Need Support After Ida's Flooding? Lambertville Is Hosting A Multi-Agency Resource Center

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ — On Wednesday, Lambertville will host a Multi-Agency Resource Center to provide residents with one-stop access to a range of resources for recovery from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The city remains in a state of emergency.

The resource center will be open between 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. It was coordinated by the city of Lambertville in collaboration with the American Red Cross New Jersey Region and government and non-profit partners. The agencies will be on site at the sledding hill at North Main St. and Phillips Barber Road.

Aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency is available for Lambertville residents after the city took on around 11 inches of water in one evening. Half of homes were estimated to have sustained some sort of flood damage.

"This was one of the worst flooding events the city has ever experienced," Mayor Julia Fahl said.

The resource center — in addition to the federal aid and other work by township officials and volunteer organizations — aims to assist residents in coping with the flooding's unprecedented aftermath.

The following organizations will be represented there:

• American Red Cross NJ Region
• United Way of Hunterdon County
• City of Lambertville Office of Public Assistance
• NJ Dept. of Human Services Mental Health Coordinators
• Family Promise
• Fisherman’s Mark
• Harvest Family Success Center
• Hunterdon County Dept. of Human Services and Divisions of Housing; Social Services; Social Work Services; Public Safety/OEM; and Seniors, Disabilities, and Veterans’ Services
• Hunterdon Helpline
• NORWESCAP
• Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF)
• Legislative District 15 representatives
• Congressman Malinowski’s office
• NJ Division of Banking and Insurance
• South Hunterdon Regional School District
• NJ Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)
• Crisis Cleanup
• NJ Americorps
• Legal Services of NJ
• Lotsa Helping Hands Lambertville
• NJ Dept. of Community Affairs

Lambertville officials emphasized that there will be no ICE presence at this event, and that FEMA has no connection to ICE.

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