The plan will assist the unhoused with reconnecting with family and loved ones, by providing them with train or bus tickets so they can return home.

San Jose has allocated $200,000 to launch the Homeward Bound program that aims to reconnect homeless residents with loved ones willing to take them in.

The City of San Jose is launching a new program Tuesday that will help homeless people move out of the county back to their hometowns. San Jose will give free, one-way bus and train tickets to unhoused people who “wish to reconnect with friends,