General Social Services - Social Services 

 

City of Newark 

 

City of Newark Home Page

https://www.newarknj.gov/

920 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

973-733-4311

Links to officials, departments, educational units, libraries, employment and training, economic development, transportation, and other associated sites. 

 

Community Resource Guide (Newark, NJ)

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/njisj/pages/663/attachments/original/1502899437/Newark_Community_Resource_Guide.pdf?1502899437

This 32 page comprehensive guide compiled by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice provides contact information and links to community-based partner organizations serving Newark and surrounding areas from employment training opportunities to activities for families to food banks to public library resources.

 

Newark Community Resource Directory

https://newarkresources.org/

Compiled by the Newark Public Schools and the NJ Institute of Technology, this is a community resource guide to some of our most significant city's educational and social services, including hotlines available to youth and their families.

 

 

The Heart of Vailsburg Coalition, Newark

http://www.heartofvailsburg.org/

The HOV Block Club Coalition is an organizing project of the Unified Vailsburg Services Organization (UVSO) Department of Community Outreach & Planning. The coalition holds a general assembly each month to establish neighborhood priorities and action steps to improve the quality of life in the Vailsburg neighborhood.

 

United Community Corporation

https://www.uccnewark.org

332 South 8th Street

Newark, NJ 07103

973-642-0181

Since 1964, UCC assists low-income, disadvantaged and at risk individuals and families, including seniors and youth to become self-sufficient and self supporting while enhancing their quality of life and standards of living through emergency shelter, access to affordable housing; food and clothing; case management; services for seniors; employment assistance and training; and after school and summer youth programs. 

 

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

http://www.uvso.org/

42 Richelieu Terrace

Newark, NJ 07106

973-374-2000

Comprehensive program of services for children, teens, families, and senior citizens as well as encouraging neighborhood improvements through community outreach and housing development. 

 

County of Essex 

 

Essex County Home Page

http://www.essex-countynj.org/index.php?section=dept/all  

465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 

Newark, NJ 07102

973-621-4400

Links to officials, departments, educational units, libraries, employment and training, economic development, transportation, municipalities, and other associated sites. Each county in the state offers a similar directory.

 

Essex County Community Resource Directory

https://www.hcdnnj.org/assets/documents/Essex%20County%20Resource%20Guide.pdf

Educational, cultural, social services, health, and advocacy programs.

 

Essex Resource Net

http://www.essexresourcenet.org/search/

Partnership for Children of Essex

300 Broadacres Drive

Bloomfield, NJ 07003

973-323-3000

A wide range of information about support, resources, and services for families in Essex County. Families can find specific recreational activities, health providers, support groups, and events in the area. 

 

FOCUS Hispanic Center for human Development Inc

Provided protective service to adult   with disability who are subject to abuse, neglect and exploitation

866-903-6287

441 Broad Street

 

 

 

 

Statewide (New Jersey)

 

Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R)

http://ccrnj.org/

3301 C Route 66

Neptune, NJ 07754

732-918-9901

Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) connects parents, child care providers, community leaders and policymakers with regards to child care. CCR&R agencies serve as this link by providing services to each of these parties. 

 

Division of Family Development (formerly the Division of Welfare)

https://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd/home/index.html

P.O. Box 716

Trenton, NJ 08625

800-792-9773

The "Division provides the leadership and supervision to the public and non-profit agencies that deliver financial assistance and critical safety net services to individuals and families in New Jersey." Efforts of these services include helping people acquire the skills they need in order to get a job, like job training, educational and work activities programs. When it is not possible for people to go to work, due to a disability or other reason, DHS will provide services to NJ residents who need public assistance in order to acquire and sustain the basic necesities of life, such as food and shelter. 

 

New Jersey Citizen Action

https://njcitizenaction.org/

Main Office

625 Broad Street, Suite 270

Newark, NJ 07102

973-643-8800

NJCA provides free, direct services to low-and moderate income individuals across New jersey, empowering people to take control of their economic futures. Services include free tax preparation, HUD-certified first-time homebuyer and foreclosure prevention counseling, in-person health care enrollment assistance, financial coaching, fair housing testing and education, financial education and outreach, discounted oil heat to renters and homeowners who heat their homes with oil, and education and outreach on other issues and topics. All services are offered in English and Spanish. 

 

NJ 2-1-1

http://www.nj211.org

"2-1-1 creates one easy access point to the health, human services, community resources, and government assistance people need every day as well as in times of crisis. You may search our database online. To contact,  dial 2-1-1 or 18776521148.

 

NJ Cares for Kids (NJCK)

https://www.programsforparents.org/families/financial-assistance/

570 Broad Street, 8th Floor

Newark, NJ 07102

973-297-1114

NJCK is designed for those who are employed and/or attending school full time or participating in a combination of these two activities equivalent to full time. Eligibility is determined by family size, household income and employment and/or education hours.  Under NJCK there are several different funding sources created to meet unique family circumstances

 

NJ Community Resources

https://panjcommunityresources.info/nj-community-resources/

A site intended to serve as an information source so New Jersey residents can readily find, share and benefit from online information. The guide provides useful information to consumers in need of social services in New Jersey. 

 

NJ FamilyCare 

https://www.njfamilycare.org/default.aspx

800-701-0710

New Jersey's publicly funded health insurance program - includes CHIP, Medicaid and Medicaid expansion populations. 

 

NJ Helplines and Hotlines

http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/staff/hotlines/

A directory of toll free help lines in New Jersey.

 

NJHelps

http://www.njhelps.org

"NJHelps is a free and easy guide for you to determine what programs and assistance for which you and your family may be eligible. NJHelps will tell you where to go for help and what to bring with you, after you have answered a few basic questions. NJHelps can also provide you with contact information and links to valuable resources available throughout the State. NJHelps cannot guarantee that you qualify for these programs. You must still apply for help by contacting and filling out the required forms for each program."

 

COVID-19 Mutual Aid PerformCare New Jersey

http://www.performcarenj.org/

300 Horizon Drive, Suite 306

Robbinsville, NJ 08691

877-652-7624

PerformCare is the single point of access to a wide array of behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disability services as well as substance use treatment for youth and families throughout New Jersey. 

 

 

National (United States)

 

Benefits.gov

http://www.benefits.gov/

"Benefitsvigator.org

"Your Guide to Intelligent Giving." The organization helps guide intelligent giving by evaluating the Financial Health, Accountability, and Transparency of over 9,000 charities and provides basic information on the rest of the 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits. 

 

Every Day Democracy

https://www.everyday-democracy.org

4 New Park Ave., Suite 102-1037

Hartford, CT 06105

860-928-2616

Everyday .gov is an online resource to help you find federal benefits you may be eligible for in the United States." Topics include Healthcare and Medical Assistance, Housing and Public Utilities, Financial Assistance, Social Security and Retirement. Similar information is also available here.

 

Charity Navigator

https://www.charitynaDemocracy works to strengthen democracy by making authentic engagement and public participation a permanent part of the way we work as a country. 

 

State Agency Database

http://godort.libguides.com/statedatabases

“In every US State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information--information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking.”

 

 

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