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Grassroots groups push Paterson council to back Patterson Bridge Program to address homelessness
Summary
Community groups and service providers told the council about the Patterson Bridge Program on May 13, a proposed coordinated outreach and housing-voucher effort that organizers say targets hundreds of unhoused residents in Paterson and would draw on state CDBG funding and voucher programs.
Several grassroots providers and organizers urged Paterson council members May 13 to support the Patterson Bridge Program, a local task force proposal to coordinate outreach, intensive case management and housing vouchers for people experiencing homelessness.
Kelly Moss Brown, director of Hope Through Care and a leader of a coalition that includes local grassroots groups and service providers, described the program as a coordinated approach…
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