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Provides a clearinghouse for information about programs and services, advocates for people with disabilities, and provides technical assistance and specialized information and referral at a local level.

Operates an online peer-support chat. Offers confidential, one-on-one peer support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people.

Offers to connect individuals with substance abuse programs, offering referrals for intervention, detoxification, assessments, counseling, mental health services, and support groups. Provides educational resources on addiction, addressing various demographics and workplace concerns, with a lending library available.

Provides information and support to those facing cancer 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Trained cancer information specialists are available via phone, or live chat providing accurate, up to date cancer information to patients, family members and caregivers and connecting them with valuable services and resources in their communities.

Offers 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 educational services for children and families, vocational rehabilitation for employment, independent living support, eye health services, blindness prevention programs, services for the deaf-blind, business training, summer programs, counseling, educational materials, college prep, tax certification, peer groups, and referrals for residents with visual impairments.

Provides resources and emotional support for for pregnant women. With pregnancy service centers located throughout the United States, the organization helps ensure resources are easily accessible to women nationwide. Assistance offered includes but is not limited to: pregnancy testing, 24 hour talk hotline, finding perinatal care, job/career counseling, adoption information, and abortion information.

Provides information, referral, and assistance to aid residents of Gloucester County, 60 years of age or older, and their families. Clients can find out what programs they may be eligible for, get answers to questions, and get access to the help they need. The center is specifically for older persons, adults with physical disabilities, and caregivers.

Provides adoption advocacy, support, education, information, and resources to pre-adoptive and adoptive families, birth parents, adoptees, and adoption professionals throughout New Jersey. Services are accessible online.

Provides statewide information and referral for women. Referrals are based on issues of concern to women, but not limited to shelter and housing, crisis intervention and counseling, financial assistance, domestic violence/rape, legal services, and parenting, pregnancy and family planning.

Provides resources for those caring for an older adult. The program includes information and referral, a resource library, support groups and individual or family consultants.

Provides information and referrals, assistance, education, and advocacy to individuals with disabilities, their families, and communities. Topics include: the Americans with Disabilities Act, counseling services, transportation, disabled license plates, housing, and employment information.

Offers a 24 hour, legally mandated service designed to assist families who are experiencing serious difficulties in managing the behavior of children aged 10-17. Aids in situations where the behavior of the children or parent results in serious threat to the well-being and safety of the youth or other family members.

Provide family-centered services at the FOCUS Family Success Center in Newark, including referrals, life-skills training, parent-child activities, housing support, job assistance, advocacy, youth programs, and emergency help to strengthen families and prevent child maltreatment.

Provides information and assistance on available programs and benefits for senior citizens. Services include: Application assistance; Application for fuel assistance and PAAD Programs; Home visits and efforts to find and seek those in need of help; Advocacy for senior citizens and disabled.

Provides elder care and service information for older adults, caregivers, professionals, and the community. Family caregivers and care receivers receive information and are connected to local resources and services. Social workers can provide ongoing emotional support and coaching to caregivers.

Provides companion aide services include light meal preparation, light housekeeping and communication and companionship.

Provides families and medical professionals with specific and important information about autism treatment and services. Resources for Referrals and up-to-date information on autism are also available.

Provides support for families of individuals with mental health concerns via various services. Services include: information and referral to resources on mental illness, treatment, respite, legal, and financial programs. Also provides consultation and education with mental health professionals for guidance on specific situations or general management. Hosts support groups for families to share, problem-solve, and receive information on relevant topics.

Provides information and referral, advocacy, recreations services, independent living skills training, and peer counseling services for individuals with disabilities who reside in Essex and Passaic Counties.

Provides an LGBTQ+ community center and operates a statewide information and referral line and lending library. Aims to be a site for social, political, and support groups to meet, whether they are an outside organization or a program from the center. HIV testing appointments are available at the center on a regular basis.

Provides a comprehensive job assistance database that allows users to research information about specific job positions and career fields. Each job position lists details about general requirements, technology used on the job, necessary skills, education needed, expected salary, and potential growth. Users also have the ability to view related jobs and places to apply for certifications/educational programs.

Plans, develops, and works in coordination with the various supportive services for individuals of any age who have a disability. Provides information/referral, technical advice and consultation regarding laws, national policy information, regulations and issues affecting individuals with disabilities.

Provides referrals for health screenings, treatment and services includes general health care and education with immunizations, nutrition, NJ's system of primary health care centers. reproductive health for family planning, prenatal care, and addictions, hotline for postpartum depression, specialized conditions for cancer education / early detection, cardiovascular disease, cystic fibrosis, pediatric primary care and WIC sites.

Provides a comprehensive listing of information on blindness for general use. The website offers users topics that address a variety of subjects including assistive technology devices, daily management resources, information for blind diabetics, and employment resources. The organization also offers information for caregivers, employers, family members, and others seeking to learn more about visual impairments.