l. to r. Sid Blanchard, CAU Executive Director, Freeholder Vernell Wright, Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella, Tanya Johnson, CAU Senior Assistant Executive Director, Julia Leftwich, CAU Youth Shelter Director, Freeholder Deborah P. Scanlon, and Elijah Bell, CAU Youth Shelter Coordinator.
The shelter, located at 508 Westminster Avenue, is funded through the actions of the Union County Freeholder Board which enabled Community Access Unlimited to obtain an annual Federal grant. In 2011, 12 Union County youth entered the shelter, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.