NEWARK, N.J., April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The PSEG
Foundation has awarded a $200,000
grant to HomeFront to support its efforts to end homelessness for
Central New Jersey families.
The two-year award will help support HomeFront's programs providing
homeless families with a safe haven, a vision for a better future
for parents and their children, and the tools and skills they need
to achieve that self-sustaining life.
In recognition of the grant, HomeFront is renaming the
summer-reading program for the kids residing in the Family
Preservation Center, HomeFront's family shelter program. The
reading program will now be referred to as the "PSEG Brighter
Summer of Reading Program." This title and the gratitude behind
it will be shown with a big, bright banner, designed and painted in
the studio housing ArtSpace, HomeFront's innovative art therapy
program.
"PSEG is committed to brightening the future of its communities
with more than just electricity, so we are delighted but not
surprised at their generosity," said HomeFront Founder and
Executive Director Connie
Mercer.
"HomeFront provides such an important service to the community
and by supporting them, we are able to do something to help them
reach out and help families in need," said Ellen Lambert, President of the PSEG
Foundation.
PSEG volunteers visited HomeFront on Thursday, April 7 to tour the new HomeFront
Family Campus, where the grant money will be put to work. The
42,000-square-foot campus is a temporary home for 38 homeless
families. There, parents work toward high school equivalency
diplomas, receive computer training and employment counseling, and
take classes in parenting, cooking and nutrition, and other life
skills.
In the Educational Excellence Center, kids are tutored and
helped with their homework, and a library is open to parents and
children. HomeFront has devised these on-campus activities and
facilities to further its effort to break the cycle of poverty and
homelessness one family at a time.
"Renaming our reading program is just a small gesture," said
Mercer. "But it's emblematic of our emphasis on education and
literacy, which are vital to our families' future success and
independence. And that's what PSEG and HomeFront are working toward
together."
PSEG Foundation
The PSEG Foundation (501c3) is
the philanthropic arm of Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:
PEG). The Foundation invests in programs that align with our giving
focus areas: Sustainable Neighborhoods, STEM Education, Safety and
Preparedness and PSEG Employee Engagement/Volunteerism. The PSEG
family of companies also provides funding to improve the quality of
life in the communities we serve. Through our corporate giving, we
support dinners and other events across our service and operating
territories, as well as sponsorships for sports, arts and
entertainment. PSEG (NYSE: PEG) is a diversified energy company
based in Newark NJ. PSEG has three
main subsidiaries: PSE&G, NJ's largest and oldest combined gas
and electric delivery company, PSEG Power, a merchant power
generation company and PSEG Long Island, operator of the Long
Island Power Authority's transmission and distribution system.
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HomeFront
HomeFront provides emergency shelter with
intensive case management and affordable housing for families;
tutoring and enrichment programs for children; and life skills and
self-advocacy training for adults. For more information about how
you can help, visit www.homefrontnj.org or call
609-989-9417.
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