San Jose, CA starts Cash for Trash initiative to empower homeless residents and reduce blight

San Jose, CA Cash for Trash Homeless Residents Blight

In Progress

City officials kicked off Cash for Trash to clean waste left at 40 sites across San Jose. Homeless residents are provided bags by the BeautifySJ team for trash collection. Each participant can collect up to five bags per day at $4 per bag. These funds are loaded on reusable debit cards intended for food, toiletries, and other essentials. Cash for Trash blends short-term blight reduction goals with important connections to city services for the unhoused.

Pilot / POC Homelessness Health & Human Services

San Jose, CA

Municipality in California

United States

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San Jose Launches ‘Cash for Trash’

San Jose's 'Cash for Trash' Program Will Pay Homeless People to Clean Encampments | San Jose Inside

The program, which has been on pause since February because of the pandemic, will now take place at 40 different sites throughout the city.

Project Succeeded

The program's first project cleared two tons of trash from two sites with the help of 27 participants.