SANDY Survey - Hudson Regional Health Commission

Hudson Regional Health Commission asked that we post this message -

• Superstorm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012.  The storm caused unprecedented damage to New Jersey’s housing, business, infrastructure, health and social service and environmental sectors.  After the initial response, there is a long-term need to ensure that the outstanding health, behavioral health, and social services needs of Superstorm Sandy survivors are identified and addressed.

  Hudson Regional Health Commission has received a grant to conduct a health and wellbeing needs assessment for residents and business owners in Hudson County affected by Superstorm Sandy.  We feel that many people in Hudson County were affected by the storm to some extent, so we encourage all residents and business owners to complete the short survey. This includes, but is not limited to, those who were victims of flooding, power loss or are experiencing stress from the storm. Through this survey we hope to gain insight on the types of unmet needs that exist in the community.  We will then develop a plan to connect individuals to the services they may need for recovery. 

  If you are a resident, property or a business owner in Hudson County, your input is very important in order to ensure that any recovery efforts as a result of this survey are directed to all those affected by Superstorm Sandy. Please share your thoughts by completing the following survey: Superstorm Sandy ENGLISH Survey , in Spanish Superstorm Sandy SPANISH Survey (must fax or email to address below)

  Please post this Sandy Outreach Flyer and feel free to distribute this email to anyone that may have been affected by Superstorm Sandy. 

  Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and helping us to build a stronger and healthier Hudson County!

  Thank You,

  Christina

  Christina Butieb-Bianco

  Public Health Emergency Notification System/ Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator

  Hudson Regional Health Commission

  595 County Ave.  Building 1

  Secaucus, NJ 07094

  Phone: 201-223-1133

  Fax: 201-558-0691

  Email: cbutieb@hudsonregionalhealth.org or cbutieb@njlincs.net     

  Web: http://www.hudsonregional.org/

  P Save a tree, please do not print this e-mail unless you really have to.

  Getting these messages secondhand? Join the NJ LINCS Health Alert Network at

  LINCS Sign Up Sheet

  Are you interested in VOLUNTEERING in the event of a Public Health Emergency? 

  If so, please register to Volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps at http://njmrc.nj.gov and click online application.

April 2014

Lindsey Webster. Photo by Franco Vogt

Deadline To Register! Certificate Program: Urban Sustainability in Jersey City

The answer is YES !  Groups can sign up together and we are offering a discount rate to do so; our Community Partner rate is a great way to come into the program thinking TEAM !!  More info below; if you have additional questions direct contact information is available on the course flyer. PLEASE NOTE:  Venue for the course has changed - location is now downtown, just a short walk from the Grove Street PATH, at Indiegrove Coworking, 121 Newark Street.

The Early Bird Discount for this program ended yesterday but the Community Partner rate for this program continues to be available, as are a few scholarship seats for those working on sustainability projects in their neighborhoods, that SJC is supporting.

The Community Partner Program enables individuals who are members of SJC’s Collaborative Network to take the course for $200.  If you or your organization are interested to learn more about the Community Partner Program, feel free to contact us through this post, or by sending an email to info@sustainablejc.org.

In case the endorsements of the US Green Building Council and Eco-Schools USA are not enough, re: boat load of CEU’s available to participants, we have lined up an AMAZING group of instructors, for this groundbreaking course.  Principals of Green Path NJ (John Decina, Karen Huff, Darryl Bowman) and Eco-Schools USA (Jennifer Dowd), along with the Cloud Institute (Jaimie Cloud) and Ramapo College Graduate Sustainability Studies Program (Ashwani Vasishth) and JC’s very own Tom Gibbons (former JCEC Chair), are all coming into this in support of educating stakeholders, to help them take sustainability initiatives forward, either professionally or in their communities.  In my opinion, this is a great opportunity – there I said it.

We will not be offering this course again until next Spring.  Jump on the bus now, gain the knowledge and support provided by this program, and dig in with us.

SJC’s Spring 2014 Certificate Program: Urban Sustainability in Jersey City

HHS Launches COOKING MATTERS Shopping Tours For WIC Clients !

SJC's GOOD FOOD NOW ! initiative supports a variety of programs that are being rolled out by Stacey Flanagan, under the new Health & Human Services initiative "Partnership For A Healthier Jersey City".  This is one of them ~ Bringing innovative programming to the Jersey City WIC Program (Women, Infants & Children Supplemental Nutritional Programming and Financial Support) is as exciting as the new HHS Campus up at 199 Summit Avenue !

COOKING MATTERS is pragmatic approach to making healthier food options more accessible to families.  Through these fun touring experiences, participants are educated about more nutritious selections they can make and how to use cost effective strategies when they shop.

See Call For Vounteers below.

HHS MESSAGE:

In an effort to encourages Jersey City WIC participants to shop for healthy foods without breaking the bank, we are offering Cooking Matters @The Store to our WIC Clients.

Each tour leads 3-6 clients through the grocery tour sharing insight on nutritional information and cost effective purchasing.  Every participant leaves with new information, a reusable tote, and a $10 gift card to shop at the local Extra.

Over the past 2 weeks we have conducted a few trial tours and now we are ready to roll out the program. 

Our goal is to reach 2,000 WIC participants by July 31^st!  With this aggressive goal, we wanted to share this as an opportunity for residents that have expressed interest in building a Healthier JC.

 Interested individuals would need to fill out the link here and participate in an online training: http://www.tfaforms.com/288063

After training, Gillian Sargeant-Allen will reach out to schedule tours. 

Tours will be conducted Monday - Friday, every hour beginning at 10am - 2pm and alternating Saturday every hour beginning at 8am - 12pm.

Thanks for help spreading the word.

All the Best,

Stacey Lea Flanagan

Director

Dept. of Health & Human Services

City of Jersey City

New Address:

199 Summit Ave

Jersey City, NJ 07306

201-547-6800

sflanagan@jcnj.org

In an effort to encourages Jersey City WIC participants to shop for healthy foods without breaking the bank, we are offering Cooking Matters @The Store to our WIC Clients.

Each tour leads 3-6 clients through the grocery tour sharing insight on nutritional information and cost effective purchasing.  Every participant leaves with new information, a reusable tote, and a $10 gift card to shop at the local Extra.

Over the past 2 weeks we have conducted a few trial tours and now we are ready to roll out the program.

Our goal is to reach 2,000 WIC participants by July 31^st!

With this aggressive goal, we wanted to share this as an opportunity for residents that have expressed interest in building a

Healthier JC.

Interested individuals would need to fill out the link here and participate in an online training: http://www.tfaforms.com/288063

After training, Gillian Sargeant-Allen will reach out to schedule tours.

Tours will be conducted Monday - Friday, every hour beginning at 10am - 2pm and alternating Saturday every hour beginning at 8am - 12pm.

Thanks for help spreading the word.

All the Best,

Stacey Lea Flanagan

Director

Dept. of Health & Human Services

City of Jersey City

New Address:

199 Summit Ave

Jersey City, NJ 07306

201-547-6800

sflanagan@jcnj.org

IMPACT JERSEY CITY ! SJC Collaborating With The Citizen's Campaign !!

Sustainable JC has been working very hard in it's outreach efforts forging a sustainability movement in Jersey City and we're very excited that Mayor Steven Fulop is bringing the Citizen's Campaign back to JC to support a broad base of citizen actionaries and community organizations to help shape it's future.  If you remember, the Mayor worked with the Citizen's Campaign on Pay-To_Play Reform and is now gearing up with a major civic engagement campaign. Mark your calendars for June 14th when there will be Jersey City Call to Service Summit keynoted by Mayor Fulop and featuring experts from The Citizens Campaign to educate residents about their opportunities to serve on City boards and commissions, participate at city council & school board meetings, and how to research and identify evidence-based best practices for their neighborhood and the community-at-large.

While you are tuning in, I must ask for your VOTE !  The Citizen's Campaign has nominated Deb Italiano, along with other dynamic activists from Perth Amboy and Trenton, as Community Leader finalists in their annual Citizen Leadership Awards.  This is a fabulous Honor, which is shared with all those supporting SJC's work and WOULDN'T IT BE GRAND FOR JERSEY CITY, if this award arrived just as we were launching IMPACT JC !  Is up to you - spread the word, share with friends and family and keep those VOTES coming over the next couple of weeks !

Quote from Mayor Fulop -

"The work that Debra is doing through the Sustainable Jersey City organization benefits the residents now and also Jersey City residents of the future," said Mayor Fulop.  "We congratulate her on this honor and look forward to a continued partnership with Debra and Sustainable Jersey City as we continue to enhance sustainability throughout the city."

2014 Recognition Categories are for Citizen Journalist, Citizen Legislator and Community Leader - Congratulations ALL NOMINEES - Bravo!  Check out everyone's profile here and don't forget to VOTE !  http://www.thecitizenscampaign.org/and_the_nominees_are

More details on this exciting development here -

http://www.thecitizenscampaign.org/the_citizens_campaign_and_jersey_city_forge_new_collaboration