HCE Newsletters:

May 2009

Hudson County Awards Cleaning Contract to HCE

HCE was recently awarded a contract by the County of Hudson to clean the Hudson County Plaza. Located at the old Block Drug site, this 340,000 square foot building will be cleaned daily by a maintenance crew from HCE. When fully occupied the building will house 650 workers as well as several county agencies including welfare. This is a tremendous opportunity for our clients who will earn $10.88 per hour plus get hospitalization.  Our staff has been expanded to include three new working supervisors.

State of New Jersey adds Document Shredding to its Set Aside List

Metro Shredding stands to get additional work via the recent addition of document shredding to the growing list of products and services that are set aside to be done by individuals with disabilities in community rehabilitation programs. Right now $15M in annual sales are being generated through this program and are resulted in additional earnings for individuals with disabilities.   

Planning for Disability Awareness Month is Underway

Each October is set aside as National Disability Awareness Month. As one of the events that month, the County of Hudson will be hosting a breakfast on HCE’s behalf to introduce HCE to the growing hotel industry in Hudson County. The breakfast will be kicked off with remarks by the County Executive and the hotels will be introduced to our services via a power point presentation. If any of you have any ideas or suggestions for that month, please contact Maureen Walliser

HCE gets certified as a UEZ Business

HCE was recently certified as a UEZ business. Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases made by their customers. From the initial 10 UEZ's that were designated in 1984, the program has grown to 32 zones in 37 municipalities throughout the state. Jersey City is the oldest of these zones.

Let’s Thank our ACCESS Students for a Job Well Done.

Our Litter Patrol now has clean jackets as a result of our addition of a Laundry Room to our Transition Program. Each day students from Ms. Bell’s class clean and dry these jackets. Not only are these students gaining valuable skills, but the members of our Litter Patrol have cleaner uniforms.