WEST WINDSOR – Mercer County’s director of human services will outline the county’s aggressive effort to end chronic homelessness as part of the Mercer County Community College (MCCC) Distinguished Lecture Series on March 2.

“The Journey to End Homelessness in Mercer County” will be the subject of a lecture by Marygrace Billek, Director of Human Services for Mercer County, at noon on Wednesday, March 2 in the Communications Building, Room 109, on the MCCC West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The lecture is free and open to the public.

As part of her presentation, Billek will outline how the Mercer County Board of Social Services, the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness, the City of Trenton, and community partners have embarked on a community-wide strategy to end chronic homelessness for families and individuals. She will discuss how this seven-year project has cultivated a broad range of partnerships, and the successful housing of more than 400 families and individuals. As a result of these efforts, Mercer County’s work to end chronic homelessness has been nationally recognized.

Billek holds a Master’s of Science of Social Work from Columbia University, and received bachelor’s degrees in English and Psychology from Rutgers University. She was appointed as Director of Human Services for Mercer County in 2006. In her current capacity, she chairs and/or participates in more than 30 boards and commissions, including the State Association of Human Service Directors, the NJ Taskforce on Child Abuse and Neglect, the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Committee, the Trenton/Mercer Continuum of Care, and the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness.

For more information on MCCC’s Distinguished Lecture Series, call (609) 570-3324 or visit www.mccc.edu/events.

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