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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 non-perishable food assistance to individuals in the community.

Provides a personal emergency response system to link homebound, elderly, or disabled adults to medical support services. Emergency response is contacted via a button-operated device.

Provides educational services, vocational rehabilitation, independent living training, health services, counseling, peer groups, and resource referrals for individuals with visual impairments.

Provides community-based, family-centered services that strengthen family stability, social connection, and economic resilience. This is done through a welcoming, neighborhood-based resource hub.

Provides comprehensive services for the elderly and their families. Services include: care management, individual and marital counseling, information and referral, coordination of homemaker services, transportation, a widow/widowers support group, and volunteer services. Programs for families of the elderly include: consultation, family counseling, case management, assessment and planning, housing information, nursing home referrals, support and therapy groups, and Caring Connections. Also sponsors a Kosher Meals-on-Wheels program with opportunities for volunteers, and specialized assistance for Holocaust survivors.

Provides health insurance information and assists with comparing or enrolling in health insurance. Navigators provide free and impartial information to ensure the best options to meet the specific needs of individuals and families.  

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.

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

Provides a short-term crisis intervention service for adults experiencing a psychiatric crisis that diverts them from hospital emergency departments and crisis screenings to immediately accessible intervention. Services include short-term counseling, medication treatment and case management, for a duration of up to 30 days. The goal is to help individuals return to pre-crisis functioning.    

Provides food assistance to eligible county residents through monthly benefits issued via an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card.

Check your balance at NJFamiliesFirst.com or call 800-997-3333 to confirm your benefits are available.

Administers the General Assistance (GA) Program, a state financed welfare program for eligible adults or childless couples. This is run by the help and human services department.

Provides fresh fruit, vegetables, meats and dairy for people in need. Volunteers are welcome.   

Offers food assistance to families with low incomes to help them buy groceries through a benefits card. The card is accepted in most food retail stores and some farmers markets. 10/27/25: SNAP benefits loaded on your Families First EBT card before October 31, 2025 will be available after November 1. Check your balance at NJFamiliesFirst.com or call 800-997-3333 to confirm your benefits are available.

Provides housing counseling, education, and resource navigation for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households seeking housing stability.

Provides free groceries and kosher food to clients in need.

Provides comprehensive psychiatric, medical and rehabilitative services. Encourages maximum patient independence and movement towards community reintegration with an environment that is safe and caring.

Offers fitness, educational, social, and enrichment programs, including child care, aquatic activities, special needs programming, ESL, cancer support (Pathways), preschool, after-school care, and more to individuals and families in Union, Morris, and Essex counties.

Provides group prenatal information sessions and social support to pregnant women.

Provides emergency financial assistance and supportive services to eligible households that are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Assistance may include temporary rental assistance, utility shut-off prevention, relocation assistance, rapid re-housing, and support securing permanent housing. Funding is subject to availability and is not guaranteed.