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Provides comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and education—including birth control, STI testing and treatment, cancer screening, pregnancy services, gender-affirming care, PrEP/PEP, wellness visits, and community education—offered in person and through telehealth. 

Offers comfort, dignity, and supportive care to patients who decide to remain in their homes for their end-of-life care. The hospice team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, pastoral counselors, and volunteers.

Provides job training and employment resources to help individuals secure and maintain employment. Aims to meet the needs of families and individuals in the community.  

Provides a peer-led community setting where adults with lived experience of behavioral health challenges access peer support, wellness and recovery education, support groups, community resources, advocacy, leadership opportunities, and activities that promote personal growth and reduce isolation.

Provides a food pantry for families facing food insecurity through monthly food distributions. Focuses on inclusivity and support. 

Provides speech, physical and/or occupational therapies, developmental intervention services, social work services, and behavioral services. Pre-school readiness classes are also available for children.

Provides medical examination services available for seniors including blood tests, blood pressure, urinalysis, colorectal testing, visual and hearing checks. Disease testing is also done.   

Provides a structured program that supports individuals with hypertension in monitoring and managing blood pressure through regular self‑tracking, education, and coaching. Delivers tools, guidance, and follow‑up support to promote healthy lifestyle changes and improved blood pressure control.

Offers loans to assist low- and moderate-income homeowners with necessary home repairs. Loans are up to $25,000 at 0% interest.

 Facilitates the acquisition of earned entitlements from federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sectors. Daily activities involve housing assistance referrals, requests for lost military separation papers, medal replacement, VA health care enrollment, job counseling, and transportation to VA medical facilities. Special programs include providing American flags for Memorial Day, arranging burial in a veteran's cemetery for indigent veterans, and the "Tracers" program. Additionally, the Division conducts group meetings called "Veterans First" to assist formerly homeless veterans transitioning into housing. Operating the Alfred J. Thomas Home for Veterans since 2003, the Division offers transitional housing, therapy, and counseling for chronically homeless veterans.

Provides comprehensive, trauma‑informed support services for individuals working toward recovery and stability. Offers counseling, case management, food, shelter, educational and vocational planning, recreational activities, and recovery support groups. Delivers enhanced services for individuals with co‑occurring mental health and substance‑use needs in a supportive environment.    

Provides supervised, structured programs that offer a wide range of outpatient services which may be coordinated by a case manager. This may include individual and group counseling, 12-step meetings, educational and vocational services, life skills training, and primary health care.

Provides programs for girls grades K-12 learning to discover, connect and take action through troop and group recreational and educational events, trips, camping and service projects.

Helps connect individuals served by NJDHS to a broader pool of housing opportunities through the New Jersey Housing Resource Center (NJHRC). Also assists individuals and families served in this program to establish leases, which will protect their rights as tenants under NJ law. Through its inspections, the SHC will ensure that participants live in safe, high-quality housing.

Provides individual, family, and couples counselling for various issues. Also provides bereavement support groups.

Provides funding for home maintenance and ramp building services to older adults of Essex County, age 60 and older, and grandparent caregivers. Services include shower bars, minor bathroom modifications, and other minor services based on need.  

Offers community-based case management and outreach services for adults dealing with a serious and persistent mental illness, and are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless. Also provides targeted case management services for military veterans experiencing homelessness and mental health issues.

Provides emergency food assistance with nonperishable items and occasional fresh foods for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.

Provides routine, non-medical assistance to adults with disabilities who are employed, involved in community volunteer work, or attending school and are not eligible for Medicaid. Personal assistants help with tasks such as: light house keeping, bathing, dressing, preparing meals, shopping, driving, or using public transportation.