Community Resources

The purpose of this section is to provide useful information to consumers in need of social services in New Jersey. It provides links for tax assistance, energy assistance, child care, etc.

The Public Benefits Corner include links to govenment sites so you can get a fairly accurate idea if someone is eligible for help. Pre-screening software programs can help to determine if it is worthwhile to pursue an application for customers, yourself, family, neighbors, etc. Also listed are statewide organizations and various nonprofits organized by region.

Public Benefits Corner
Energy Assistance Programs
Health Programs
Tax Assistance
Seniors
Child Care
Prisoner Re-entry
Statewide Nonprofits
North Jersey Nonprofits
Atlantic Coastal Nonprofits
South Jersey Nonprofits

Public Benefits Corner

• New Jersey OneApp
• Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool
• End Hunger NJ
• NJHelps.org
• Benefits.gov
• Child Support Application Form
• Child Care Eligibility Application Forms
• New Jersey Family Care Application
• LIHEAP/USF/Weatherization Application
• PAAD, Lifeline, Special Benefits Programs, and Senior Gold Application
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Application
• Unemployment Insurance Benefit Claim - Apply Online
• Temporary Disability Insurance Application
• Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
• Verizon Communications Lifeline and Linkup America
• New Jersey Telephone Assistance Programs

Energy Assistance Programs

• TRUE Program
• New Jersey Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Universal Service Fund (USF)
• Lifeline
• New Jersey SHARES
• Winter Termination Program (WTP)
• New Jersey Comfort Partners
• LIHEAP/USF/Weatherization Assistance Program Application

Health Programs

• New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry
• Rx4NJ
• Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)

Tax Assistance

• City of Elizabeth
• Newark Now
• Newark Asset Building Coalition
• New Jersey Citizen Action
• Greater Trenton EITC and Asset Building Campaign
• Internal Revenue Service EITC Home Page
• EITC Assistant
• IRS Publication 596
• NJ 2010 Income Tax and EITC Info
• 2010 NJ EITC Informational Flyers (color)
• 2010 NJ EITC Informational Flyers (black and white)
• New Jersey VITA Sites
• Claim Your Earned Income Credit
• Free File Alliance
• AARP Tax Aide Program
• EITC Assistant
• US Treasury - Income Tax Forms and Publications

Seniors

• AARP New Jersey
• Benefits CheckUp
• New Jersey Division of Aging and Community Services
• NJ EASE
• Princeton Senior Resource Center
• SCAN Learning Center

Child Care

• Child Care Resouce and Referral Agencies
• Child Care Centers and Licensing
• New Jersey Afterschool Directory

Prisoner Re-entry

• National H.I.R.E. Network
• New Jersey Resources for People Leaving Prison
• Department of Corrections/Office of Transitional Services
• Prisoner Re-Entry Internet Subject Guide - Newark Public Library
• Prisoner Re-Entry Services at One-Stop Career Centers
• Attorney General Names Wanda Moore Statewide Director of Re-Entry Programs (08/21/08)
• Atlantic County Smart Book
• Camden County Smart Book
• Essex County Smart Book
• Hudson County Smart Book
• Mercer County Smart Book
• Middlesex County Smart Book
• Passaic County Smart Book
• Union County Smart Book

Statewide Nonprofits

• 2-1-1
• Advocates for Children of New Jersey
• Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD)
• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
• Arc of New Jersey
• Advocates for Children of New Jersey
• Blood Center of New Jersey
• Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey
• Center for Non-Profit Corporations
• Children's Home Society of New Jersey
• Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey (CSP-NJ)
• Community Access Unlimited
• Community Food Bank of New Jersey
• Community Health Law Project
• Community Options
• Corporation for Supportive Housing - New Jersey
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Jersey
• Covenant House New Jersey
• Disability Rights New Jersey
• Displaced Homemakers Network of New Jersey
• Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
• Family Service Association of New Jersey
• Family Support Center of New Jersey
• G.I. Go Fund
• Harvest of Hope Family Services Network
• Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey
• Homeless to Independence
• Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
• Integrity House
• International Rescue Committee
• Legal Services of New Jersey
• LSNJ-LAW
• Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey
• Mental Health Association in New Jersey
• NAMI New Jersey
• National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey Chapter
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - New Jersey
• New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness
• New Jersey After 3
• New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations
• New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition (formerly SEFAN)
• New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies
• New Jersey Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• New Jersey Association on Correction
• New Jersey Catholic Conference
• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
• New Jersey Community Action Association
• New Jersey Prevention Network
• New Jersey Public Housing Agencies
• New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
• New Jersey SHARES
• New Jersey Work Incentive Network Support (NJWINS)
• NJMentalHealthCares
• Parents Anonymous of New Jersey
• PathStone
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey
• Prevent Child Abuse - New Jersey
• SERV Behavioral Health
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPAN)
• Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey
• The African American Fund of New Jersey
• The Salvation Army - New Jersey Division
• UCEDC
• Youth Advocate Programs

North Jersey Nonprofits (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren)

• 4Cs of Passaic County
• Abilities of Northwest Jersey
• Advance Housing
• AIDS Resource Foundation For Children
• Alternatives, Inc
• Alternatives to Domestic Violence (Bergen County)
• American Friends Service Committee
• Anderson House
• Apostles' House
• The Arc of Bergen & Passaic Counties
• The Arc of Essex County
• The Arc of Hudson County
• The Arc of Hunterdon County
• The Arc of Middlesex County
• The Arc of Morris County
• The Arc of Somerset County
• The Arc of Union County
• The Arc Warren County
• Arts Unbound
• Association for Special Children and Families
• Babyland Family Services
• Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF)
• Bergen County Community Action Partnership
• Bergen County Office for Children
• Bergen Family Center
• Bergen's Promise
• Boys & Girls Club of Clifton
• Boys & Girls Club of Garfield
• Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Lodi & Hackensack
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest New Jersey
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Paterson & Passaic
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County
• Boys & Girls Club of West Orange
• Brand New Day
• BRIDGES Outreach
• Bridgeway
• Capitol Care
• Care Plus NJ
• Career Connection Employment Resource Institute
• Caring Partners of Morris and Sussex
• CASA for Children of Bergen County
• CASA of Middlesex County
• CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties
• CASA of Union County
• CASA SHaW
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Metuchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Paterson
• Catholic Charities - Archdiocese of Newark
• Center for Collaborative Change
• Center for Food Action in New Jersey
• Center for Prevention & Counseling
• Central Jersey Community Development Corporation
• Central Jersey Housing Resource Center
• Central Jersey Legal Services
• Child & Family Resources
• Children's Aid and Family Services
• Circle of Care for Families and Children of Passaic County
• Civic League of Greater New Brunswick
• Communities In Cooperation
• Community Child Care Solutions
• Community Coordinated Child Care
• Community Hope
• Community Prevention Resources of Warren County
• Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown
• Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of New Jersey
• Contact We Care
• Cooperative Housing Corporation
• Coordinated Family Care
• COPE Center
• Crawford House
• CUMAC
• Cura, Inc.
• Curbing Hunger
• DACKKs Group for Supportive Housing Development
• DAWN Center for Independent Living
• Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Warren County
• Domestic Abuse & Sexual Intervention Services (DASI)
• Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center
• Dress for Success Hudson County
• Elijah's Promise
• Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
• Elizabethport Presbyterian Center
• Episcopal Community Development
• Essex County CASA
• Essex Prevention Resources
• Eva's Village
• Faith Fellowship Community Development Corporation
• Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey
• Families and Community Together (FACT)
• Family and Children's Services
• Family and Community Services of Somerset County
• FAMILY Connections
• Family Guidance Center
• Family Intervention Services
• Family Promise of Bergen County
• Family Promise of Warren County
• Family Service League
• Family Service of Morris County
• Family Support Organization of Bergen County
• Family Support Organization of Essex County
• Family Support Organization of Hudson County
• Family Support Organization of Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren, Morris & Sussex Counties
• Family Support Organization of Middlesex County
• Family Support Organization of Passaic County
• Family Support Organization of Union County
• First Call For Help
• FISH Hospitality Program
• Fisherman's Mark
• FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development
• Franklin Township Food Bank
• Freedom House
• Ginnie's House
• God's Promise Community Development Center
• Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey
• Goodwill Rescue Mission
• Heightened Independence and Progress
• Helping Hands Inc. - Northeast Regional Early Intervention Collaborative
• Hispanic Multi-Purpose Service Center
• The Hoboken Shelter
• HOMECorp
• Homefirst - Interfaith Housing and Family Services
• Homeless Solutions
• Hope House
• HOPES CAP
• Housing and Neighborhood Development Services (HANDS)
• Housing Coalition of Central Jersey
• Housing Partnership for Morris County
• Hudson County CASA
• Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center
• Hudson Partnership CMO
• Human Needs Food Pantry
• Hunterdon Helpline
• Hunterdon Prevention Resources
• Info Line of Central Jersey
• Interfaith Council for Homeless Families of Morris County (ICHF)
• Interfaith Food Pantry
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Hunterdon County
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Essex County
• International Institute of New Jersey
• Ironbound Community Corporation
• Isaiah House
• Jefferson Park Ministries Family Success Center
• Jersey Battered Women's Service
• Jersey City Episcopal Community Development Corporation
• Jewish Community Housing Corporation
• Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County
• Jewish Family Service and Children's Center of Clifton-Passaic
• Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson
• Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey
• Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties
• Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest New Jersey
• La Casa de Don Pedro
• Legal Services of Northwest Jersey
• Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW Center For Women
• Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex/Passaic Counties
• Literacy Volunteers of Morris County
• Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County
• Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County
• Literacy Volunteers of Union County
• Literacy Volunteers of West Hudson
• Manavi
• Matheny Medical and Education Center
• Mental Health Association of Morris County
• Mental Health Association in Passaic County
• Mental Health Association of Essex County
• MIPH (Making It Possible To End Homelessness)
• Monarch Housing Associates
• Montclair Counseling Center
• Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs
• Morris County Prevention Is Key
• Morristown Neighborhood House
• Mrs. Wilson's Halfway House
• My Sistahz Keeper Association
• NAMI Bergen County
• NAMI Essex & Intensive Family Support Services
• NAMI Hunterdon County
• National Council of Jewish Women Center for Women
• NCADD of Middlesex County
• Neighbours, Inc.
• New Community Corporation
• New Jersey AIDS Services
• New Jersey Community Development Corporation
• Newark EMA HIV Health Services Planning Council
• Newark Emergency Services for Families
• Newark Now
• NewBridge Services
• North Hudson Community Action Corporation
• North Jersey Friendship House
• North Ward Center
• Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
• NORWESCAP
• Nutley Family Service Bureau
• Occupational Center of Union County
• Our House
• PACO
• Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC)
• Partners for Women and Justice
• Partners in Prevention
• Partnership For A Better Tomorrow
• Partnership for Children of Essex
• Partnerships for People
• Passaic County CASA
• Passaic County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention
• Passaic County Women's Center
• Paterson Task Force
• Pathways to Independence
• Prevention Links
• PROCEED
• Programs for Parents
• Project Literacy of Bergen County
• Project Live
• Project Protect
• Project S.A.R.A.H.
• Project Self-Sufficiency
• Puerto Rican Action Board
• Rachel Coalition
• Resource Center of Somerset
• The Rose House
• Roselle Family Success Center
• SAFE in Hunterdon
• SAGE Eldercare
• Save Latin America
• SCARC
• Shelter Our Sisters
• Somerset Community Action Program
• Somerset Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency
• Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
• Spectrum for Living
• St. Joseph Social Service Center
• St. Matthew NIDA
• St. Paul's Community Development Corporation
• Start Easy Eagle Development Corp. (SEED, Corp.)
• Strengthen Our Sisters
• Sussex County Interfaith Hospitality Network
• Team Management 2000
• The Bridge
• The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Ironbound
• Toni's Kitchen
• Tri-City Peoples Corporation
• Triple C Housing
• UCPC Behavioral Healthcare
• Union Township Community Action Organization
• United Community Corporation
• United Family & Children's Society
• United Passaic Organization
• United Vailsburg Services Organization
• United Way of Bergen
• United Way of Bloomfield
• United Way of Central Jersey
• United Way of Essex and West Hudson
• United Way of Hudson County
• United Way of Hunterdon County
• United Way of Northern New Jersey
• United Way of Passaic County
• United Way of Greater Union County
• Urban League for Bergen County
• Urban League of Essex County
• Urban League of Hudson County
• Urban League of Morris County
• Visiting Homemaker Service of Hudson County
• Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey
• Volunteer Center of Bergen County
• Volunteers of America - Greater New York
• Wafa House
• Westfield United Fund
• Women Aware
• Women Helping Women
• WomenRising
• Women's Health & Counseling Center
• York Street Project

Atlantic Coastal Nonprofits (Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May)

• 180 Turning Lives Around
• 2NDFLOOR
• Affordable Housing Alliance
• The Arc of Atlantic County
• The Arc of Cape May County
• The Arc of Monmouth
• The Arc, Ocean County Chapter
• AtlantiCare Behavioral Health
• Atlantic Cape Family Support Organization
• Atlantic City Rescue Mission
• Atlantic County Women's Center
• Atlantic Human Resources
• Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County
• Cape Assist
• Cape Counseling
• Cape Human Resources
• C.A.R.A. (The Coalition Against Rape and Abuse, Inc.)
• Career Opportunity Development, Inc.
• CASA for Children of Monmouth County
• CASA of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
• CASA of Ocean County
• Check-Mate
• Child Care Resources
• Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Southern Branch
• Community Quest
• Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc.
• CONTACT of Ocean and Monmouth Counties
• CPC Behavioral Healthcare
• Epiphany House
• Family & Children's Service
• Family Based Services Association of New Jersey
• Family Promise of Cape May County
• Family Promise of Monmouth County
• Family Service Association
• Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
• Freehold Area Open Door
• HABcore
• Homes for All
• Homes Now
• IEP Youth Services
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County
• Interfaith Neighbors
• Jersey Shore Rescue Mission
• Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
• Literacy Volunteers Association Cape-Atlantic
• Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County
• Mental Health Association in Atlantic County
• Mental Health Association of Monmouth County
• Mizpah Inland Human Services
• MOCEANS Center For Independent Living
• MonmouthCares
• NAMI - Greater Monmouth
• Novadebt
• O.C.E.A.N., Inc.
• Ocean County Family Support Organization
• Ocean Mental Health Services
• Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services
• Ocean Partnership for Children
• Ocean's Harbor House
• Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services
• Preferred Behavioral Health
• Prevention First
• Seashore Family Services of New Jersey
• Spring House
• United Way of Atlantic County
• United Way of Cape May County
• United Way of Monmouth County
• United Way of Ocean County
• Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey

South Jersey Nonprofits (Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem)

• Abilities Center of Southern New Jersey
• Affordable Homes Group
• Allies, Inc.
• Anchor House
• The Arc of Burlington County
• The Arc of Camden County
• The Arc of Cumberland County
• The Arc/Mercer
• The Arc of Salem County
• Bethel Development Corporation
• Boys & Girls Club of Camden County
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester County
• Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County
• Boys & Girls Club of Vineland
• Burlington County Community Action Program
• Camden Center for Law and Social Justice
• Camden City Independent Living Center
• Camden County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
• Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity
• Camden County Department of Children's Services
• Camden County Family Support Organization
• Camden County Partnership for Children
• Camden County Women's Center
• Camden Lutheran Housing, Inc.
• CASA for Children of Mercer and Burlington Counties
• CASA of Camden County
• CASA of Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem Counties
• Cathedral Kitchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Camden
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Trenton
• Center for Family Services
• Center For Independent Living of South Jersey
• CGS Family Partnership
• Child Care Connection
• CityWorks
• Clarifi (name change 1/2012 formerly: Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley)
• Community Planning & Advocacy Council (CPAC)
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central New Jersey
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of South Jersey
• CONTACT Community Helplines
• CONTACT of Burlington County
• Crossroads Programs
• Drenk Behavioral Health Center
• EIRC
• Fair Share Housing Center
• Family Promise - The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Gloucester County
• Family Support Organization of Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem Counties
• Food Bank of South Jersey
• Gateway Community Action Partnership (formerly Tri-County CAP)
• Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia
• Heart of Camden
• Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey
• HomeFront
• Housing and Economic Opportunities, Inc.
• Info Line of Central Jersey
• Isles
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Mercer County
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern New Jersey
• Latin American Economic Development Association (LAEDA)
• Literacy Volunteers of Burlington County
• Literacy Volunteers of Camden County
• Literacy Volunteers of Gloucester County
• Martin House
• MEND
• Mental Health Association of Southwestern New Jersey
• Mercer Alliance To End Homelessness
• Mercer Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addiction
• Mercer County Family Support Organization
• Mercer County Hispanic Association (MECHA)
• Mercer Street Friends
• NAMI Mercer
• Neighborhood Housing Services of Camden, Inc.
• Nonprofit Development Center of Southern New Jersey
• Occupational Training Center of Burlington County
• Partners for Kids and Families - Burlington County CMO
• Paulsboro Community Development Center
• Prevention Plus of Burlington County
• Princeton Community Housing
• Progressive Center for Independent Living
• Project Freedom
• Providence House Domestic Violence Services (Burlington and Ocean Counties)
• Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern New Jersey (PRAC)
• Quality Care Resource and Referral Services
• RAFHA
• Rescue Mission of Trenton
• Resources for Independent Living
• Respond, Inc.
• Rise | A Community Service Partnership
• Robins Nest
• Saint Joseph's Carpenter Society
• Salem County Women's Services
• Senior Citizens United Community Services of Camden County
• SODAT of New Jersey
• South Jersey Works
• Southwest Council
• The Children's Home
• The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton
• Touch New Jersey
• Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK)
• Twin Oaks Community Services
• Union Organization for Social Service
• United Way of Burlington County
• United Way of Camden County
• United Way of Gloucester County
• United Way of Greater Cumberland County
• United Way of Greater Mercer County
• United Way of Salem County
• Volunteer Center of Gloucester County
• Volunteers of America Delaware Valley
• Womanspace
• Women's Opportunity Center

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