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Provides a job-readiness, career development program to assist participants to become effective members of the workforce. Services may include exploration of career interests, life skills training, tutors, and job skills training.  

Provides services that include support groups for consumers and families. This includes information on how to access mental health resources, advocating for improvements via legislation, and a 12-week family education program.  

Operates specific shuttle routes throughout Bergen, Hudson, Essex, and Passaic County for individuals receiving welfare assistance. Shuttle routes include: Essex County WAVE, Essex Night Owl, Fairfield - West Caldwell, Route 10, and Wayne - Fairfield/West Caldwell.

Offers information and resources on Frontotemporal Degeneration to caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the public through its website and helpline, including information on treatment, support, and advocacy.

Operates a girls’ middle school for young girls in grades 4 - 8. Focuses on educating girls from economically-challenged families, to provide the tools necessary to gain access to and succeed in private high schools and universities.

Helps people find and form all types of support groups, including those for addiction, health, mental health, loss of a loved one, abusive relationships, disabilities, families, parenting, caregivers, and more. The clearinghouse can also help people start their own support groups. Free workshops are available to guide individuals towards creating and running their own groups.  

Provide support programs for individuals affected by liver disease, including online and in-person groups.

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.

Offers social, recreational, and leisure activities in a safe place where kids can build friendships, practice skills, and spend time with peers. 

Provides permanent housing for women who have exited the criminal justice system, are homeless, and have a disability. Women in the program receive case management/supportive services while in the program. Does not provide emergency housing. 

Provides assistance with questions and concerns related to Orange and Rockland Utilities services and billing issues. Offers referrals to public utility payment assistance programs for eligible individuals and families.

Provides youth and adults opportunities to build knowledge and skills in food, nutrition, health, and wellness through various programs. Services include: professional development, school gardens, community workshops, webinars, research, and wellness initiatives.

Provides information and assistance in finding programs and services for older adults and their families. Resources are provided through Ocean County's aging network.

Provides advocacy, information and referral services, consumer grievance mediation, and coordinates mental health services in the event of a declared disaster. Also provides a Youth Incentive Program (YIP) - Statewide initiative for youth with special emotional needs.

Provides a range of partial hospitalization programs catering to different age groups and needs. This includes: a psychiatric program for adults and young adults, partial care for those with dual diagnosis, and a day treatment program for older adults offering intermediate psychiatric care. Operating five days a week for one to four months, it offers intensive treatment without requiring inpatient hospitalization. 

Provides a free, intensive, structured training program for treating and managing diabetes. Classes, held once per week for six weeks, focus on managing lifestyle behaviors and emotional well-being. Facilitated by trained leaders, potentially peer leaders with diabetes, the participative classes build mutual support and success, boosting participants' confidence in health management. Each participant receives the companion book "Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 4th Edition," and an audio relaxation tape. The program ensures no alteration or conflict with existing programs or treatment.

Provides supervised and structured intensive outpatient services coordinated by a case manager. Services include: 12-Step meetings, individual and group counseling, social and recreational activities, educational and vocational services, primary and perinatal health care, life-skills training, relapse prevention, and a continuing care program.

Provides cancer outreach, education and screening to consumers in Camden County. Services include breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate, and lung cancer screenings. Services Included: Diagnostic testing for screening participants with abnormalities, Educational programs for the community, Emotional support, One-on-one counseling and case management services as needed, Patient Navigation and Transportation assistance. Also offers a free on-line symptom checker.

Provides support, education, and connections to community-based mental health and social services for individuals with mental illness. Services include: mentoring and companionship for socialization and support; direct advocacy to link individuals with mental health, entitlements, housing, medical, legal, physical, self-help, wellness, educational, and recreational services; group services in boarding homes and other community-based locations; education; recreation; socialization; and advocacy. Engages in multicultural outreach to under-served populations and supports, advocates, and trains mental health service consumers to serve as advocates on community-based mental health boards, committees, and task forces.