Hudson County News
By AL SULLIVAN
November 8, 2024
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A $2.8 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Program will help to provide supportive assistance to individuals to continue or enhance their employability through basic education skills ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials have voted to accept a $138K grant from the United States Department of Justice for a Stop School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program.The program has been designed to prevent and reduce school violence through training of school ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners recently approved the award of more than $1.4 million in grant funds for various youth related job programs.The funding will support the Hudson County Youth Services Commission (YSC), established to ensure the availability of accessible, ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ- Although the area has yet to see its first deep freeze, Hudson County Commissions have allocated $445,698 in Code Blue funding for the operation of a Warming Center on Hackensack Avenue in South Kearny.Almost a decade ago, the commissioners established the warming center to ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy has announced the formation of the County’s first-ever LGBTQ+ Task Force. The Task Force, Guy said, will advise Hudson County leadership on issues important to Hudson County citizens of the LGBTQ+ community, especially with the aim of ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement with Hudson County Community College for a Skills Training Academy for the WorkFirst High-Risk Clients Program, totaling $62,549.16.The targeted group for this program will be welfare-eligible clients who need ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy, Board of Commissioners Chairman Anthony Romano, and the Board of Commissioners celebrated Italian-American heritage with a flag raising and celebration at the Historic Brennan Courthouse on October 13, followed by the Annual Columbus Square ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners voted to accept $706,590 from the New Jersey Law and Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and Victim Assistance Grant Program.The Prosecutor’s Office Crime Victim/Witness Advocacy Program provides a broad ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy hosted a successful 3rd Annual Strides for Safety 5K Against Gun Violence in Lincoln Park last week.Billed as an opportunity for the Hudson County community to run or walk and raise awareness to end gun violence in the county and country, this ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - It was the silence in the aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 that struck him, Former New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer told a gathering at Hudson County Community College on the 23rd anniversary of the tragic events.“No planes in the sky,” he said, ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials showed off a Vision Zero Safety Demonstration Project event on Saturday, a collaborative effort, they said, between regional, state, municipal, and community partnerships to pilot new safety measures on roads.The road safety effort is being undertaken at ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ -Hudson County Commissioners recently approved a $500,000 contract for the Excellent Way Learning Life Center and Re-Vision House to provide housing services for the Re-entry population.With over 10 years of successful partnering with the Division of Community Reintegration, Most ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners recently authorized the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office to accept $58,138 in funding from the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services for a Child Advocacy Center at the Meadowlands Campus in Secaucus. The grant will be ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy has invited entrepreneurs and business owners to a Business Resource Summit. The annual event, running under the banner “The year of Collaboration” is 2024, is hosted by the Hudson County Office of Business Opportunity, and will take place at ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved $174,075 to Guazabara Insights for the Provision of Educational Life Skills Programming for the Department of Family Services and Reintegration. The initiative will target the chronically homeless, mentally ill and ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ -The Hudson County Board of Commissioners authorized a contract of $65,000 for Mercy for My Neighbor. For over 10 years, the non-profit Mercy for My Neighbor has been committed to sharing love, by providing those in need with food, clothing, and other essential goods. To date, ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has earmarked $3,000,000 to Integrity House to provide Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for 240 men and women at the Hudson County Adult Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in Kearny. The program will provide mental ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County residents will soon have access to a new visual arts and creative movement program thanks to a $35,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Recreational Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities Grant Program. The Hudson County Board of ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved over $8,498,822 in Open Space Trust Grantees for numerous open space acquisitions, park improvements and historic preservation projects throughout Hudson County. Funding awarded included: $500,000 for Peninsula at ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Just days after a commitment from Hudson County Executive Craig Guy to work with law enforcement to crack down on the dangerous use of motorized vehicles in county parks, the Hudson County Board of Commissioners introduced an ordinance that would prohibit users from riding ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea said he believes that parking areas in county parks are likely being used for long-term parking, and suggested the county modify its street sweeping schedule in order to discourage it. O’Dea said he has seen people park cars in county ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners voted to seek a $500,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GUSNIP) Produce Prescription Grants Program. This funding will enable the county to launch “Food ...
HOBOKEN, NJ- Hudson County Executive Craig Guy has highlighted plans to crack down on illegal vehicle activity in county parks. With the summer months now in full effect, Hudson County residents and visitors are increasingly using park facilities like playgrounds, ballfields, and trails. This ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners reallocated grant funds totaling $225,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and county funds from Hudson County Arts in Education Program to community organizations. The Arts in Education Pilot Program will provide funds to ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Residents in Jersey City will see a decrease in the amount of taxes they pay to Hudson County in the new fiscal year, while residents in both Bayonne and Hoboken will see modest increases. The changes come as a result of the $674 million dollar budget that was approved last ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County public schools have until June 24 to apply for grant funding to enhance current curriculum with Hudson County-specific content for students grades K through 8th in sports instruction and education. Charter schools are also eligible to apply. The Sports in ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials will direct $569,189.18 in funds from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, National Opioid Settlement Fund towards mitigating the effects of the opioid epidemic on the residents of Hudson County. The ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy and the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners celebrated Pride Month recently by hosting a flag raising for National Pride Month at the Brennan Courthouse. Harmonica Sunbeam, musician and LGBTQ+ activist, presented a special ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County has a new Superintendent of Elections. On Monday Maryanne Kelleher, a lifelong resident of Jersey City, was sworn in to the position just weeks after she was confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. “After 28 years of dedicated civil service to the people ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials recently approved $195,000 in spending for services provided to inmates through the Housing and Reintegration Program of the Hudson County Department of Family Services. The program provides services that inmates can use for housing, mental health ...