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
• GovBenefits.gov
• Child Care Eligibility Application Forms
• New Jersey Family Care Application
• LIHEAP/USF/Weatherization Application
• PAAD, Lifeline, Special Benefits Programs, and Senior Gold 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

• New Jersey VITA Sites
• 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
• New Jersey Division of Aging and Community Services
• NJ EASE
• Princeton Senior Resource Center
• SCAN Learning Center

Child Care

• Child Care in New Jersey
• Child Care Centers and Licensing
• New Jersey Afterschool Directory

Prisoner Re-entry

• National H.I.R.E. Network
• Second Chance Campaign of New Jersey
• New Jersey Resources for People Leaving Prison
• Union County Smart Book
• 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)

Statewide Nonprofits

• 2-1-1
• Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD)
• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
• The Arc of New Jersey
• Association 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
• 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
• 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
• MakeKidsCountNJ
• 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
• Share the Technology
• 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
• AIDS Resource Foundation For Children
• Alternatives, Inc
• 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
• Association for Special Children and Families
• 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
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Metuchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Paterson
• Catholic Charities - Archdiocese of Newark
• The Center for Collaborative Change
• 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
• COPE Center
• Crawford House
• CUMAC
• Cura, Inc.
• DACKKs Group for Supportive Housing Development
• DAWN Center for Independent Living
• Domestic Abuse & Rape Crisis Center of Warren County
• Domestic Abuse & Sexual Intervention Services (DASI)
• Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center
• Elijah's Promise
• Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
• Elizabethport Presbyterian Center
• Episcopal Community Development
• 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 Counties
• Family Support Organization of Middlesex County
• 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
• Fisherman's Mark
• Franklin Township Food Bank
• Freedom House
• Future Now Community Development Corporation
• Ginnie's House
• 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
• The Hoboken Shelter
• HOMECorp
• 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
• 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 (IHN-HC)
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Essex County
• International Institute of New Jersey
• Ironbound Community Corporation
• 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
• Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey
• Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest New Jersey
• La Casa de Don Pedro
• Legal Services of Northwest Jersey
• 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
• Morristown Neighborhood House
• Mrs. Wilson's Halfway House
• 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 Emergency Services for Families
• NewBridge Services
• North Hudson Community Action Corporation
• North Jersey Community Coordinated Child Care Agency
• North Jersey Friendship House
• NORWESCAP
• Nutley Family Service Bureau
• Occupational Center of Union County
• Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC)
• Partners for Women and Justice
• Partners in Prevention
• Partnership for Children of Essex
• Partnerships for People
• Passaic County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention
• Pathways to Independence
• Prevention Links
• PROCEED
• Programs for Parents
• Project Live
• Rachel Coalition
• Resource Center of Somerset
• The Rose House
• SAGE Eldercare
• SCARC
• Shelter our Sisters
• Somerset Community Action Program
• Somerset Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency
• Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing (SCCOAH)
• Somerset County United Way
• 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
• The Bridge
• The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Ironbound
• Tri-City Peoples Corporation
• Triple C Housing
• Union Township Community Action Organization
• 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
• Volunteers of America - Greater New York
• Westfield United Fund
• Women Aware
• Women Helping Women
• WomenRising
• York Street Project

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 Cape Family Support Organization
• Atlantic City Rescue Mission
• Atlantic County Women's Center
• Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County
• Cape Assist
• Cape Counseling
• C.A.R.A. (The Coalition Against Rape and Abuse, Inc.)
• Career Opportunity Development, Inc.
• 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
• Dekbon Community Development Corporation
• 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
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County
• Interfaith Neighbors
• Jersey Shore Rescue Mission
• Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
• Long Branch Concordance
• Mental Health Association in Atlantic County
• Mental Health Association of Monmouth County
• MonmouthCares
• NAMI - Greater Monmouth
• 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
• 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
• AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey
• 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
• Beacon.org
• 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 County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
• Camden County Department of Children's Services
• Camden County Family Support Organization
• Camden County Partnership for Children
• Camden Lutheran Housing, Inc.
• Cathedral Kitchen
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Camden
• Catholic Charities - Diocese of Trenton
• Center for Family Services
• CGS Family Partnership
• Child Care Connection
• CityWorks
• Community Planning & Advocacy Council (CPAC)
• 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
• Fair Share Housing Center
• Family Promise - The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Gloucester County
• Family Service
• Family Support Organization of Cumberland Gloucester Salem Counties
• Food Bank of South Jersey
• 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)
• 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 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
• Rescue Mission of Trenton
• Resources for Independent Living
• Respond, Inc.
• Rise | A Community Service Partnership
• Robins Nest
• Saint Joseph's Carpenter Society
• Senior Citizens United Community Services of Camden County
• SODAT of New Jersey
• Southwest Council
• Steininger Behavioral Care Services
• The Children's Home
• The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton
• Touch New Jersey
• 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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