Atlantic City, New Jersey Plans to ‘Heat The Streets’

On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, The City of Atlantic City is holding an event to help the homeless receive warmth items, food and direction and access to needed assistance services.

Heat The Streets — Sweater & Socks Resource Fair

When: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Center City Park, Bacharach Boulevard, between North Carolina and South Carolina Avenues.

What: Soup and hot chocolate will be served. Sweaters and socks will be distributed to those in need.

Atlantic City Homeless Prevention & Reentry Teams

Are a creation of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and they will manage this public event.

Small created the first-ever cabinet level (city) department to focus on the underserved population in Atlantic City.

Atlantic City Homelessness Issue

Is a complex one, as Atlantic City has a local homelessness issue to manage … coupled with the fact that cities throughout the state routinely send their homeless populations to Atlantic City.

This is because both the City of Atlantic City and the County of Atlantic do a great job providing various social services to the underserved.

Atlantic County/Atlantic City social services are so successful that Atlantic City also has people from outside of the state of New Jersey come here for the well managed programs that are available.