Editing Hoboken, New Jersey (section)

==Social services==
HOPES Community Action Partnership, Incorporated (HOPES CAP, Inc. / HOPES) was established in 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration signing the Economic Opportunity Act.<ref>{{cite web |title=About HOPES CAP, Inc. |url=https://www.hopes.org/about-hopes |website=HOPES CAP, Inc. |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615183504/https://www.hopes.org/about-hopes |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of HOPES program participants have incomes below the federal poverty threshold. Services include those for youth enrichment, adults, senior assistance, and early childhood development.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rounds |first1=Kate |title=Helping Hands |url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2015/12/18/helping-hands-07030hopes/ |website=Hudson Reporter Archive |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615183501/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2015/12/18/helping-hands-07030hopes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Homelessness in the city is addressed by the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, one of the three homeless shelters in the county.<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "Three deaths raise concerns". ''[[The Union City Reporter]]''. July 31, 2001</ref> In December 2018, the city of Hoboken installed eight parking meters in high foot-traffic areas, painted orange, to collect donations to benefit homelessness initiatives.<ref>Zeitlinger, Ron. [https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2018/12/can_you_spare_some_change_hobo.html "Can you spare some change? Hoboken unveils meters to help fight homelessness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608220701/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2018/12/can_you_spare_some_change_hobo.html |date=June 8, 2020 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', December 14, 2018, updated January 29, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "In the never-ending fight to end homelessness, Hoboken officials unveiled a new instrument Tuesday -- homelessness donation meters scattered across the city. Mayor Ravi Bhalla, who announced the program in September, said 100 percent of the donations collected by the eight meters will directly benefit Hoboken homelessness initiatives. The funds will be administered by the United Way."</ref>