JERSEY CITY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND MUNICIPAL COURT TO LAUNCH “VETERANS JUSTICE INITIATIVE” TO CONNECT MILITARY VETERANS TO SOCIAL SERVICES

What:             Mayor Steven M. Fulop, a U.S. Marine Veteran, will help kick off the Veterans Justice Initiative, a collaboration between the Jersey City Department of Health and Human Services and the Jersey City Municipal Court that will aim to more directly connect the City’s military service members to social services. The Initiative will offer veteran specific services to Jersey City’s veterans and seeks to expand the City’s Veteran Services Unit, by reaching more veterans at the centrally located Courthouse. Service providers will be available for housing, health, education and employment on a regular, monthly basis for the veteran community to access.

When:             Friday, November 2, 2018, 10 a.m.

Where:           Jersey City Municipal Court

                        365 Summit Ave

                        Jersey City, NJ 07306

Who:              Mayor Steven M. Fulop

                        Jake Hudnut, Chief Prosecutor, City of Jersey City

Stacey Flannigan, Director of Health & Human Services, City of Jersey City