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The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Supplemental Emergency Funds help victims of Hurricane Sandy with services such as information regarding social, health, and mental health services for individuals, and for repair, renovation and rebuilding of health care facilities (including mental health facilities), child care facilities, and other social services facilities.
Services Available
The SSBG Supplemental Emergency Funds do not provide social services directly to individuals.
How to Receive Services/Assistance
For information on state-specific services provided to victims of Hurricane Sandy, please see the contact information section.
Contact Information
Connecticut
State of Connecticut
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
Toll free within Connecticut (1-800-842-1508)
Outside Connecticut, please use (860) 424-4908 www.ctrecovers.ct.gov
New Jersey
Recover, Rebuild, and Restore for the Department of Children and Families in the State of New Jersey you contact www.nj.gov/dcf and 1-855-463-6323.
New Jersey Department of Human Services, Sandy Homeowners and Renters Assistance Program (SHRAP) www.nj.gov/humanservices/
Assets for Independence (AFI), a Federal program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enables nonprofits and government agencies to implement and demonstrate an assets-based approach that improves the economic status of working individuals and families.
This case study highlights the Pacific Gateway Center, a Hawaii-based nonprofit organization that helps to serve the needs of Vietnamese and other refugees.
Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) is one of the oldest community development corporations in the country, founded in 1977. It serves a large swath of rural Maine from its headquarters in the coastal town of Wiscasset. CEI and its leadership have long believed in building an economy that would use the state’s resources to create jobs and services without unduly stressing the area’s natural beauty. Thus, CEI has supported small fishermen and fishing facilities, value-added lumber industries, agriculture, and similar industry sectors.
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