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Offers information, peer support, and mutual sharing for those grieving the death of a loved one in a series of 6 sessions.

Provides a soup kitchen that prepares and serves ready-to-eat meals at no cost, ensuring individuals and families experiencing food insecurity have access to nutritious meals.

Facilitates free group discussions, activities, arts and crafts, games, parties, and outings for disabled and post-stroke individuals. Virtual meetings are included as well. 

A collaborative course through which people with diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify their behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions. The course incorporates the needs, goals, and life experiences of the person with diabetes and is guided by evidence-based standards. DSME can be conducted on an individual and/or group basis and is facilitated by a licensed health professional.

Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).

LIHEAP Overview

Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.

USF Overview

Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.

Provides caregivers relief from the day-to-day responsibilities to their loved ones by providing care for vacations, weekends, or even just a few hours a day. Services are provided through a variety of options such as adult day care, in-home health aides, and temporary out-of-home placements. 

Offers home health aide services. Trained aides (under professional supervision) provide light housekeeping and personal care services for older adults.

Answers all questions and complaints relating to JCP&L customer services and bills, outages, deferred payment plans, appliances, and conservation. Provides utility shut-off protection to low-income and vulnerable individuals during the winter season, between November 15th through March 15th.  

Provides emergency food assistance to people in need.

Offers information on supportive resources available to individuals with cerebral palsy and their families. Users can call the hotline or visit the website to find information/resources on topics such as employment and assistive technology.   

Helps people find and form all types of support groups, including those for addiction, health, mental health, loss of a loved one, abusive relationships, disabilities, families, parenting, caregivers, and more. The clearinghouse can also help people start their own support groups. Free workshops are available to guide individuals towards creating and running their own groups.  

Provides free of charge training of tutor-volunteers who are then matched with adults who cannot read or write (Basic Reading Tutoring) or cannot speak English (ESL Tutoring).

Provides food assistance to people in need. Pre-packaged bags of non-perishable food items are distributed twice a month.

Operates a helpline for New Jersey residents experiencing emotional distress as a result of a natural disaster or terror attack. Provides counselors that may help explore ways of coping with emotional reactions or locate other resources.

Provides emergency baby supplies including diapers, wipes, formula, baby food, and baby toiletry items to mothers of newborns. Clients can only visit a center once every two months.    

Provides professional development, continuing legal education (CLE), legal research resources, legislative advocacy, networking opportunities, and public legal information resources to individuals in New Jersey.

Provides peer support groups for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. Offers opportunities for discussion, mutual support, and social connection through groups serving older adults, transgender individuals, and youth. Assists participants in connecting with others who share similar experiences and concerns.

Provides assistance with daily tasks and care through a network of registered nurses. Types of care include bathing, transfers, ambulation, meals, therapy, and exercises.

Provides food with a focus on weekend meal support for school-aged children and members of the community in need. Offers groceries including meat, dairy, produce, and nonperishable items.

Provides a broad array of in-home services to enable older adults, ages 60 and older, who are at risk of placement in a nursing facility and who meets income/resource requirements to remain in his or her community home. Services include: adult and social day care; homemaker assistance; home delivered meals; home modifications; medical supplies; respite care.