Burlington County Rental Assistance Program

Permanent Rental Housing. Provides affordable rental housing counseling; financial management/budget counseling; mortgage delinquency and default resolution counseling; services for homeless counseling; pre-purchase counseling pre-purchase home buyer education workshops. Homelessness Prevention Provides financial assistance based on the availability of funds to help homeless households obtain stable housing, and to help households in imminent danger of homelessness remain in permanent housing. Eligible applicants must meet program eligibility guidelines. Transitional Housing for the Homeless Provides temporary, safe housing to homeless families with children and supportive services through intensive case management to help the families achieve self-sufficiency and move into permanent housing. Mon-Fri: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Mission Statement: The Burlington Community Action Partnership, Inc. exists to combat the causes and reduce the effects of poverty in Burlington County. It fulfills the purpose by: Facilitating a community-based capacity for the human needs planning process, which focuses program strategies on promoting self-sufficiency among low-income people. Removing barriers to self-sufficiency among low-income people in the organization and operation of institutions and programs. Maximizing participation of low-income people in the development and implementation of programs and projects and in the decision-making process of institutions affecting their lives. Testing new approaches to solving basic causes of poverty provided that they do not involve BCAP as a long-term, direct service provider. Supporting self-help groups and other cooperative efforts among low-income people. Working to better organize services related to the needs of the poor. Broadening resource base of programs directed to the elimination of poverty. Providing safe, decent, affordable housing to low- and moderate-income families. Providing housing counseling services.