HomeFront’s mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring, resources and expertise of the community. … Read more
Jersey City Healthy Corner Store Toolkit
Jersey City Healthy Corner Store Toolkit is a resource intended to assist the Department of Health and Human Services to effectively expand healthy food access through healthy corner store development. The toolkit includes a survey of the food landscape as … Read more
Toolkit for Community Food Assessments in Jersey City
Lessons Learned from a Community Food Assessment in Bergen-Lafayette
De’Sean Weber
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, De’Sean studied anthropology and global health studies at Northwestern University. He wrote his senior thesis on how trauma-informed care can be implemented to address the impact of mental illness, addiction, and homelessness among low-income Black beneficiaries at Heartland Alliance. At Northwestern, De’Sean worked to … Read more
Bardia Vaseghi
Born in Tehran, Iran, Bardia immigrated to the United States when he was four years old and grew up in Texas and New Jersey. Having already tried out the South and the East Coast, he then studied History and Political Science at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with … Read more