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Supporting families in managing parenting stress and everyday challenges, the FSC promotes positive outcomes for children, youth, and families, fostering increased involvement through formal and informal support networks. Family activities offered include parenting classes, resume building, job search support, ESL and citizenship tutoring, community advisory, movie nights, financial literacy, healthy living classes, family crafts, and a moms support group.

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Resume Preparation Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Individual Advocacy
English as a Second Language
Family Support Centers/Outreach
Citizenship Test Preparation
Provides a range of services, including social/educational groups for LGBTQ youth and seniors, specialized support groups, HIV prevention support for women of color, linkage to HIV care, treatment adherence counseling, HIV Pre-Exposure Prevention (PrEP) counseling, transgender-affirming counseling, brief support counseling, LGBTQ-affirming service referrals, mentoring, and career development. Additionally, offers LGBTQ intern programs, community events, youth-focused education on HIV/STI prevention, substance abuse prevention, intimate partner violence, LGBTQ history, healthy relationships, and anti-bullying, along with continuing professional education programs for health, academic, and social service providers.

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AIDS/HIV Prevention Counseling
HIV Testing
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Housing Search Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Physician Referrals
Individual Counseling
Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Resume Preparation Assistance
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Job Search Techniques
Individual Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides wrap-around resources and support for families and the community. Core services include health, social, legal services, education classes, information and referrals, parent-child activities, employment-ready programs, financial literacy, housing related services, and advocacy.

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Job Interview Training
Housing Search Assistance
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Job Readiness
Career Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Family Support Centers/Outreach
Specialized Information and Referral
Physician Referrals
Child Abuse Prevention
Resume Preparation Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Individual Advocacy
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides information and referral concerning mental health for children and adults. Serves as the administrative arm of the Mental Health Board, which oversees the funding and operation of the public mental health system. Mental Health Law Project provides free legal services to the chronically mentally ill and those who struggle with addictions in civil cases only.

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Chronic/Severe Mental Illness
General Legal Aid
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Individual Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides advocacy, crisis intervention, support services, linkages, and assistance to all crime victims and witnesses including domestic and sexual violence in the service area. Assists with obtaining the status and disposition of cases involved, accompaniment to the courtroom, childcare while in court (Spanish, Creole, Arabic speaking), referrals to social services, emergency services, transportation, and counseling referrals.

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Crime Witness Support
Crime Victim Support
In Person Crisis Intervention
Individual Advocacy
Provides developmentally disabled adults with a wide range of support and advocacy services. Service options include day habilitation, pre-vocational training, aftercare/afterwork socialization programs, and community integration training.
Advocating for improvements in Social Security disability programs and to ensure that individuals with disabilities applying for benefits have access to representation and receive fair decisions.

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Individual Advocacy
Lawyer Referral Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
SSI
Social Security Disability Insurance
Offers a 24 hour, 7 days a week helpline, support groups, family and professional caregiver training, multi-cultural outreach, advocacy, Medicalert, and a safe return program to people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers, health care professionals and the public.

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Medic Alert
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Families/Friends of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
Dementia Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Individual Advocacy
SERV (Services Empowering the Rights of Victims) leads the NJ State Sexual Violence hotline, aiding Camden, Gloucester, and Cumberland counties. Provides 24/7 crisis intervention, advocacy, and counseling for male/female victims aged 12+. Advocates accompany to hospitals, law enforcement, and court. Offers short-term crisis counseling and adult/teen support groups. Advocates prevention through community outreach and education on sexual violence, ensuring survivors' rights with free, confidential, culturally sensitive, and bilingual services. Programs: 24/7 hotline, accompaniments, counseling, prevention for schools/community, and awareness training for service providers.

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Sexual Assault Counseling
Crime Victim Support
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Individual Advocacy
Child Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Provides assistance in obtaining adaptive devices, individual client advocacy, housing, Information and Referral, medical mobility, recreation, self-help groups, social security and other social assistance programs, transportation. Sign language is used by staff. Also has employment services, switchboard operations, and company store.

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Social Security Disability Insurance
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
Welfare Rights Assistance
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Individual Advocacy
Disability Related Transportation
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides the information on offenders with intellectual / developmental disabilities, and acts as a liaison between the human service and criminal justice systems. Advocates for this population by providing the court system with a plan designed to be an alternative to incarceration. The program then provides case management services by monitoring the plan through the duration of the probationary sentence. In addition, the program provides consultation, education, training, technical assistance and program development to criminal justice and human service professionals.

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Individual Advocacy
Probation
Offender Advocates
Provides information and referral, advocacy, counseling for individuals and groups, scholarship program, campership program. Providing insurance assistance for persons with hemophilia and other clotting deficiencies, emergency financial assistance, public education/speakers bureau, legislative advocacy, hematology fellowships, research grants, and outreach efforts for undiagnosed persons with bleeding disorders.

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Individual Advocacy
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Provides advocacy for individuals struggling with mental health or substance abuse disorders. Also offers advocacy for individuals experiencing homelessness, utilities, or food insecurity. Does not offer financial assistance directly, but offers assistance in obtaining it.
Provides legal advocacy services through the center's court advocate, empowering survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault by informing them of their rights, assisting in applying for temporary restraining orders, answering questions about restraining orders, serving as a liaison with law enforcement and court personnel, offering court preparation and accompaniment for hearings, providing ongoing support through the legal process, and assisting with other relevant court matters.

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Temporary Restraining Orders
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Individual Advocacy
Sexual Assault Counseling
Legal Representation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Offers a 24 hour, 7 days a week helpline, support groups, family and professional caregiver training, multi-cultural outreach, advocacy, Medicalert, and a safe return program to people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers, health care professionals and the public.

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Medic Alert
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Families/Friends of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
Dementia Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Individual Advocacy
Strengthens family support in Newark, emphasizing the Central Ward neighborhood to prevent child maltreatment. Services include providing information on child, maternal, and family health services, linking to publicly-funded health insurance programs, referring to local health care services, developing plans addressing family stability, offering economic self-sufficiency, employment-related services, income security services, information and referral services, life skills training, housing-related services, parent education, parent-child activities, advocacy, and home visiting.

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Job Search/Placement
Housing Search Assistance
Physician Referrals
Career Counseling
Case/Care Management
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Family Counseling Agencies
Parenting Skills Classes
Family Support Centers/Outreach
Family Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Individual Advocacy
Provides assistance with cases involving governmental benefits and entitlement, landlord/tenant relationships, protective services and pensions at no cost to senior and disabled individuals.

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General Legal Aid
Individual Advocacy
Adult Protective Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Elder Abuse Prevention
Elder Law
Offers a short term counseling program to assess needs and assist individuals and families in goal setting, information and referral to other needed services, crisis intervention/management, and advocacy.

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In Person Crisis Intervention
Individual Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Individual Counseling
Family Counseling
The Aid and Advocacy program helps families meet the financial and life challenges through the following services; access to community services and programs, emergency financial assistance, summer camp scholarships, refugee reception and placement

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Refugee Resettlement Services
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Individual Advocacy
Offers confidential services for batterers and victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The services include access to emergency shelter, individual and family counsleing, and legal advocacy.

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Individual Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic Violence Shelters
Temporary Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support
Sexual Assault Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Lawyer Referral Services
Sexual Assault Shelters
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Family Counseling
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Individual Counseling
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Harbor House is a psychiatric rehabilitation program for individuals with a chronic mental illness. The program includes a day program, employment services, case management and advocacy, recreational/social activities, and a supervised and semi-supervised housing program. Beds for homeless mentally ill adults.

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Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Psychiatric Day Treatment
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Individual Advocacy
Case/Care Management
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Job Search/Placement
Medical Respite Facilities/Beds for Homeless People
Offers a 24 hour, 7 days a week helpline, support groups, family and professional caregiver training, multi-cultural outreach, advocacy, Medicalert, and a safe return program to people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers, health care professionals and the public.

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Medic Alert
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Families/Friends of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
Dementia Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Individual Advocacy
Provides comprehensive social service information and referrals to clients and assistance with budgeting and credit repair, completion of government forms, advocacy and fair hearing preparation. Notary publics are also available. Services include but not limited to budgeting, immediate and long-term financial planning, job search advice, pre-authorization advice, referrals to public and private programs that assist with specific medical needs, case oversight.

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Individual Advocacy
Notary Public Services
Credit Counseling
Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Personal Financial Counseling
Offers free bilingual resources and information on comprehensive health, housing, and food linkages, social and financial services. Some of these services include health Insurance application, applications for Food Stamps/SNAP, connections with social services and other agencies, utility payment programs, notaryservice, educational workshops, and free access to computers, internet and fax.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Individual Advocacy
Language Translation
Job Search Techniques
Disaster Related Case Management
Housing Search Assistance
Offers a 24 hour, 7 days a week helpline, support groups, family and professional caregiver training, multi-cultural outreach, advocacy, Medicalert, and a safe return program to people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers, health care professionals and the public.

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Medic Alert
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Families/Friends of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
Dementia Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Individual Advocacy