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Welcome to the
Homeless Services Navigator

If you are homeless in Hudson County your first step should be to contact Garden State Episcopal’s  Hudson CASA Coordinated Entry Program. Hudson CASA provides centralized, focused access to homeless services for individuals and families throughout Hudson County. CASA staff will conduct an assessment to determine eligibility for emergency shelter and permanent housing options, as well as linkage to community services such as food, government benefits, mental health counseling, etc.

The program is located at the following sites:

If you are looking for emergency shelter and it is after 4pm, you can contact a shelter directly – click the Services tab above to access a list of all emergency shelters in the County – or you can call the Hudson County Homeless Hotline by dialing 2-1-1 or 1-877-652-7624.

ELIGIBILITY for CASA

To be eligible for coordinated entry, one must meet the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development definition of currently homeless or must be at risk of losing their housing within 14 days. The following are examples of persons who would be eligible for coordinated entry:

• Persons staying on the street, park, alley, car, storage unit, tent city, etc.
• Persons staying in a Homeless Shelter
• Persons staying temporarily in a hotel/motel paid by a government agency or non-profit organization
• Persons fleeing a documented Domestic Violence situation
• Persons who are being asked to leave a shared residence within the next two weeks

It is a persons’s homeless status, not level or lack of income, that determines eligibility for homeless services

If you are homeless and already connected to Garden State’s program or are an agency looking for information on homeless services, please visit the “Services” tab.