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 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 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, 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.
After tenants complain of no heat, Newark issues trash citations to landlord
Newark officials have slapped a lien notice on a 21-story downtown apartment building where residents say they’ve been ...
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Newark council president to keynote Par Excellence STEM Academy breakfast on MLK Day
Par Excellence STEM Academy will host its annual Day of Service Community Breakfast 8-10 a.m. Monday, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sheriff details arrest of Newark woman in fatal fentanyl overdose case
Ontario County Sheriff David Cirencione detailed the investigation leading to a Wayne County woman's arrest for allegedly ...
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In Newark, Catholic bishops host interfaith leaders to oppose mass deportation
On Monday, the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, and the multifaith community organizing group Faith in Action held a day of ...
West Orange rallies past Newark Academy - Boys basketball recap
Jaden Then scored 11 points as West Orange rallied to defeat Newark Academy, 43-40, in Livingston. Miles Price and Robeson ...
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Student authors honored in Newark after immigration stories featured in book
The collection of raw and vulnerable stories were written by students at 8 different high schools in Newark detailing their stories of saying goodbye, the journey to the U.S. and their families' new ...