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Provides free or low‑cost health coverage to eligible Monmouth County residents through New Jersey’s Medicaid program, NJ FamilyCare. Covers a broad range of healthcare services, including doctor visits, hospital care, and prescriptions, to reduce or eliminate medical costs for low‑income residents

Provides a coordinated response to traumatic incidents in the county. Seeks to address prevention of self-destructive behaviors of at-risk youth. Oversees the Traumatic Loss Coalition (TLC) of Mercer County. Part of this response includes suicide prevention awareness, education and outreach assistance for parents, professionals, and the general community.  

Provides individuals who have physical and sensory disabilities the opportunity to focus on daily living skills, community awareness, leisure and social activities. These activities provide opportunities for community engagement, socialization, peer support, education and/or information about community resources. The program is available to Hudson County residents.   

Recycles bicycles and sewing machines that would otherwise go to landfills, and ships them to developing countries. Bikes are adapted for use as trash haulers, produce trucks, taxis, and farm machinery.

Provides assistance with applying for health coverage. Trained and certified staff members can help individual consumers understand health coverage options, complete eligibility forms, and enroll in a plan through the health insurance marketplace. 

Offers transportation for people with disabilities who are unable to use the local fixed route bus for some or all of their rides. Access Link service is comparable to the NJ TRANSIT local fixed route bus and light rail systems.

Offers a one-on-one coaching session to discuss various options in response to unplanned pregnancy. 

Provides problem behavior reduction and skill building through parent and caregiver training.

Allows people with hearing or speech disabilities to make calls using their own voice, voice prosthesis or devices with a Communication Assistant repeating their words exactly as spoken.

Offers developmental social skills groups to children experiencing mild to moderate difficulties acquiring interpersonal, social, and coping skills. Groups are conducted in a warm, supportive environment. They are designed to teach, model, reinforce, and help children to internalize essential and appropriate social skills. Consultation and evaluation is also available for parents. In addition, West Bergen therapists can provide school districts with on-site social skills programming and consultation.

Offers emergency assistance to prevent homelessness for WFNJ/TANF/GA and SSI recipients. Provided benefits include: shelter, rental assistance, utility payments, moving expense assistance, and rapid rehousing. Also assists individuals or families facing short-term emergencies with rent, utility, or mortgage arrears, regardless of TANF, GA, or SSI status.

Provides food assistance to people in need. Accepts donations. 

Provides non-perishable food to individuals in need.

Assists 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 assistance for older adults, people with disabilities and other vulnerable individuals who are unable to act on their own behalf or manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, self-neglect or abandonment. APS Report Application

Provides weekday, curb-to-curb transportation system to individuals in Hunterdon County. Rides available to individuals in areas not served by scheduled LINK Bus routes.

Offers an evidence based curriculum designed to decrease aggression. Aids to lessen bullying and substance abuse and to increase students' social skills and school success.

Serves as a comprehensive School Based Youth Services Program for students and their families. Services include individual, group and family counseling, preventative and reproductive health care services, recreation events, job coaching, scholarship opportunities, and parent education forums.

Connects pregnant individuals, parents, and caregivers of young children from diverse backgrounds with resources to enhance their quality of life. Specialists facilitate access to free or low-cost wellness services, identify individual and family needs, and link them to community services including health insurance, housing, childcare, education, WIC, and support from early childhood specialists, home visiting programs, and community health workers.  

Provides evidence-based trauma-focused therapy to children/adolescents and their caregivers. Traumas addressed may include, but are not limited to, abuse, exposure to violence, traumatic loss, medical trauma, and bullying. Evidence-based therapy is also provided to children under age 12 years who have exhibited problematic sexual behavior and their caregivers.

Offers assistance in-person for individual and business tax concerns. Call to make an appointment.