most of the state has been issued a winter weather advisory as we brace for the second storm this week the National Weather Service is predicting significant snowfall on Friday between 3 to 6 inches ahead of a frigid weekend this time though it's the Southern and Central half of the state that'll get hit with the most snow especially Western areas closest to Pennsylvania.

Governor Murphy tonight reminding residents New Jersey is still under the state of emergency he declared for last week's major rainstorm and a code blue has been activated for all 21 counties with temperatures plunging below freezing that enables shelters and warming centers to open across the state but in Ocean County one of the only areas in New Jersey without a full-time shelter access is limited and often difficult for those most in need senior correspondent Joanna Gagis takes a deeper look to find out why I was standing at the right place at the right time when somebody pulled me and um where were you living before this I was living in my car I recently you just came back from Miami Florida but it was it was it was really bad out there so you know what I'm saying but but you came back to some cold weather yeah exactly what brought me here was my addiction and my mental health you know I lost my housand because of that sorry for trenda Susan and Jesse the nights could be deadly cold if it weren't for just believe here in Tom's River it's a nonprofit that sets up a temporary homeless shelter only between the months of November and March in a space provided by the township people are coming in and they've been out in the woods on the street you know so I make sure when they come in I'm in a happy Jolly mood I welcome with a big smile and lots of love right because they're not getting that on the street you know I spent some time homeless so I know what it feels like just believe like many warming centers around the state provides shelter to people in need once a code blue has been activated Statewide that temperature was set at 32° a few years ago ago but in Tom's River the Town Council approved a code blue to be activated at 35° that helped us uh able to help more people because we got a extra couple degrees to open a little bit earlier than the others every year it varies um you know but I would say we get probably an extra 20 30 days every year um because of the the change and while that ability to help is what drives the folks here at just believe they also face the reality of turning people away because they reached their capacity of 30 beds early this winter I have a hard time turning them away so uh how many have you had to turn away this winter I don't have the number off the top of my head 10 10 people okay so we've had to turn away 10 people and that's tough um because these are people that need help we need a full-time shelter 5 months out of the year is great but it's not enough and they lose touch with some of their clients in the months that they close says founder and CEO Paul hul that's especially challenging because they work to connect them with other social services like mental health and Addiction Counseling maybe the county will give us a building and say we want you guys to run our year round shelter if we had a full-time shelter we'd be able to get people plugged in Services a little bit easier we'd actually be able to make a difference and I'm pretty sure a full-time shelter is actually more cost effective anyway than what we're doing now than Social Services putting people up in hotels every night you know at least this way we get people plugged in the housing and and go that route permanent housing is the ultimate goal and one that Susan Reed is going to experience for the first time in years today I have a new place to move into tonight uh a real house I'm excited we're going to get all your stuff for a packet in the van it changed the course of my life like I'm not going here until the end I I made a turn to better myself that's what trenda cradle is working towards I'm trying to get back to where I was at you know because I have grandkids that adore me you know and they always love being around me and they can't be around me here and for Jesse Jenkins this has become his chosen family God blessed me to have a family that he wanted me to hat cuz like these guys care about me and I care about them as well this week alone just believe found housing for four people so far this winter it's been 42 and last year's total was 312 people who got out of the cold and now have a chance at a better future in Toms River I'm Joanna Gagis NJ Spotlight news