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Provides children with pre-school program, after-school activities, summer care, computer training, substance abuse prevention and outreach programs. Program is designed for low-income families in effort to raise them out of poverty.    

Providing families, a free, year-round preschool program for children. Delivers comprehensive early childhood education and support services, covering health, dental care, nutrition, special education, parent skill workshops, mental health, and social services. Also ensures a nutritious daily breakfast, lunch, and snack. Services includes:

1. Education: Providing a safe and engaging preschool learning environment, tailored to each child's interests, languages, cultures, and learning styles. Regular Parent/Teacher conferences and meetings are held.

2. Special Education Services: Prioritizing enrollment for children with disabilities, ensuring an inclusive environment.

3. Family Services: Assigning a Family Advocate to each family, aiding in goal setting, identifying strengths, and linking families to social services referrals for positive child development.

4. Family Involvement: Encouraging family participation in individualized services, events, parent trainings, and volunteering, including serving on committees like the Policy Council.

5. Mental Health: Offering mental wellness activities in classrooms and collaborating with families on their child's mental health and behavior.

6. Health: Assisting families in accessing needed health services, ensuring children have required vaccinations, physical and dental exams, and hearing and vision screenings.

7. Nutrition: Providing nutritious meals and involving families in menu development while offering guidance on instilling healthy nutrition habits at home.

Provides various support services for individuals with disabilities. Services include: information, referral, advocacy, liaisons to state and non-profit agencies, participation on advisory bodies, and monitoring of county government compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Aims to support youth experiencing foster care through transitioning to adult life. Pairs youth with specialists to help identify and accomplish goals, through guidance and support.

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 customized care to individuals, ages 55 and older, who live in Mercer County and meet the nursing facility level of care established by Medicaid. Services include, but are not limited to: Primary care, Hospital care, Prescription drugs, home care, medical transportation, Physical therapy, adult day care, assisted living, Nursing homecare. Individuals receive a customized care plan that is delivered by a coordinated interdisciplinary team.  

Provides free legal services and counseling in civil matters to financially eligible low-income individuals. Assistance includes entitlements/public benefits, consumer advocacy, housing issues, family matters, domestic violence, senior citizens' rights, disaster issues, general legal questions, Medicaid, migrant farm-worker problems, utility disconnections, AIDS advocacy, and casino licenses.   

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 structured and supervised intensive outpatient substance abuse programs, depending on the level of treatment needed. Services include: inpatient medical detoxification, residential care, and the MICA Program  (serves patients dealing with co-occurring mental illness).

Assists individuals who are seeking to being recovery from substance abuse.

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 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. The NJ FamilyCare Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is also available to those who qualify.   

Provides emergency food assistance to people in need. 

Provides an intensive afterschool program for high-risk youth needing clinical and psychiatric services to remain out of the hospital. Open to all residents of Morris County. 

Assists veterans and their families with VA claims, pensions, compensation, state benefits, and questions about VA entitlements and services.

Provides partial down payment assistance to eligible residents of Perth Amboy who are first time homebuyers. Total assistance will not exceed $10,000 - $14,000 based on eligibility range.

Provides animal control services for designated areas. Cares for 1,000 animals yearly, also offering free humane education to schools and groups.

Provides psycho-social support for people who have been affected by cancer. The program includes support groups for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and bereaved; healthy lifestyle workshops; educational lectures; and social activities.

Provides support services to individuals diagnosed with cancer, and their families in the community. Services include: health care, support programs, resources and information, educational workshops and wellbeing classes.