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.
NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Wednesday a program that has cut homelessness by half will be expanded. 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 slew of other programs for those unhoused.
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, 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.
Newark significantly expands homeless outreach services
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Leaked report: Newark school ignored racial and religious harassment
Black and Muslim students and teachers faced slurs, threats and discrimination at the magnet school meant to celebrate ...
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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.
Newark residents describe deplorable conditions inside apartment complex
Tenants of 440 Washington St. in Newark have a long list of complaints about the condition of their building. The City of Newark placed a lien on the property on ...
Religious leaders gather in Newark to support immigrants fearing mass deportation
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the Archdiocese of Newark and El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz joined with immigrants to fight Trump's anti ...
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St. Leonard Catholic Church in Heath to close, merge with St. Francis de Sales in Newark
Bishop Earl Fernandes of the Columbus Diocese announced St. Leonard Catholic Church in Heath will close and merge with St.
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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Fatal overdose leads to Newark woman's arrest
A Wayne County woman is charged after she sold fentanyl to a woman who then died from a drug overdose last month, according ...