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
Statewide Nonprofits
North Jersey Nonprofits
Atlantic Coastal Nonprofits
South Jersey Nonprofits

Public Benefits Corner

• Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool
• End Hunger NJ
• NJHelps.org
• New Jersey Food Stamp Screening Tool
• GovBenefits.gov
• New Jersey Family Care Application
• NJ Family Care - Apply Online
• LIHEAP/USF/Weatherization Application
• PAAD/Lifeline/Hearing Aid Application
• Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program Application
• Food Stamp Application
• Unemployment Insurance Benefit Claim - Apply Online
• State Disability Benefits Claim Form
• Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
• Verizon Communications Lifeline and Linkup America
• New Jersey Telephone Assistance Programs

Energy Assistance Programs

• 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

• Claim Your Earned Income Credit
• Free File Alliance
• AARP Tax Aide Program
• US Treasury - Income Tax Forms and Publications

Seniors

• AARP New Jersey
• Benefits CheckUp
• National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care
• New Jersey Division of Aging and Community Services
• NJ EASE - 877-222-3737 toll free
• Princeton Senior Resource Center
• SCAN Learning Center

Child Care

• Child Care Centers and Licensing
• Child Care Resource and Referral Centers
• Regulations for Child Care Facilities

Statewide Nonprofits

• 2-1-1
• ACORN New Jersey
• Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD)
• Alliance of Information & Referral Services of New Jersey (AIRS-NJ)
• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
• The Arc of New Jersey
• ASPIRA of New Jersey
• Association for Children of New Jersey
• Blood Center of 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
• Covenant House 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
• Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey
• Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
• 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 Alliance of Family Support Organizations
• 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 for Battered Women
• New Jersey Community Action Association
• New Jersey Prevention Network
• New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
• New Jersey Public Housing Agencies
• New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
• New Jersey SHARES
• New Jersey Work Incentive Network Support (NJWINS)
• NJMentalHealthCares
• njserves.org
• Parents Anonymous of New Jersey
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey
• Prevent Child Abuse - New Jersey
• SERV
• Share the Technology
• Statewide Emergency Food and Anti-Hunger Network (SEFAN)
• 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

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

• Abilities of Northwest Jersey
• Advance Housing
• Alternatives, Inc
• American Friends Service Committee
• Anderson House
• The Arc of Bergen & Passaic Counties
• The Arc of Essex County
• The Arc of Hunterdon County
• The Arc of Middlesex County
• The Arc of Morris County
• The Arc of New Jersey in Hudson County
• The Arc of Somerset County
• The Arc of Union County
• The Arc Warren County
• Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF)
• Bergen County Community Action Partnership
• Bergen County Office for Children
• Bergen Family Center
• Bergen's Promise
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County
• Brand New Day
• BRIDGES Outreach
• Bridgeway
• Care Plus NJ
• Career Connection Employment Resource Institute
• Caring Partners of Morris and Sussex
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Metuchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Paterson
• Catholic Charities - Archdiocese of Newark
• Center for Food Action in New Jersey
• Center for Prevention & Counseling
• Central Jersey Legal Services
• Child & Family Resources
• Child Care Resource & Referral
• Children's Aid and Family Services
• Circle of Care for Families and Children of Passaic County
• Civic League of Greater New Brunswick
• Community Agencies Corporation of NJ
• 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
• Crawford House
• CUMAC
• Cura, Inc.
• DACKKs Group for Supportive Housing Development
• Domestic Abuse & Rape Crisis Center (DARCC)
• Domestic Abuse Services, Inc.
• Elijah's Promise
• Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
• Faith Fellowship Community Development Corporation
• Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey
• Families and Community Together (FACT)
• Family and Children's Services
• Family and Children's Services of Central New Jersey
• Family and Community Services of Somerset County
• Family Intervention Services
• Family Service League
• Family Service of Morris County
• Family Support Organization of Bergen County
• Family Support Organization of Essex County
• Family Support Organization of Morris and Sussex
• Family Support Organization of Passaic County
• Family Support Organization of Union County
• First Call For Help
• First Occupational Center of New Jersey
• FISH Hospitality Program
• Franklin Township Food Bank
• Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey
• Goodwill Rescue Mission
• Heightened Independence and Progress
• The Hoboken Shelter
• Homefirst - Interfaith Housing and Family Services
• Homeless Solutions
• Hope House
• HOPES, Inc. - Hoboken Organization against Poverty and Economic Stress
• Housing and Neighborhood Development Services (HANDS)
• Housing Coalition of Central Jersey
• Housing Partnership for Morris County
• Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center
• Hudson Partnership CMO
• Hunterdon County Housing Corporation
• 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 (IHN-HC)
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County
• Interfaith Hospitality Network for the Homeless of Essex County
• Inter-Religious Fellowship for the Homeless of Bergen County (IRF)
• Ironbound Community Corporation
• Jersey Battered Women's Service
• Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County
• Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey
• Jewish Family Service of MetroWest
• La Casa de Don Pedro
• Legal Services of Northwest Jersey
• Manavi
• Matheny Medical and Education Center
• Mental Health Association in Passaic County
• Mental Health Association of Essex County
• Middlesex Interfaith Partners with the Homeless
• Monarch Housing Associates
• Morris Habitat for Humanity
• Morristown Neighborhood House Association
• Mrs. Wilson's Halfway House
• National Council of Jewish Women Center for Women
• NCADD of Middlesex County
• Neighbours, Inc.
• NewBridge Services
• New Community Corporation
• New Jersey Community Development Corporation
• North Hudson Community Action Corporation
• North Jersey Community Coordinated Child Care Agency
• NORWESCAP
• Partners for Women and Justice
• Partners in Prevention
• Partnership for Children of Essex
• Passaic County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention
• Paterson Habitat for Humanity
• Pathways to Independence
• PERC Shelter
• Prevention Links
• PROCEED
• Programs for Parents
• Rachel Coalition
• Resource Center for Women and Their Families
• SAGE Eldercare
• Shelter our Sisters
• SCARC
• Somerset Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency
• Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing (SCCOAH)
• Somerset County United Way
• St. Matthew NIDA
• Strengthen Our Sisters
• Sussex County Help Line
• Sussex County Interfaith Hospitality Network
• Tri-City Peoples Corporation
• United Community Corporation
• United Family & Children's Society
• 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 Morris County
• United Way of North Essex
• United Way of Passaic County
• United Way of Sussex County
• United Way of Greater Union County
• United Way of Warren County
• Urban League of Essex County
• Urban League of Hudson County
• Urban League of Morris County
• Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey
• Volunteer Center of Bergen County
• Westfield United Way
• Women Aware
• Women Helping Women
• WomenRising
• Women's Crisis Services of Hunterdon County
• York Street Project
• YWCA Eastern Union County

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

• 180 Turning Lives Around
• Affordable Housing Alliance
• Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Ocean (ADACO)
• The Arc of Atlantic County
• The Arc of Cape May County
• The Arc of Monmouth
• The Arc, Ocean County Chapter
• Atlantic City Rescue Mission
• Atlantic County Women's Center
• C.A.R.A. (The Coalition Against Rape and Abuse, Inc.)
• Cape Assist
• Cape Counseling
• Career Opportunity Development, Inc.
• Child Care Resources
• Coastal Habitat for Humanity
• Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Southern Branch
• Community Services Inc. of Ocean County
• Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc.
• CONTACT of Ocean County
• Counseling & Referral Services of Ocean, Inc.
• CPC Behavioral Healthcare
• Epiphany House
• Family & Children's Service
• Family Promise of Monmouth County
• The Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
• Freehold Area Open Door
• HABcore
• Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Monmouth County
• Interfaith Neighbors
• Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
• Manna House
• Mental Health Association in Atlantic County
• Mental Health Association of Monmouth County
• MonmouthCares
• Novadebt
• O.C.E.A.N., Inc.
• Ocean County Family Support Organization
• Ocean Mental Health Services
• Ocean Partnership for Children
• Ocean's Harbor House
• Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services
• Preferred Behavioral Health
• Prevention First
• 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
• AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey
• Anchor House
• The Arc of Burlington County
• The Arc of Camden County
• The Arc of Cumberland County
• The Arc Gloucester
• The Arc/Mercer
• The Arc of Salem County
• Burlington County Community Action Program
• Camden Center for Law and Social Justice
• 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
• Cathedral Kitchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Camden
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Trenton
• Center for Family Services
• CGS Family Partnership
• Child Care Connection
• Community Planning & Advocacy Council
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central New Jersey
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of South Jersey
• CONTACT Community Helplines
• CONTACT of Burlington County
• Crossroads Programs
• Drenk Behavioral Health Center
• EIRC
• Family Service
• Family Support Organization of Mercer County
• Food Bank of South Jersey
• Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey
• Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey
• HomeFront
• Info Line of Central Jersey
• Infonet
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Mercer County
• Isles, Inc.
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Mercer County
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern New Jersey
• Martin House
• MEND
• Mental Health Association of Southwestern New Jersey
• Mercer Alliance To End Homelessness
• Mercer Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addiction
• Mercer Street Friends
• Neighborhood Housing Services of Camden, Inc.
• Occupational Training Center of Burlington County
• Partners for Kids and Families - Burlington County CMO
• Prevention Plus of Burlington County
• Progressive Center for Independent Living
• Rescue Mission of Trenton
• Resources for Independent Living
• Robins Nest
• Senior Citizens United Community Services of Camden County
• SODAT of New Jersey
• Southwest Council
• Steininger Behavioral Care Services
• The Affordable Homes Group, Inc.
• The Children's Home
• The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton
• Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK)
• Tri-County Community Action Partnership
• 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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