Getting To Functional Zero:Making Homelessness Rare, Brief and Nonreccuring

18 Johnny Cake Hill,New Bedford MA 02740

16 February, 2023

Description

Julia is the Director of the nationally recognized and award-winning Bergen County Housing, Health, and Human Services Center in Hackensack, New Jersey. In 2016, Julia steered the successful community-wide effort to end Veteran Homelessness in Bergen County as part of the National Mayors Challenge. Bergen County is the first jurisdiction in the state, and among the first nationally, to achieve this goal, as well as the first community in the nation in 2017 to successfully reach functional zero for chronic homelessness. Julia has been recognized for her work at a national and state-side level, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2019 Hometown Hero Award, the 2017 "Distinguished Citizen of the Year" Award from the Hackensack Chamber of Commerce, and the 2017 "Woman of Action" Award from the YWCA of Bergen County. Julia is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor; Certified Disaster Response Crisis Counselor; and Mental Health First Aid trainer.