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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.

Provides long-term skilled nursing care for older adults and individuals with an illness or disability. Services include; long-term physical, occupational, and speech therapy; special outings and entertainment; Alzheimer's care; cancer care; counseling; diabetes management; IV therapy; neuromuscular care; nutritional management; pain management; restorative nursing; stroke care; and wound care.

Provides a directory of houses for adults recovering from a substance abuse disorder.

Provides free groceries to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity to support household nutrition and stability.

Operates a designated county crisis screening center for individuals experiencing urgent mental health concerns. Services may be provided at home or on-site. Services include: short-term intervention, de-escalation and stabilization; psychiatric evaluation; nurse assessment; information and referral to community-based services; and access to inpatient hospitalization.

Provides bankruptcy assistance services through various means. Services are available via a joint program with the bankruptcy bench/bar and Rutgers Law School - Camden for Chapter 7 filing assistance, and via individual referrals.   

Provides professional development, continuing legal education (CLE), legal research resources, legislative advocacy, networking opportunities, and public legal information resources to individuals in New Jersey.

Provides training and career services for women in the community. Services include: career counseling, computer literacy courses, ESL courses, job placement, interview skills, occupational training, personal finance workshops, resume writing, small business development, training, and education.

Provides a statewide nutrition incentive that doubles the value of SNAP and Summer EBT benefits when used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Through City Green’s Good Food Bucks program, individuals shopping at participating farmers markets, grocery stores, and fresh-food retailers receive a coupon or discount equal to the amount spent using their EBT card. This allows customers to get twice the amount of fresh produce for the same cost.

Provides assistance for older adults, people with disabilities and other vulnerable individuals who are unable to act on their own behalf or manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse. This can include unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, self-neglect or abandonment.    

Provides immigration services, including: eligibility consultations for immigration benefits, N-400 Naturalization application, green card renewal, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), family petitions, adjustment of status, employment authorization document (EAD), U-Visa - Victim of Crime, T-Visa - Victim of Human Trafficking, VAWA - Violence Against Women Act, waivers, translation and notary services, legal services.

Receives cats and dogs 24/7 into their treatment facility where shelter and medical care are provided. In addition, the shelter provides vaccines, accepts surrendered animals, assists with lost and found animals, and provides animal adoption services. All adopted animals come spayed/neutered and with all their required vaccines.

Provides various behavioral health services for individuals in the community.

Please visit the website to locate contact information for your local municipality. Delivers a wide range of services to residents in Ocean County, including law enforcement, tax assistance, public health, animal control, maintenance of public spaces, waste management, documentation services, and access to public libraries.

Assist 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 comprehensive medical services as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), offering general family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, behavioral healthcare referrals, and various medical and clinical services. Services encompass treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, primary preventive care, physicals, screenings for high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, chronic illness case management, adult immunizations, patient education, and referrals for specialty care and diagnostic testing.

Provides confidential counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy, information and referral, forensic exam and legal accompaniment, support groups, wellness activities, and sexual violence prevention education for survivors and significant others affected by sexual violence in Middlesex County.

Provides supportive programs to students of Perth Amboy High School and their families through the School Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP). Services include: case management, assistance with college applications, community referrals for social services, immigration services, employment counseling, and recreational activities. Also delivers intensive mental health counseling in individual, group, and family sessions. Topics covered include: school, drugs/alcohol, abuse, family conflicts, peer pressure, relationships, eating disorders, and violence prevention. Collaborates with community health providers to teach pregnancy prevention and sexual education in ninth-grade health classes, and offers one-on-one sessions on risk reduction and healthy decisions.

Provides a full-service YMCA offering facilities, programs, and classes for all ages. Services include but are not limited to cardio wellness center, childcare, cycling studio, gymnasium, indoor pool, mind and body studio, personal training, and various programs and classes for all ages.  

Provides various evidence-based school substance use prevention programs for students in grades pre-k through high school.

Supports developmentally disabled individuals to enhance skills in areas such as personal care, household duties, safety, money management, occupational readiness, use of public transportation, and socialization/communication.

Offers a variety of activities including crafts, line dancing, computer classes, self defense courses, and bingo. A lunch time meal is served daily. The centers are open during the day and occasionally offer special activities and events during the evening. 

Provides a food rescue program that collects prepared and perishable food that would otherwise be wasted, and delivers it to organizations that serve those in need. Donations  include: pastas, fresh or frozen meats and side dishes, produce, dairy products, prepared meals, beverages, and baked goods.

Provides essential support services to students to help them gain social and academic skills to assist them through tough times. Uses individual and group counseling, class presentations on important issues facing teens today, and after school groups and life skills programs.