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Provides emergency food assistance to people in need.

Provides inpatient medical care, acute care, hospital emergency room, an ambulatory surgical center with seven operating sites and two endoscopy rooms, and discharge planning for patients to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The hospital also runs maternal/child health services including a neonatal intensive care unit and an affiliation with DuPont Hospital for Children, mobile intensive care unit, SouthStar Air Medical Program, and rehabilitation services.

Provides Thanksgiving and Holiday food baskets to families in need. Donated from non-profit groups and private citizens. 

Provides seasonal holiday assistance by distributing holiday meals and baskets for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas to low-income individuals and families.

Provides assertive outreach, linkages, and in-home counseling. Services include community-based rehabilitation services to adults with mental illness.

Delivers nutrition and breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, and enhanced access to regular health care and social services for low and moderate-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, as well as young children with or at risk of nutrition-related health problems. The service actively promotes and supports exclusive breastfeeding, conducts health and nutrition screenings, facilitates referrals to necessary health care and community services, and offers personalized nutrition/health counseling through individual and peer/group sessions. Additionally, the program issues food vouchers containing essential nutrients to supplement deficient or lacking diets. 

Provide a 12-step self-help fellowship for individuals affected by someone else's gambling problem, offering support and recovery resources. Meeting directories available at gam-anon.org.

Assists senior citizens, ages 62 and older, with home equity services. Provides access to programs through counselors from the Agency for Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Enhances community partnering, develops communication and relationship skills of individuals and family units, increases awareness, and educates participants about risky behavior related to substance use disorders and addiction, and provides and refers participants to existing alternative activities for students and families.

Provides financial assistance with initial rent payments and security deposits. Also provides assistance with transportation; child care; linkage to medical care, behavioral healthcare, and recovery services for veterans experiencing PTSD and other effects of combat; and other services to help veterans and their family re-establish financial stability and self-sufficiency.

Provides training and support with daily living activities to adults with developmental disabilities. Individuals participate in practice arts, including: cooking, recreation, social activities, and community integration. Also provides vocational assessments, job readiness training, skill development, and budgeting assistance.

Diabetes Self-Management Education Classes (DSME) and training is 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. The course covers topics such as: - Diabetes disease process & treatment options - Incorporating nutrition management, physical activity & utilizing medications - Monitoring blood glucose & using results to improve control - Preventing, detecting & treating acute & chronic complications - Goal setting and problem solving - Integrating psychosocial adjustment - Preconception care and management during pregnancy (if applicable)  

Provides various baby items to families in the community. Items include: diapers, wipes, rash cream/ointment, and formula.

Offers after school and summer school programs for children. Covers assistance with basic skills, personal development, and supervised recreational activities.

Offers comprehensive sexuality education to adolescents in target region. Cohorts are held within the following geographic target areas- Englewood, East Orange, Irvington, Jersey City, Newark, Orange, Passaic, and Paterson.