TRiO programs created by the Higher Education […]

NJ universities, colleges to receive McNair grants from federal DOE

NJ universities, colleges to receive McNair grants from federal DOE

WASHINGTON, DC — On Aug. 18, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced $51.7 million in 189 new grant awards to institutions of higher education across the United States as part of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which provides grants to universities and colleges for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students effective […]

Bloomfield residents work to save the monarch

Bloomfield residents work to save the monarch

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A passel of environmentally minded Bloomfield residents are collectively and independently creating flowering garden beds to attract and sustain pollinators while also raising monarch butterflies to send on their 3,000-mile migration to Mexico. The butterflies will return north in the spring, but only after three or four generations have expended themselves on […]

State announce $10M in federal funds to support intervention programs

TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Aug. 8 the allocation of $10 million in federal American Recovery Plan funds to continue funding for the state’s Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs, which directly help gun violence victims and serve to break the cycle of gun violence. In January 2020, […]

Bloomfield schools to see upgrades to buildings

Bloomfield schools to see upgrades to buildings

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Improvements to Bloomfield school buildings are underway this summer with some changes providing significant environmental benefits. Most work will be finished by September or during the upcoming school year; other projects are more extensive and will take longer. Some projects are being funded by the district’s budget and capital reserve, while others […]

Seton Hall’s College of Nursing receives $3.6M grant for mobile health clinic training

Seton Hall’s College of Nursing receives $3.6M grant for mobile health clinic training

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s College of Nursing has been awarded a $3.6 million grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to improving access to health care services for people who are medically underserved. The grant is funded through HRSA’s Nurse […]

Jewish Women’s Foundation awards $75,000 to Essex County agencies

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey, a giving circle of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ, has awarded $75,000 in competitive grants to three local nonprofit organizations that are working to impact women and girls. Since its formation in 2007, JWFNJ has awarded grants to more than 70 […]

NJDOT announces $161.25M in county aid

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti announced July 27 the release of $161.25 million in fiscal 2023 county aid to help make infrastructure improvements on the local level. The program is funded through the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund. Essex County will receive $9,801,233. “The New Jersey Department of Transportation […]