At the Sept. 29 Morristown Town Council meeting, Jeff Fisher introduced the Ride the Wave Foundation and described outreach and transportation plans for people experiencing homelessness, while council members urged coordination with county agencies and described recent county-led successes in reducing visible homelessness at a local train station.
"My name is Jeff Fisher, from the Ride the Wave Foundation," Fisher told the council. He said the group, established in February 2023, conducts outreach, distributes hygiene kits and backpacks, operates a podcast to build awareness and is exploring a free transportation service to bring people to appointments. Fisher said the program aims to "build an all inclusive, modern, university style campus for people experiencing wholeness" and described outreach work with local partners and law-enforcement contacts.
Councilman Russo responded that homelessness is "a countywide issue" and said Morristown "will always be the nexus of where people come when they're homeless." Russo described earlier coordinated work with county partners at a train station that he said reduced the number of people seen there in the morning from as many as 15–16 down to two or three over about three months. He recommended placing funds and coordination at the county level to maximize effectiveness.
The mayor told the council he supported the police department's community engagement unit and the current collaborative efforts with state programs, saying they had produced progress and that the town would provide updates as the initiatives advance. Council members said they would try to connect Fisher and Ride the Wave with county social workers and other county-level services that perform outreach and placement.
No formal council action or vote was recorded on homelessness or on the Ride the Wave group during the meeting; council members described the matter as ongoing coordination between town staff and county agencies.