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Advocates for adults with mental illness by offering support, education, and connections to community-based mental health and social services. Key services encompass 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. Additionally, group services in boarding homes and other community-based locations provide support, education, recreation, socialization, and advocacy. The organization 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.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Offers comprehensive information on resources for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, covering food, housing, material goods, transportation, and utilities. Includes services such as: - Notary Program: Notarizes simple documents for Salem County residents aged at least 60 or those under 60 with disabilities, with a photo ID requirement. Excludes Power of Attorney, Wills, and similar legal documents. - Residential Maintenance: Provides site repair, snow removal, attic and basement cleaning, and handyman services for seniors. - Health and Wellness Programs: Encompass Project Healthy Bones, Matter of Balance, Chronic Disease Self-Management, and Health Ease. - In-Home Services: Offers personal care and housekeeping, with home health aides assisting with daily activities. Non-professional staff provides light or heavy house cleaning, including laundry, dusting, mending, and floor washing.

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Specialized Information and Referral
County Government Departments/Offices
Notary Public Services
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Personal Care
Residential Snow Shoveling
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Provides information to senior citizens/older adults on available resources including food, housing, material goods, transportation and utilities also provides information about community agencies and organizations offering specialized services where available.Services include:- Living Wills- Senior benefits assistance- Assistance with senior legal issues- Housing search assistance- Boarding home complaints

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Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Nursing Facility Referrals
County Government Departments/Offices
Elder Law
Estate Planning Assistance
Adult Protective Services
Senior Housing Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides information and referral services to people with disabilities and their families who are seeking help locating appropriate resources in their community. The program is responsible for overseeing the Personal Assistance Services Program that is designed to help people with disabilities live as independently as possible.

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Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Personal Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Homemaker Assistance
Home Health Aide Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Housekeeping Assistance
Provides regional and targeted professional development and technical assistance to educators and families of students with disabilities. Services include training/consultation services, materials circulation, production (laminating, button making, photocopying), van outreach (delivery of classroom materials to participating schools), and internat access to the LRC library system.

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Teachers/Lecturers
Parents of People With Disabilities
Specialized Information and Referral
Instructional Support Services
Provides non-emergency medical air transportation to specialized medical care centers for patients and their caregivers who cannot afford transportation costs to one-time or regular visits to long-distance healthcare.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Mercy Transportation
Advocates for adults with mental illness by offering support, education, and connections to community-based mental health and social services. Key services encompass 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. Additionally, group services in boarding homes and other community-based locations provide support, education, recreation, socialization, and advocacy. The organization 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.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Provides services for survivors of domestic violence, including:- One-on-one Counseling- Group Counseling- Education about Domestic Violence- Planning safety measures- Shelter Information- A place to ask for help

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Specialized Information and Referral
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Provides diverse programs and services, including educational services for children, vocational rehabilitation for teens and adults, and independent living skills. CBVI promotes eye health, prevents vision loss, and offers additional services such as the Business Enterprise Program, Joseph Kohn Training Center, textbook support, Deaf-Blind Services, Support Service Provider (SSP - NJ), and I-Can Connect program for technology distribution.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Assistive Listening Devices
Job Readiness
Braille Materials/Collections
Small Business Development
Student Disability Services
Braille and Tactile Aids
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.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Provides mothers resources for children with special needs such as peer support and resources for mothers with children with special needs, clinical assessment for caller's emotional needs and gauge any emotional trauma, referral networks for mental health needs, and information on support groups that meet within the community.

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Mental Health Crisis Lines
Talklines/Warmlines
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Caregiver Counseling
Offers families of individuals with developmental disabilities a wide array of supportive services, including information and referral on services, advocacy, respite care, and recreational activities.

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Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
The Essex County Division of Family Assistance and Benefits provides case management and referral services to victims of family violence.

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Case/Care Management
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Offers immediate support to anyone affected by domestic violence through the helpline. Offers crisis management, counseling, support groups, as well as interventions and referral services.

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Domestic Violence Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Domestic Violence Issues
Offers community education programs on Spina Bifida, information and referrals, family support, financial assistance, nursing, and social service coordination (partly through tele -groups and tele-classes for support and education). Also offers advocacy and research to promote the prevention of Spina Bifida.

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Medical Information Services
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Disease/Disability Information
Specialized Information and Referral
Engages with clients who are newly diagnosed with HIV and re-engages with clients who have been out of medical care for over 6 months. The health worker may also accompany clients to doctor's appointments, social service appointments, etc. as well as linking the clients to other services they may need.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Specialized Information and Referral
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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Individual Advocacy
Individual Counseling
Family Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
In Person Crisis Intervention
Operates an online database that offers referrals to autism service professionals for a variety of different needs. Resources include but are not limited to adult services, applied behavior analysis, childcare and respites, dental services, and financial services.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Provides telephone, online private one-to-one chat, and email peer-support for older adults who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. The program also offers users information and resources for LGBT-friendly services/institutions across the United States.

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LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Peer Counseling
Provides information to deaf, hard of hearing and hearing individuals and their family and friends, to assist them in obtaining needed services and technology and in making informed decisions. Also offered through the center are interpreting services, sign language classes, and workshops.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Hearing Loss
Provides education, anonymous pregnancy testing, resources for shelter homes, clothes, help in prenatal care, job search, and referrals of resources for counseling.

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General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Baby Clothing
Maternity Homes
Job Search/Placement
Prenatal Care
Maternity Clothing
Specialized Information and Referral
Pregnancy Counseling
Post Pregnancy Shelter/Transitional Housing
Pregnancy Testing
Offers individuals of South Plainfield information about senior-related services and programs. These programs include; assisted living, counseling and mental health assistance, elder abuse, elder law, financial assistance, health insurance, etc.
Provides information and referral on diseases, helps callers find support groups, and communicates research/information to individuals, families and physicians.

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Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information
Specialized Information and Referral
Support Group Clearinghouses
EDGE New Jersey offers medical and non-medical case management, behavioral health care, support groups,educational seminars and social events. As well as, permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing & rental assistance for those who qualify.

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Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Physician Referrals
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Housing Search Assistance
AIDS/HIV Prevention Counseling
HIV Testing
AIDS/HIV
Advocates for adults with mental illness by offering support, education, and connections to community-based mental health and social services. Key services encompass 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. Additionally, group services in boarding homes and other community-based locations provide support, education, recreation, socialization, and advocacy. The organization 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.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities