Full Notification

In an effort to serve Bloomfield’s residents who have fallen behind in their rent, mortgage and/or utilities due to circumstances beyond their control, our office prepared and submitted a grant request to the County of Essex for Social Services Homelessness Prevention funding. We are happy to share the fact that we received the grant to provide assistance for utilities, rent and mortgage to redistribute to residents who fall within the scope of the funding. Each resident or family who receives help can receive a maximum of 4 months of assistance, which is subject to funding availability, and must be able to prove sustainability going forward. Prescreening will be done Monday through Friday by appointment only
The purpose of this memorandum is to assist all interested parties in understanding the rigid criteria that one must meet to qualify for this funding. The following is a breakdown of the two funds and their eligibility criteria:
SSH/TANF
• Must have a child[ren] under the age of 18 (19 if child is enrolled in full-time secondary education program)
• Must be a working family
• Family must be ineligible for public assistance programs (this does not include food stamps)
• Family must be able to prove sustainability
• Must be a legal alien/resident
• Family income must be less than or equal to 250% of the Federal Poverty Index
• All supporting documentation of proof of residency, employment, identification (all family members in the household), etc., must be attainable
• Falling behind on their housing costs/utilities was due to a situation beyond their control and there must be foreclosure/eviction/shutoff or documentation that it about to happen




SSH
• Single/Couples/Families without children
• Family must be ineligible for public assistance programs (this does not include food stamps)
• Family must be able to prove sustainability
• Must be a legal alien/resident
• There are no income limits for this fund
• All supporting documentation of proof of residency, employment, identification (all family members in the household), etc., must be attainable
• Falling behind on their housing costs/utilities was due to a situation beyond their control and there must be foreclosure/eviction/shutoff or documentation that it is about to happen
Please feel free to refer residents to our office if you think we can be of any assistance. Our number is 973.680.4017.