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Toms River council approves short-term use of ARPA funds, DCA help to clear woods encampment
Summary
Council approved a plan to use ARPA money and Department of Community Affairs support to move people from a woods encampment into temporary hotel placement while DCA works to place them in permanent housing; council asked for supporting documents before broader expansion.
The Toms River Township Council approved a measure to provide immediate, temporary housing support for people living in a woods encampment while the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) works to place them into permanent housing.
Administration speakers described site visits by police and staff and said roughly $2,000,000 in ARPA funds had been identified to cover hotel placements and related…
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