Finding social services for Camden’s undercounted, underserved homeless
In Camden, most homeless go unnoticed and underserved.
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UN Rapporteur Compares LA’s Skid Row to A Refugee Camp
Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most…
This homeless high school grad is Harvard-bound
One of New York City’s homeless high school students is Harvard bound. What’s her secret? We have the details.
Student homelessness population grows in NY suburbs
As the school year starts, the homeless student population swells. We have an eye opening look at our neighbors in need who are “Chasing The Dream.”
Getting Off the Streets: Blackout (Chapter 1)
Meet the four homeless men that are trying to change their lives. They are fighting addiction, poverty, and their pasts to get off the streets-- but in all wars, there are casualties.
Getting Off the Streets: Healing Hurts (Chapter 3)
The Homelessness Hospitality Network encourages its participants to confront the internal struggles that led them to addiction and homelessness. As they come face-to-face with their inner demons, it becomes harder to stay in the program.
Getting Off the Streets: New Man (Chapter 4)
With only a few weeks left in the program, the remaining men prepare for life off the streets. What challenges wait for them there?
Getting Off the Streets: Ready to go Home (Chapter 5)
After the nearly seven-month journey, a few men stand at graduation day. However, their path, as well as the issue of homelessness, doesn't end here. Who was able to make it and where are they now?
Getting Off the Streets: Second Chance Sonya (Digital Extra)
In our digital extra for "Getting Off the Streets", Sonya Jacobs, the program coordinator/case manager for IHOC, gets a chance to tell her story. In a job that is so emotionally invested, learning how to help these men without losing…
Bergen County launches youth homelessness task force
Bergen County shared their plans to reduce homelessness in youth aged 18- to 24-years-old.
Getting Off the Streets: Trailer
Getting Off the Streets chronicles the dramatic journey of four homeless men from the streets of Camden, New Jersey, who have an opportunity to change their lives. Over six months, our cameras followed them in a rigorous homelessness rehabilitation program.…
“Homeless Solutions” makes New Jersey homeownership a reality
A nonprofit unveiled its newest affordable housing units in Morristown to keep up with rising demand.