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County Implements Program To Help Homeless During Cold Weather
The state-mandated program requires municipalities to shelter homeless people during especially cold weather.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A new program requiring municipalities to provider shelter to homeless people during especially cold weather has been implemented throughout the county.
The Bergen County Office of Emergency Management has concluded developing the Code Blue Alert program to comply with a new state law.
The program requires that municipalities with a documented homeless population of more than 10 people provide shelter to them when the National Weather Service forecasts the temperature to be 32 degrees or lower with precipitation, 25 or lower without precipitation or the wind chill to be less than 0 for two or more hours.
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The State Assembly approved legislation in May requiring all New Jersey counties to develop the program.
For more information, or to help a homeless person, call 201-753-7762.
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