Newark, The Path Home

Newark expands homeless outreach, launches texting hotline
The new Texting hotline, created in partnership with the NJ 21 nonprofit referral center, allows anyone to text the words “PATH HOME” to the number 855-11, to report an unhoused person who needs assistance. The texts are relayed to outreach teams trained to assist homeless people and connect them with necessary services.
Newark launches new initiatives to combat homelessness
The latest initiatives build on Mayor Ras Baraka's "The Path Home" initiative, a data-driven, comprehensive plan developed with more than 100 public, private and nonprofit partners, including those with lived experience,
Newark Alliance Partners with the City of Newark on New Initiatives to End Chronic Homelessness
The City of Newark's Office of Homeless Services celebrated the anniversary of the City's Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness by rolling out several new, innovative initiatives including the Metro Downtown Outreach Team and the Path Home 211 texting service.
Newark is expanding its successful homelessness program. Here's how N.J.'s largest city got a handle on the problem.
It's part of an effort that started with new housing and is now trying to solve the root of the problem. Baraka said Newark is opening a new homelessness center, and offering a sl
Newark, N.J. to expand already highly successful homelessness program
Mayor Ras Baraka said it's part of an effort that started with new housing and is now trying to solve the root of the problem. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.
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Effort to end chronic homelessness in Shreveport by Dec. 2025
During the event, the homeless service providers will share what they are doing together to end chronic homelessness by ...
Portland goes where Seattle won’t on homelessness
A new mayor with no political experience in Portland has an audacious plan — some say naive — to end street homelessness.
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Deachman: Bring back licence plate fees — and help end chronic homelessness
The incidence of chronic homelessness, in which people experience prolonged or repeated periods of homelessness, has risen ...
Manitoba plans to shut down homeless encampments one at a time, finding housing for each person
Premier Wab Kinew has released a long-awaited plan — involving municipal and Indigenous governments and non-profit ...
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Columbia Housing Authority awarded $537,433 to fight chronic homelessness in Boone County
On Friday, the U.S. Department of of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Columbia Housing Authority $537,433 to fight chronic homelessness in Boone County. "We are pleased with this," CHA CEO ...
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Health care, homelessness and housing in California: Have Gavin Newsom’s promises panned out?
Gavin Newsom promised to build millions of homes to alleviate a housing shortage, end chronic homelessness, and institute a statewide single payer health care system, three of his most ...
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Washtenaw United: 100-Day challenge to end veterans' homelessness in Washtenaw County proving successful
The start of 2025 is being “Built for Zero.” A 100-day local challenge to end homelessness among veterans will conclude at ...