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Type of Services Page #
1. Abuse 2
2. Addiction 4
3. After school Program 6
4. AIDS/HIV 7
5. ChildCare 9
6. ESL 11
7. Financial Assistance for Basic Needs
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8. Food 14
9. Handicap 17
10. Health Insurance 22
11. Healthcare 24
12. Housing 27
13. Immigration Service 30
14. Job Training/Education 30
15. Legal Services 34
16. Mental Health 34
17. Parenting 38
18. Senior Citizen Services 41
19. Shelter 43
20. Youth Services 45
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ABUSE
Catholic Charities Mental Health Center
Address: 288 Rues Lane Telephone: (800) 655-9491 East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Provides outpatient mental health and addiction services. Services include individual, couple and family therapy, assessments, psychiatric evaluation, medication monitoring, partial hospital, and other psychiatric services. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County.
Center for Great Expectations
Address: 1 Eastern Avenue Telephone: (908) 218-0210 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: thecenterforgreatexpectations.org/ Program Details: Provides comprehensive program and housing for pregnant addicted women and pregnant adolescents referred through the Division of Youth and Family Services. Service Area/Eligibility: Young women and teens that are pregnant or addicts.
Princeton House-Raritan Valley Academy
Address: 1690 Stelton Road Telephone: (732) 777-9860 ext. 645 Piscataway, NJ 08854 Website: www.mcesc.k12.nj.us Program Details: After school program which provides mental health and addiction treatment for students in need of intensive professional treatment for illnesses including addiction, depression, and anxiety. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County, Somerset County resident children between ages 12-18 with documented history of substance abuse.
Resource Center for Women & Their Families
Address: 427 Homestead Road Telephone: (908) 359-0003 Hillsborough, NJ 08502 Website: www.rcwtf.org Program Details: Provides help and services to victims of domestic violence.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Women and families in Somerset County.
Somerset Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency
Address: 34 W. Main St., Suite 307 Telephone: (908) 722-4900 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.somersetcouncil.com Program Details: Works toward the prevention of and education on alcoholism and drug dependency. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
Women's Trauma Program
Address: 905 Herrontown Road Telephone: (800) 242-2550 Princeton, NJ 08540 Website: www.mcp.org Program Details: The Program provides a comprehensive, innovative model of treatment for women who are suffering from the impact of trauma either by history or in their present circumstance. Service Area/Eligibility: Women ages 18 and over needing treatment. Residents of Somerset County, and the rest of New Jersey.
ADDICTION
Anderson House
Address: 532 Route 523 Telephone: (908) 534-5818 Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 Website: http://andersonhouse.org Program Details: Transitional residential treatment program for women 18 and older in early recovery of alcohol and drug addiction. Service Area/Eligibility: Female residents in Somerset county.
Crawford House
Address: 362 Sunset Road Telephone: (908) 874-5153 Skillman, NJ 08558 Website: www.crawfordhouse.org Program Details: Private, nonprofit agency that operates transitional living programs for indigent New Jersey women and adolescent girls recovering from alcohol and other drug dependence. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset county residents who meet certain criteria.
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Family & Community Services of Somerset County
Address: 339 West Second Street Telephone: (732) 356-1082 Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Website: www.fcssomerset.org Program Details: Enhances the quality of life of individuals, families and communities by providing professional family, mental health and addictions services, counseling and innovative community-based programs. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals and families in Somerset county.
Freedom House, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 367 Telephone: (908) 537-6043 Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 Website: www.freedomhouse.net Program Details: Temporary transitional housing and addiction counseling for recovering adult males Service Area/Eligibility: Franklin Township residents, Males.
Somerset Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency
Address: 34 West Main Street, Suite 307 Telephone: (908) 722-4900 Somerville, N.J. 08876 Website: www.somersetcouncil.com Program Details: Works toward the prevention of and education on alcoholism and drug dependency. Service Area/Eligibility: Eligibility based on program.
Somerset Treatment Services
Address: 118 West End Avenue Telephone: (908) 722-1232 Somerville, N.J. 08876 Program Details: Evaluations, therapy, information and referral, methadone detoxification and crisis intervention. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals and families who are victims of substance abuse and related concerns living in Somerset County.
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
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Catholic Charities- Somerset School Age Care
Address: 540-550 Route 22 East Telephone: (908) 722-1881 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Provides before and after-school care services for elementary and middle school children. Programs for the district are located in Hillsborough and Bernards Townships, Manville and Somerville. Middle school student programs are available in Bernards Township, Hillsborough Township and Somerville. Service Area/Eligibility: Child must attend elementary or middle school in the following districts: Manville, Somerville, Hillsborough, Bernards Twp.
Martin Luther King Youth Center
Address: 1298 Prince Rogers Avenue Telephone: (908) 526-3688 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Program Details: After school program and summer camp full-day program include meals and pick-up and drop-off transportation. The center provides a program that offers a blend of quality care, pick-up and drop-off transportation, tutoring, arts and crafts, music, and a hands-on science experience, as well as a full-day summer-camp with field trips. Service Area/Eligibility: Children 5 to 18 years old in Somerset County
Partners/Before & After School Program
Address: 700 Sayre Avenue Telephone: (908) 454-2074 Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Provide care for children after school. Service Area/Eligibility: Call for more information.
Shimon & Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center
Address: 775 Talamini Road Telephone: (908) 725-6994 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.ssbjcc.org Program Details: The center offers day camp, nursery school and day care, after school programs for children and teens. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset, Warren and Hunterdon County residents.
AIDS
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AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Address: 77 Academy St Telephone: (973) 643-0400 Newark, NJ 07102 Website: www.aidsresource.org Program Details: Provides multiple services for children and adults with HIV/AIDS. Service Area/Eligibility: Children aged 6 weeks through kindergarten with HIV/AIDS living in Somerset County
Angel Connection/AIDS
Address: P.O. Box 9123 Telephone: (973) 898-0048 Greystone Park, NJ 07950 Program Details: Provides free clothing, furniture, and household items to families with member who has AIDS. Also holds Holiday programs for families with aids, and Workshops for mothers with aids to help them plan for the future of their children. Call for times and dates. Service Area/Eligibility: All residents of New Jersey.
HIV Psycho-Social Day Group
Address: 26 Safran Avenue Telephone: (732) 324-8200 ext. 184 Edison, NJ 08837 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Group therapy including socialization and educational activities are offered as well as other psychiatric services for individuals diagnosed HIV+/AIDS. Service Area/Eligibility: HIV+/AIDS diagnosed individuals in Middlesex County, Somerset County.
Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
Address: 317 George St. Suite 203 Telephone: (800) 433-0254 New Brunswick, NJ 08999 Program Details: Services include: Counseling & testing: free, anonymous or confidential, Support groups for HIV+/AIDS, families, friends, partners, caregivers, Emergency financial assistance and many more. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County. Persons with AIDS or HIV and their families and friends.
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Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
Address: 1 RWJ Place, Dept. of Medicine Telephone: (732) 828-3000 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Program Details: Provides HIV/AIDS counseling and information on testing including test sites. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
St. John's Family Health Center-HIV Medical Services
Address: 24 Abeel Street Telephone: (732) 745-9800 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Program Details: Provides free medical treatment for eligible persons infected with the HIV virus. Also provides case management services and outreach. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County & Somerset County.
CHILDCARE
Child Care Connections, Inc.
Address: 14 West Cliff Street Telephone: (908) 725-4428 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.childcarecenter-nj.org Program Details: Resource and referral agency which helps parents who live and work in Somerset County to find child care. Also provides training programs for parents, providers, community and corporations. Service Area/Eligibility: Children in Somerset County.
Child Protection Center
Address: 123 How Lane Telephone: (732)565-5445 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.saintpetersuh.com Program Details: Provides evaluation, treatment and prevention programs for the physical and emotional injuries caused by child abuse. Services include medical examination, medical record reviews, psychological evaluation and assessments, developmental screening, and child abuse and neglect resource. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County, Somerset County. Serves children for whom a suspicion of child abuse or neglect has been raised.
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Head Start
Address: 900 Hamilton Street Telephone: (732) 246-4049 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: http://www.somersetcap.org/ Program Details: Serves preschool children with development (birth through age five) from low-income families. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset County for this location; Additional Locations Nationwide.
King's Daughters Day School
Address: 502 West Front Street Telephone: (908) 756-7788 Plainfield, NJ 07060 Website: www.kingsdaughtersdayschool.org Program Details: Provides child care, day school and day camp for children 6 months to 10 years. Service Area/Eligibility: Childcare for 18 months to Kindergarten in Middlesex and Somerset counties.
The Learning Gate Association, Inc.
Address: 120 Finderne Avenue Telephone: (908) 725-1060 Bridgewater, N.J. 08876 Program Details: Provides quality day care to children, infants through age 6. Service Area/Eligibility: Parents employed at least 20 hours a week or enrolled in school
ESL
El Centro Hispano Americano/Plainfield
Address: 525 East Front Street Telephone: (908) 753-8730 Plainfield, NJ 07060 Program Details: Provides ESL classes for the immigrant communities: Hispanic, French West Africa, Eastern European, and the former Soviet Union. Service Area/Eligibility: Serves multiple counties, including Somerset
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Jointure
Address: 1124 Rt. 202 S., Ste, B11 Telephone: (908) 722-0233 Raritan, NJ 08869 Web site: www.jointure.org Program Details: Provides adult learning opportunities in community based and adult literacy programs, GED and ESL, and provides school age and preschool enrichment programs. Service Area/Eligibility: Residents of Somerset County.
Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church
Address: 45 Church Street Telephone: (908) 647-0340 Liberty Corner, NJ 07938 Website: http://www.libertycorner.org/ Program Details: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL) assists adults, whose primary language is not English, improve their English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills - while at the same time build relationships with newcomers to the community. Liberty Corner Church offers ESL as a service to the community for 10-week sessions on designated Wednesdays from 7:00-9:00 p.m. each spring and fall. Service Area/Eligibility: Open to all members of the community.
Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County
Address: 120 Finderne Avenue Telephone: (908) 725-5430 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.lvscnj.org Program Details: Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County provides free and confidential one-to-one and small group tutoring to functionally illiterate adults through a network of volunteers recruited and trained to tutor in both Basic Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL/ESOL). Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset County adults and those ages 16-18 that are currently not in school that have literacy proficiency below grade 5
Somerset County Library System
Address: Library System Telephone: (908) 526-4016 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: http://www.somerset.lib.nj.us/ Program Details: Classes promoting the learning of English as a second language. Classes and schedules change - call for more information.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Valid social security number required. County residents given priority.
FINANCIAL ASSITANCE FOR BASIC NEEDS
Catholic Charities- Steps To Financial Independence
Address: 540-550 Route 22 East Telephone: (908) 722-1881 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Financial counseling and money management to women who are in transition from welfare, in an unsuccessful marriage or facing other significant change in their lives. Service Area/Eligibility: Low income families in Somerset County.
NORWESCAP Assistance
Address: 350 Marshall Street Telephone: (908) 454-7000 Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Website: www.norwescap.org Program Details: Financial assistance is given by providing loans to needy families for vehicle purchase, education, starting a business, purchasing a home.
Service Area/Eligibility: available to income eligible residents of Warren, Sussex,
Hunterdon, Passaic, Somerset and Morris Counties.
Sacred Heart R.C. Church
Address: 149 South Plainfield Ave Telephone: (908) 756-0633 South Plainfield, NJ 07080 Program Details: Provides food and/or clothing free of charge to persons with limited resources in need of emergency assistance. Service Area/Eligibility: Residents of Middlesex and Somerset County.
Somerset County Board of Social Services
Address: 73 East High Street Telephone: (908) 526-8800 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.co.somerset.nj.us Program Details: Provides financial and medical assistance and services to low income families with minor children and to persons who have difficulty caring for themselves.
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All persons have the right to apply for services. Cash assistance, food stamps and medical care is available to those who are financially eligible. Service Area/Eligibility: Under the TANF program, families residing in Somerset County who have a child under 18 years of age and every member of the family who has a social security number are eligible
FOOD
Elijah's Promise
Address: 18 Neilson Street Telephone: (732) 545-9002 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.elijahspromise.org Program Details: Programs include a soup kitchen, social services outreach, culinary school. catering business that employs the agency's students and graduates, and a micro-enterprise program that helps low-income adults develop small and home based businesses. Service Area/Eligibility: Those who are in need of assistance in Middlesex and Somerset County.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County
Address: 9 Easy St Telephone: (732) 560-1813 Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Program Details: Collects and distributes food to families of low economic means. Service Area/Eligibility: Low income individuals in Somerset county.
Franklin Township Food bank
Address: 60 Millstone Road Telephone: (732) 246-0009 Somerset, NJ 08875 Website: www.franklinfoodbank.org Program Details: The Franklin Township Food bank mission is to help address the food needs of Franklin Township residents, and to do so at no cost to them. The organization acts as a conduit between those who have food and/or funds to spare and share, and those who need help to put more food on their table than they can currently afford to purchase themselves. Service Area/Eligibility: Franklin Township residents
Jewish Family Services - Hunterdon, Somerset & Warren
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Address: 150-A West High Street Telephone: (908) 725-7799 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.jfsofshw.org Program Details: Emergency Kosher food pantry available to families of low income means Service Area/Eligibility: Residents of Somerset County
Sacred Heart R.C. Church
Address: 149 South Plainfield Ave Telephone: (908) 756-0633 South Plainfield, NJ 07080 Program Details: Provides food and/or clothing free of charge to persons with limited resources in need of emergency assistance. DONATIONS: toys are accepted around the holidays. Service Area/Eligibility: Residents of Middlesex and Somerset County.
Salvation Army/Plainfield/Emergency Food Assistance
Address: 615 Watchung Ave Telephone: (908) 756-7569 Plainfield, NJ 07060 Program Details: Provides emergency food to families and individuals. Service Area/Eligibility: Picture ID and SSN required. North Plainfield, Plainfield, South Plainfield, Fanwood, Scotch Plains, Warren, Watchung.
Somerset County Division of Social Services
Address: 73 E. High St Telephone: (908) 526-8800 Somerset, NJ 08876
Website: http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/division.htm Program Details: Provides emergency food assistance as well as food stamps. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
Somerville Area Fish
Address: PO Box 6288 Telephone: (908) 725-5556 Somerville, NJ 08876 Program Details: Provides food and clothing on an emergency basis for infants-18 yrs. Old.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset County people in need.
HANDICAP
Alternatives, Inc.
Address: 600 First Avenue Telephone: (908) 685-1444 Raritan, NJ 08869 Web site: www.alternativesinc.org Program Details: Assists individuals with special needs to live successfully in the community. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals with special needs living in Somerset County
Bethel Ridge
Address: PO Box 138 Telephone: (908) 221-0801 Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 Website: www.bethelridgenj.org Program Details: Community-based support for persons with developmental disabilities. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals with developmental disabilities living in Somerset County.
Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County
Address: 10 Oak Drive, Roosevelt Park Telephone: (732) 549-5580 Edison, NJ 08837 Website: www.cpamc.org Program Details: Programs offered include early intervention, assistive technology, employment support, residential services, clinical services, and education
Service Area/Eligibility: People with developmental disabilities living in Somerset County.
Matheny School and Hospital
Address: P. O. Box 339 Highland Avenue Telephone: (908) 234-0011 Peapack, NJ 07977 Website: www.matheny.org Program Details: Provides medical, dental and therapy programs for people of all ages with physical disabilities, as well as a private school for the handicapped Midland School.
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Service Area/Eligibility: All ages with medically complex physical and developmental disabilities living in Somerset County.
Midland School
Address: 94 Readington Road Telephone: (908) 722-8222 North Branch, NJ 08876 Website: www.midlandschool.org Program Details: Provides education, employment and housing services for people with developmental disabilities. Service Area/Eligibility: All ages with physical and developmental disabilities living in Somerset County.
New Jersey Assoc. of the Deaf-Blind, Inc.
Address: 24K World's Fair Drive Telephone: (732) 805-1912 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: http://www.njadb.org/ Program Details: Serves New Jersey residents who are dual sensory impaired, deaf and/ or blind regardless of age, race or national origin by providing information and support to families as well as acting as referral and resource to the community ad other social service organizations. Service Area/Eligibility: Deaf and/or blind residents of Somerset County.
New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities
Address: 5 Commerce Way Telephone: (1-800) 832-9173 Hamilton, NJ 08691 Web site: www.state.nj.us Program Details: Offers work, education and day programs, case management, clinical services, family support and housing. Multiple programs are offered. Service Area/Eligibility: Person with a developmental disability in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
New Jersey Transit-Access Link Para transit Service
Address: 1 Penn Plaza East Telephone: (800) 772-2222 Newark, NJ 07105 Website: www.njtransit.com Program Details: Provides curb-to-curb transportation service for eligible people with disabilities
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Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Respite Care Program (EFNJ)
Address: 35 Beaverson Blvd Telephone: (800) 372-6510 Brick, NJ 08723 Program Details: Program provides assistance to families with the care-taking needs of a family member with a developmental disability by providing up to 20 hours/month of in-home and out of home care. Overnight care is available. Families can recruit their own Respite Care provider, or have the Respite Program Coordinator find one for them. Service Area/Eligibility: Anyone in Middlesex or Somerset County in need of services; must be registered with DDD.
Rock Brook School, Inc.
Address: 109 Orchard Road Telephone: (908) 431-9500 Skillman, NJ 08558 Website: www.rock-brook.org Program Details: private, nonprofit school for children of normal intelligence with communication handicaps, language, speech or learning disabilities. Service Area/Eligibility: Children with disabilities in Somerset County.
The Arc of Somerset County
Address: 141 South Main Street Telephone: (908) 725-8544 Manville, NJ 08835 Web site: www.thearcofsomerset.org Program Details: Promoties the principles of individual informed choice, community inclusion, and the prevention of disabilities. Service Area/Eligibility: Serves the needs of people of all ages with developmental disabilities.
United Cerebral Palsy of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey, Inc.
Address: 245 Main Street, Suite 113 Telephone: (908) 879-2243 Chester, N.J. 07930 Website: http://www.ucp.org/ucp_local.cfm/100 Program Details: Provides services for infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
Address: N.J. Department of Human Services Telephone: (609) 292-0600 Trenton, NJ 08625 Web site: www.state.nj.us/humanservices/catill/cicrf1.html Program Details: Provides financial assistance for New Jersey families whose children have experienced an acute or chronic illness, substance abuse, or mental health problem and whose expenses have not been fully covered by another state or federal program, insurance contractor, or other program benefits. Service Area/Eligibility: New Jersey resident or migrant worker. Temporary residents are not eligible. Income limitations apply.
New Jersey Charity Care (Health Care for the Uninsured)
Address: 225 East State St. Telephone: (800) 367-6543 Trenton, NJ 08625 Program Details: This is a state program that offers free or reduced charge care which is provided to patients who receive inpatient and outpatient services at acute care hospitals throughout the State of NJ. Hospital assistance and reduced charge care are available only for necessary hospital care. Service Area/Eligibility: Must meet financial eligibility criteria.
New Jersey Div. of Medical Assistance & Health Services
Address: Dept. of Health & Senior Services, 7 Quakerbridge Plaza, 306 Telephone: (609) 588-2600 Web site: www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmahs Trenton, NJ 08625 Program Details: The Division administers the Medicaid program for families and individuals on public assistance and also administers the NJ Family Care health insurance program for low-income working families who have no insurance. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County. Must meet financial eligibility criteria.
Specified Low-income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)
Address: NJ Dept. of Health & Senior Svcs. P.O. Box 715 Telephone: (800) 792-9745
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Trenton, NJ 08601 Program Details: The program pays the monthly Medicare Part B premium. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County. Must meet financial eligibility criteria.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Address: 20 Washington Pl Telephone: (1-800)-827-1000 Newark, NJ 07102 Website: www.va.gov Program Details: Provides a wide range of benefits including hospital, insurance, medical and dental care. Service Area/Eligibility: Veterans, dependents of veterans, and beneficiaries of veterans living in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
HEALTHCARE
American Diabetes Association
Address: 19 Schoolhouse Road Telephone: (732) 469-7979 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: http://www.diabetes.org Program Details: The services offered by the ADA include: diabetes risk tests, information on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, information geared toward high risk populations (African Americans, Hispanics), advocacy information, and recipes. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals with diabetes living in Somerset County.
CancerCare of New Jersey
Address: 141 Dayton Street, Suite 204 Telephone: (201) 444-6630 Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Website: www.cancercare.org Program Details: Provides support services to cancer patients and their families in the form of counseling, support groups, direct financial assistance for medication and personal needs, transportation and information and referral. Service Area/Eligibility: Cancer patients and their loved ones living in New Jersey can receive the services free of charge
Community Home Care
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Address: 586 East Main Street Telephone: (908) 725-9355 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Program Details: Provides home health care and community services to help clients reach a maximum level of independence and wellness. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County, under a doctor's care and requiring home health services.
Community Visiting Nurse Association
Address: 110 West End Avenue Telephone: (908) 725-9355 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.communityvna.org Program Details: Provides home health care services and also hospice services to the terminally ill. Service Area/Eligibility: Terminally ill residents of Somerset County.
Somerset Medical Center
Address: 110 Rehill Avenue Telephone: (908) 685-2200 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.somersetmedicalcenter.com Program Details: A nationally accredited, regional medical center providing comprehensive emergency, medical/surgical and rehabilitative services as well as a broad range of community programs to Central New Jersey residents. Service Area/Eligibility: Those who are ill in Somerset County.
Tree of Life and Hope, Inc.
Address: 68 Main Street Telephone: (888) 726-9600 Woodbridge, NJ 07905 Program Details: Primary mission is to help those in medical need such as the non-insured, seniors who can't afford care, children. Service Area/Eligibility: Anyone in need of service residing in Middlesex County and Somerset County,
Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills / Somerset Hills Adult Day Center
Address: 200 Mt. Airy Rd Telephone: (908) 766-0180 Basking Ridge, NJ07920 Website: www.visitingnurse.org, www.shadc.org
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Program Details: Provides hospice care, home health care, community health education and respite. Service Area/Eligibility: For the frail elderly and chronically disabled older adult who is homebound or in need of supervision
HOUSING
Amandla Crossing Transitional Housing
Address: 100 Mitch Snyder Drive Telephone: (732) 549-5559 Edison, NJ 08837 Program Details: Program provides for a maximum of 12 month residential facilities for homeless women and their children providing case management and support services, education/literacy, housing and relocation and on-site child care. Service Area/Eligibility: Must be homeless, single parent receiving TANF and eligible for 12 months of Emergency Assistance in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
Catholic Charities-Ozanam Inn
Address: 20-22 Abeel Street Telephone: (732) 729-0850 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Program Details: The shelter provides a case worker and a mental health clinician to assist residents with employment, housing, personal, financial, and mental health issues. All residents agree to an individualized plan based upon their issues. Men must save 60% of their monthly income while at the shelter. Service Area/Eligibility: Homeless men; last residence must have been in Middlesex County. Middlesex County and Somerset County
Home Sharing, Inc.
Address: 120 Finderne Avenue Telephone: (908) 526-4663 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.homesharing.org Program Details: Matches people wanting or needing to share their homes with people seeking permanent housing. Service Area/Eligibility: Residents of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties who come in for an interview.
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Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity
Address: P.O. Box 6275 Telephone: (908) 704-0016 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.rvhabitat.org Program Details: Provides quality, affordable homes to low income families. Service Area/Eligibility: Eligibility based on program.
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program
Address: 67 West High Street Telephone: (908) 725-3260 Somerville, NJ 08876 Program Details: Provides a variety of emergency services to Somerset County residents including emergency interim housing, continuing counseling, and other support services. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset County residents preferred.
Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing
Address: 600 First Avenue, Suite 3 Telephone: (908) 704-8901 Raritan, N.J. 08869 Web site: www.sccoah.org Program Details: Provides programs designed to increase the availability and affordability of housing. Service Area/Eligibility: Eligibility based on program.
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Address: 970 Broad Street Telephone: (800) 375-5283 Newark, NJ 07102 Website: www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm Program Details: Handles immigration and citizenship paperwork, employment authority application, green cards and adjustment of status. Service Area/Eligibility: New Jersey residents.
Legal Services of New Jersey
Address: 134 West Main St. Suite 301 Telephone: (908)-231-0840
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Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.lsnj.org Program Details: Provides legal services to eligible undocumented immigrants involved in civil cases, such as housing, employment issues, public benefits, etc. Service Area/Eligibility: Undocumented immigrant, household income below 175% of the federal poverty level in Middlesex County and Somerset County.
Boaz Community Corporation Inc.
Address: 5 Patterson Street Telephone: (732)-220-1535 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: boazcommunitycorp.org/ Program Details: Provides education and counseling on immigration matters. Service Area/Eligibility: Immigrants in need in central New Jersey
JOB TRAINING/EDUCATION
Easter Seals NJ- Raritan Valley Workshop
Address: 9 Terminal Rd Telephone: (7328) 828-8080 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.eastersealsnj.org Program Details: Provides vocational evaluation, work adjustment training, extended employment, job placement and supported employment. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Elijah’s Promise-Entrepreneurial and Micro-Enterprise Training Program
Address: 211 Livingston Ave Telephone: (732) 545-9002 New Brunswick, NJ 08902 Website: www.elijahspromise.org Program Details: Eight weekly classes for how to start a small, home-based business and one-on-one technical assistance to start up the business. Service Area/Eligibility: Low income adults, age 18 and over in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
Experience Works
Address: P.O. Box 8303 Telephone: (609) 890-2121 Trenton, NJ 08650
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Program Details: Provides job training, re-training, education, and work experience and employment opportunities for older Americans. Service Area/Eligibility: Mature individuals in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
First Baptist Church-Central Jersey STRIVE
Address: 630 Franklin Blvd Telephone: (732) 828-2009 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: www.fbcdc.com Program Details: Job training/placement assistance. Classes cover interviewing techniques, basic computer training, life skills management, confidence building, attitudinal training, resume writing, communication skills, business etiquette, stress management, basic reading, writing and math skills, and HS diploma and GED prep. Service Area/Eligibility: Adults, age 18 + in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
Greater Raritan Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
Address: 109 Church Street Telephone: (732) 524-3578 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Program Details: A local partnership of business, labor, education, and community leaders that will provide policy guidance, coordinated planning, and oversight for all workforce readiness programs in Middlesex and Somerset Counties. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset Counties residents.
JFVS-Immigration and Refugee Services
Address: 32 Ford Ave Telephone: (732) 777-1940 Milltown, NJ 08817 Program Details: A program offering basic education, vocational training and placement, social skills development and counseling services for immigrants and Refugees. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex or Somerset County immigrants and refugees.
New Jersey Dept. of Labor
Address: Labor Building, John Fitch Plaza, Telephone: (800) 343-3910 P.O. Box 110 Web site: www.nj.gov/labor Trenton, NJ 08625
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Program Details: Offers employer and labor market information, assistance with filing for unemployment claims, registration for jobs, job training, and temporary disability insurance. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Puerto Rican Action Board
Address: 22 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Telephone: (732) 828-4555 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Program Details: A multi dimensional program provides individuals with a wide range of services including; Job development and placement. Service Area/Eligibility: Low income families or individuals in Middlesex County and Franklin Twp, Franklin Park, and Somerset.
Somerset County Vocational-Technical High School -- Twilight Program
Address: P.O. Box 6350 Telephone: (908) 526-8900 Bridgewater, N.J. 08807 Website: www.scti.org Program Details: Vocational/technical skills training, and job placement services. Service Area/Eligibility: Those who are at least 18, have a high school diploma, and are from New Jersey.
Women's Job Center at M.C.V.T.S.
Address: 256 Easton Avenue - Room 213 Telephone: (732) 247-3832 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Program Details: Provides goal-planning, career counseling training, re-training, job readiness skills and job placement assistance. Provide support services such as legal, financial and employability workshops are given. Service Area/Eligibility: Displaced homemakers in Middlesex County and parts of Somerset County.
Work Force 55+
Address: 506 Jersey Avenue Telephone: (800) 792-8820 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Program Details: Senior employment program which helps people age 55 and over with job training and placement. The program pays the enrollee to work part time in a
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community service assignment which matches their skills and interests. After training, they work to place the enrollee in a private sector job. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County residents age 55 and over meeting the income guidelines of 125% of Fed. Poverty Level, but may make exceptions.
LEGAL SERVICES
Legal Services of Northwest Jersey-Somerset County Division
Address: 34 West Main Street, Suite 301 Telephone: (908) 231-0840 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.lsnj.org Program Details: Provides efficient and effective legal services to people of low economic means. Service Area/Eligibility: Low-income residents of New Jersey.
Somerset County Bar Association
Address: 200 Randolph Ave Telephone: (908) 756-0633 South Plainfield, NJ 07080 Website: http://www.somersetbar.com/ Program Details: Provides referrals to eligible individuals to lawyers who will work at a reduced fee (approximately $60/hour). Service Area/Eligibility: Income below 200% of federal poverty level. Attorneys are in Middlesex, Ocean and Somerset Counties.
MENTAL HEALTH
Carrier Clinic
Address: 25 County Rd 601 Telephone: (800) 933-3579 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Website: www.carrier.org Program Details: Programs specializing in psychiatric and addiction treatment for all ages. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Catholic Charities Mental Health Center
Address: 540-550 Route East Telephone: (908) 722-1881
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Bridgewater, NJ 08816 Website: www.ccdom.org Program Details: Provides outpatient mental health and addiction services as well as assessments, individual, couple and family therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication monitoring, partial hospital, and other psychiatric services dealing with alcohol and drug abuse, parenting issues, Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity, anxiety, depression and all major psychiatric disorders. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Earth House, Inc.
Address: Box 2058 Telephone: (732) 873-2212 East Millstone, NJ 08825 Website: www.earthhouse.org Program Details: Earth House is a model residential treatment center for young adults suffering from major mental disorders. Service Area/Eligibility: Youth adults and adolescents with Schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in Somerset County.
Family and Children's Services of Central NJ, Inc.-
Address: 2 Kirkpatrick St Telephone: (732) 545-0366 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.facsnj.org Program Details: Provides outpatient counseling for individuals, couples, and families, psychiatric care, substance abuse/dependence, employee assistance programs, and self-help/support groups. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Lydia Home Association-East; LHA-East
Address: 170 Township Line Rd. Telephone: (908) 359-3267 Bldg. A, 2nd Fl. Website: www.lydiahome.org Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Program Details: Outpatient counseling is provided on a sliding fee scale, specializing in children and families. Safe Families program is available for families experiencing a crisis and in need of care. Service Area/Eligibility: Children in New Jersey who need foster care.
Manavi
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Address: P.O. Box 3103 Telephone: (732) 435-1414 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Website: www.manavi.org Program Details: Provides services for South Asian women who are victims of any form of violence. Services include: culture specific supportive counseling, Ashiana (transitional home for women and children), and crisis intervention. Service Area/Eligibility: South Asian women in Middlesex and Somerset Counties who have experienced violence.
NJ Affiliate of Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
Address: 60 MacAfee Road Telephone: (732) 828-0099 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: njocf.org Program Details: Raise awareness and educate the public and professional communities about the disorder at a local level, support individuals afflicted and their significant others, and support research into the causes and treatments of the disorder. Service Area/Eligibility: Those who are afflicted with obsessive compulsive disorder in Somerset County.
Princeton House-Outpatient Services
Address: 1460 Livingston Ave Telephone: (732) 435-0202 ext. 115 North Brunswick, NJ 8092 Program Details: Offers comprehensive evaluation and referral services; written reports may be provided for attorneys, courts, employers, etc. Also provides partial hospitalization day treatment program designed to serve adolescents, adults and older adults. Designed for patients who need the structure and intensity found in inpatient substance abuse programs. This program incorporates a diverse array of services for individuals with various psychiatric disorders. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Sunrise Institute for Mental Health, Inc.
Address: 357 Neville St Telephone: (732) 324-8889 Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 Program Details: Sunrise Institute for Mental Health, Inc. provides treatment to individuals suffering from multiple emotional problems, and cross-cultural issues. They provide services for children, adolescents, adults, and they also provide forensic services. Services include individual and group psychotherapy, psychological testing, school evaluations, biofeedback, crisis intervention, and seminars.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex and Somerset County residents.
Women Helping Women
Address: 224 Main Street Telephone: (732) 549-6000 Metuchen, NJ 08840 Website: www.whwnj.com Program Details: A women's resource center offering supportive services. Offers peer-led support groups for Women and "Strong Girls" Therapy Group- for girls ages 13-18. Service Area/Eligibility: Women of all ages living in Middlesex County, Franklin Twp, Franklin Park, and Somerset.
PARENTING
Alternatives, Inc.
Address: 600 First Avenue Telephone: (908) 685-1444 Raritan, NJ 08869 Website: www.alternativesinc.org Program Details: Provides comprehensive support services to those individuals with special needs to them to reach their full potential. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals who are at risk youth, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, homeless, or single mothers in Middlesex County and Somerset County.
Central New Jersey Maternal & Child Health Consortium
Address: 2 King Arthur’s Ct Suite B Telephone: (732) 937-5437 North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Website: www.cnjmchc.org Program Details: Provides education programs on parenting skills, child health and safety, breastfeeding support, nutrition counseling, prenatal/postnatal issues etc. Service Area/Eligibility: Anybody in Middlesex County and Somerset County.
Contextual Family Services
Address: 9 Cardinal Way Telephone: (908) 237-9193 Flemington, NJ 08822 Program Details: Offers intensive, in-home therapy program designed to help preserve the family and avoid out-of-home placement of children. Services include in-home family and individual counseling, linkage with other involved agencies and treatment providers, school consultations and crisis management services.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Referrals into the program are made via CART, MDT, DYFS or probation.
Mothers' Center of Central New Jersey
Address: P.O. Box 7 Telephone: (908) 561-1751 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Website: westfieldnj.com/mccnj Program Details: The program aims to take the stress out of parenting by offering discussion groups, day and evening workshops, social activities, library resources and playgroups. Service Area/Eligibility: Mothers in Middlesex County and Somerset County. Membership is required to participate.
Prevent Child Abuse-NJ
Address: 103 Church Street Telephone: (732) 246-8060 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.preventchildabusenj.org Program Details: Provides intensive parenting seminars for parents and professionals who work with at risk populations. This program offers support services to new parents. Workshops are also provided in Spanish. Service Area/Eligibility: Open to all parents and professionals in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
University Behavioral Healthcare
Address: 671 Hoes Lane Telephone: (1-800) 969-5300 Piscataway, NJ 08855 Website: www.ubhc.umdnj.edu Program Details: Parenting skills and supportive counseling for teenage mothers (age 18 and under) who are pregnant or postpartum (less than 3 months). Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County Priority given to children at risk because of family mental illness or social stress.
SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES
Adult Day Center of Somerset County, Inc.
Address: 120 Finderne Avenue Telephone: (908) 725-0068 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.adultdaycenter.org
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Program Details: Provides day programs for elderly and disabled adults. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset County residents, ages 18 and over.
Central NJ Jewish Home for the Aged
Address: 380 Demott Lane Telephone: (732) 873-2000 Somerset, NJ 08873 Website: http://www.cnjjha.com Program Details: Provides a continuum of quality health care and related personal services, primarily for the Jewish elderly, in an environment which enhances Jewish values, traditions and lifestyles. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
CONTACT We Care, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 2376 Telephone: (908) 301-1899 Westfield, NJ 07091 Website: www.contactwecare.org Program Details: A crisis intervention help line that offers nonjudgmental listening to callers by highly trained volunteers. Daily reassurance calls are also available to frail elderly or those of any age with functional limitations. Service Area/Eligibility: Services are provided to anyone in north central New Jersey.
Office on Aging - Somerset County
Address: 92 East Main Street Telephone: 1-888-747-1122 Somerville, NJ 08876
Website: http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/division.htm/aging.
Program Details: Assesses needs of older persons and plans programs and services to meet those needs. Offers information and referral services, outreach, senior centers and home-delivered meals, wellness and care coordination, legal counseling and elder care for employees. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Address: 27 Warren St Telephone: (908) 704-6338 Somerville, NJ 08876 Program Details: Coordinates options volunteering option within the community.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Those who are aged 55 and older and wish to volunteer in Somerset County.
Visiting Nurse Assoc. of Somerset Hills
Address: 12 Olcott Avenue Telephone: (908) 766-0180 Bernardsville, NJ 07924 Website: http://www.visitingnurse.org Program Details: Provides hospice care, home health care, community health education and respite for terminally ill or seniors. Service Area/Eligibility: Those in need in Somerset County.
SHELTER
Alternatives, Inc.
Address: 600 First Avenue Telephone: (908) 685-1444 Raritan, NJ 08869 Website: www.alternativesinc.org Program Details: Housing, group homes, supportive living, supervised apartments, and independent living situations are offered to the developmentally disabled. Service Area/Eligibility: Middlesex County and Somerset County. Individuals who are at risk youth, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, homeless, or single mothers.
Anchor House
Address: 482 Centre Street Telephone: (609) 396-8329 Trenton, NJ 08611 Website: www.anchorhousenj.com Program Details: Shelter, counseling center, and transitional living program for runaway, homeless and/or abused youth. Service Area/Eligibility: Runaway, homeless and/or abused teenagers in Middlesex County and Somerset County.
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County
Address: 98 West End Avenue Telephone: (908) 704-1920 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.ihnsomconj.org Program Details: Provides shelter, meals, and assistance to homeless families and single women. Service Area/Eligibility: referrals are needed from social service agency.
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Middlesex Interfaith Partners with the Homeless, Inc.
Address: 211 Livingston Ave Telephone: (732)-729-7277 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Website: www.miph.net Program Details: A transitional housing program for single-parent families on public assistance offers comprehensive and coordinated services. This includes child care, job training, parenting assistance, counseling, assistance with locating affordable, and permanent housing as well as in-kind donations of items needed to set up a home. Service Area/Eligibility: This organization serves 14 counties in New Jersey, including Somerset.
Somerset Home For Temporarily Displaced Children
Address: 49 Brahma Avenue Telephone: (908) 526-6605 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: www.somersethome.org Program Details: Short- and long-term residences for abused, abandoned, neglected or homeless adolescents. Service Area/Eligibility: Adolescents in Somerset county.
Somerset Operation Shelter (S.O.S.)
Address: 73 East High Street Telephone: (800) 287-3607 Somerville, NJ 08876 Program Details: Provides shelter and/or motel placement for homeless individuals and families. Meals and transportation to shelter site can also be arranged if needed. Service Area/Eligibility: Homeless individuals or families in Somerset County.
Volunteers of America - Agape House Program
Address: 124 East Main Street Telephone: (908) 707-9753 Somerville, N.J. 08876 Program Details: Provides shelter for single homeless mothers and their children Service Area/Eligibility: Homeless families in Somerset County.
YOUTH SERVICES
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4-H Youth Development Of Somerset County
Address: 310 Milltown Road Telephone: (908) 526-6644 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Website: http://somerset.rce.rutgers.edu Program Details: Provides non-formal educational programs for youth, to help them to develop life skills. Service Area/Eligibility: Students from the 1st grade to the first year after high school.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hunterdon & Somerset Counties
Address: 79 Beaver Avenue Telephone: (908) 730-7773 Clinton, NJ 08809 Website: www.mentorforbbbs.org Program Details: One-on-one mentoring program that matches adult volunteers with a child. Service Area/Eligibility: Somerset county kids and adults.
Family & Children’s Services of Central New Jersey
Address: 901 Raritan Avenue Telephone: (800) 479-377 Highland Park, NJ 08904 Website: www.facsnj.org Program Details: Provides early Intervention programs, clinical services, and school-based Programs to youth at home and in school. Service Area/Eligibility: Children in Middlesex & Somerset Counties.
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. - Rolling Hills Council
Address: 1171 Route 28 Telephone: (908) 725-1226 North Branch, NJ 08876 Website: www.girlscouts-rh.org Program Details: Offers programs to inspire girls with the ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service Service Area/Eligibility: Young girls in Somerset County
Martin Luther King Youth Center
Address: 1298 Prince Rogers Avenue Telephone: (908) 526-3688 Bridgewater, NJ 08807
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Program Details: Offers educational, recreational, cultural, developmental and nutritional programs to meet the needs of school-aged children. Service Area/Eligibility: For children ages 5-13 living in Somerset County.
Middle Earth
Address: P.O. Box. 8045 Telephone: (908) 725-7223 Bridgewater, NJ 08876 Website: www.middleearthonline.org Program Details: Offers programs designed to meet the physical, social and emotional needs of youth. Service Area/Eligibility: All at-risk youth in Somerset County.
My Daughter's Keeper, Inc.
Address: 1086 Livingston Avenue Telephone: (866) 565-9313 North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Website: www.mydaughterskeeper.org Program Details: Educational and self-development program providing support and resources to mothers (and other primary caregivers) and their daughters to help strengthen their relationships. Service Area/Eligibility: Caregiver of a daughter between the ages of 10-17. Middlesex County, Somerset County, and the rest of New Jersey.
Somerset Community Action Program
Address: 429 Lewis Street Telephone: (732) 846-8888 Somerset, NJ 08875 Website: www.somersetcap.org Program Details: This organization provides programs and resources for low- and moderate-income families and children that contribute to their educational, cultural, emotional, physical and social development. Service Area/Eligibility: Eligibility based on program.
Somerset County Office of Youth Services
Address: 78-92 East Main Street Telephone: (908) 704-6333 Somerville, NJ 08876 Website: www.co.somerset.nj.us Program Details: Examines needs, programs for public and professionals on youth, develops community based programs and services to meet needs, and seeks funding to initiate programs.
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Service Area/Eligibility: Anybody in Somerset County.
YMCA, Somerset Valley
Address: 2 Green Street Telephone: (908) 722-4567 Somerville, N.J. 08876 Website: www.ymcasomersetvalley.org Program Details: Helps people develop a healthy body, mind and spirit through programs designed for all people. Service Area/Eligibility: Individuals of all ages living in Somerset County
YWCA, Plainfield
Address: 232 East Front Street Telephone: (908) 756-3500 Plainfield, N.J. 08876 Website: http://www.ywcacnj.org/
Program Details: Helps people develop a healthy body, mind and spirit through programs designed for all people. Service Area: Young women in Somerset county
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Notes and Important Telephone Numbers
Name Telephone Number
Hunterdon Help Line 211 or 1-800-272-4630
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