Bessie Green Community has been transforming lives by providing food, shelter and support programs to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness and hunger with compassion and dignity in Newark, NJ.
Services available for all Essex county residents.
Street Outreach and Engagement
The process starts with engagement by our professional Outreach Specialists and supporting volunteers to persons living on the street or other places not meant for human habitation.
Our Outreach Specialists distribute food and emergency items to individuals, initially triage service needs, and gauge an individuals’ willingness for emergency housing placement. If the person is receptive to emergency shelter, our team transports them to shelter and ensures they have a follow-up appointment with our intensive Case Management Team the following business day.
Intensive Case Management
Picking up where the Outreach Specialists leave off, our Case Managers work with clients coming off the streets and into emergency housing to assess their health and social needs and identify barriers and strengths to obtain transitional and/or permanent housing. This process culminates in the co-creation of a housing stabilization plan.
The housing stabilization plan is a living document that guides the case management process and helps Case Managers assist clients to leverage strengths to overcome multiple barriers to obtaining housing. Depending on the complexity of an individual’s needs and the availability of community supports, the time spent in intensive case management may be as short as a week or longer than a year.
Housing Navigation and Placement
After Case Managers work to stabilize the client and they are enrolled in an appropriate housing program, our team works to search for appropriate and affordable housing that is affirming of the progress the individual has made.
Once a client has been successful in their housing search, our team ensures that the move from emergency or transitional housing to permanent housing is successful. We also support newly housed clients by connecting furniture and household items to celebrate their progress and protect against the indignity of moving into an unfurnished home.
Housing Sustainment and Skill Building
Once our clients are housed and working towards stability, we ensure they are able to maintain housing and continue to address any barriers that might impact their ability to maintain housing. During this phase, our team works to obtain supportive employment (if appropriate), long term/permanent disability, and meaningful activities (to include volunteering). The desired end-state for all of our clients is longitudinal support, as needed, to ensure that a life on the street is a memory of the past, never a future destination.
Provides services throughout Essex County.
Covenant House New Jersey provides comprehensive residential care and related services to help New Jersey’s youth who have suffered from abuse, neglect, abandonment, homelessness, and human trafficking build a life for themselves that is good. We journey with our young people from the streets, to our Residential Crisis Centers, to our transitional living homes, and on to independent living in the community to help them break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.
Available to anyone located in NJ.
Hours: 8:30a- 4:30p
Email: eastorangecdc@aol.com
Website: https://essexcountynj.org/ceas_directory/east-orange-community-development-corporation/
Case management, rent, mortgage, utilities assistance, food (non-perishables), hygiene products,
clothing, and shelter.
Available to all Essex County residents.
UCC’s Fulton Street Emergency Shelter has operated since 1964 serving men and women aged 18
and older. The emergency shelter currently operates 24/7 to house guests due to the impacts of
COVID-19 and with expanded bedding during Code Blue emergencies. Guests are introduced to all the
resources available at UCC with one-on-one case management and services provided through
partnerships such as medical aid and rehabilitation programs.
Available to all Essex County Residents.
Hyacinth Care and Treatment Programs
People living with HIV have a variety of physical, psychosocial, and material needs. All of Hyacinth’s Care and Treatment Services, in alignment with federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) requirements, are designed to improve the health and achieve health equity for people who are geographically isolated or economically/medically vulnerable. We serve all people, regardless of background, at our eight centers throughout New Jersey.
Non-Medical Case Management (Paterson, Jersey City, Newark, Plainfield, Trenton)
Emergency Financial Assistance (Jersey City, Plainfield, New Brunswick, Trenton)
Community Health Worker Program (All Offices)
Housing Placement Assistance (Newark, New Brunswick)
Individual & Group Substance Abuse Counseling (Paterson, Newark)
Individual Mental Health (All Offices)
Legal Client Advocacy (Jersey City, Newark)
Medical Case Management (Paterson, Newark)
Mental Health Groups (Wellness groups) (All Offices)
Psychosocial Services (All Offices)
Our Newark office hosts the Hyacinth Health & Wellness Center where HIV medical services as well as PrEP treatment are offered
Available to all NJ residents.
SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL
The Meadow Program, on our Secaucus campus, offers intensive treatment for individuals with substance use and co-occurring disorders.
LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL
With locations in Newark and Secaucus, our long-term residential programs are ideal for men and women with a history of chronic relapse.
HALFWAY HOUSE
Located on our Newark and Secaucus campuses, our halfway house programs assist both men and women in sustaining sobriety, productively reentering their communities, securing stable employment and repairing relationships with family.
OUTPATIENT
Integrity House offers outpatient, intensive outpatient and partial care in Hudson County, Morris Plains, Newark and Toms River. With morning and evening options, we can accommodate most work, family and school schedules.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Our Supportive Housing programs, located in Newark, offer a safe place for men, women, and women and their children to continue working on their recovery while attaining independence and stability for their families.
CCBHC
In Newark, the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) offers comprehensive risk and needs assessment, outpatient mental health and addictions services, 24/7 in-person and telephonic crisis stabilization services, case management, primary care screening and monitoring, peer and family support services, person centered treatment planning, and coordination with health care and social service providers.
Available to all NJ residents.
Isaiah House’s mission is to reduce the prevalence of homelessness in the greater Newark, NJ region.
Since our founding in 1988 Isaiah House has served, with dignity and respect, tens of thousands of homeless and at-risk families including People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), families of every definition, single women, runaway teens experiencing homelessness, and mothers with newborns. Isaiah House also offers a food pantry and connection to essential but often costly resources such as school supplies, household items and other essential needs.
Available to all Essex County residents.
(973) 395-4348
114 South Arlington Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
Emergency/transitional shelter for men. Offers a food pantry, life essentials, youth safety and security
and community outreach.
Integrated Case Management Services (ICMS)
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Healthcare
ICMS functions in the belief that adults with serious and persistent mental illness can better manage their illness,
increase their functioning and improve their sense of mastery and well being with appropriate information and
support. ICMS provides case management services designed to engage and support consumers while striving to help
them integrate into the community. Case Managers work with consumers to facilitate access to and utilization of
needed resources and supports. ICMS Services include outreach, assessment, linkage to community resources, crisis
intervention, substance abuse education and intervention, psycho-education, and advocacy.
Services are available on a 24 hour, 7 days per week basis through an on call system. We can be reached at the phone
numbers provided below.
Locations:
47 Miller Street Newark, NJ 07114 • Phone: Daytime: (973) 522-2100 Evening: (973) 722-7889
505 South Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016 • Phone: (908) 497-3927
Medication Monitoring – Outpatient Mental Health
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Healthcare
The programs provide medication and casework management of adults who no longer require a more intensive level of care. Programs utilize various treatment formats including individual and group treatment models. The primary focus of the Medication Monitoring Programs is to provide stabilized clients with medication, support, and psycho-education.
Locations:
47 Miller Street Newark, NJ 07114 • Phone: (973) 596-4190
285 Magnolia Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07016 • Phone: (201) 395-4800 or (800) 227-7705
2201 Bergenline Avenue Union City, NJ 07087 • Phone: (201) 558-3700 or (800) 227-7705
108 Alden Street Cranford, NJ 07016 • Phone: (908) 497-3925 or (800) 227-7705
Outpatient Mental Health Programs
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Healthcare
Provide a wide range of professional mental health assessment and treatment services to children, adolescents and adults, as well as consultation/education to community agencies. Using a professional team approach, emphasis is placed on individualized assessment, goal-oriented treatment planning, periodic case review and continuity of care for clients.
Locations:
47 Miller Street Newark, NJ 07114 • Phone: (973) 596-4190
285 Magnolia Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07016 • Phone: (201) 395-4800 or (800) 227-7705
2201 Bergenline Avenue Union City, NJ 07087 • Phone: (201) 558-3700 or (800) 227-7705
108 Alden Street Cranford, NJ 07016 • Phone: (908) 497-3925 or (800) 227-7705
Partial Care
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Healthcare
This program provides comprehensive, individualized day treatment services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and substance abuse/dependence. This program provides a structured and supportive environment for clients who require monitoring of their daily living, symptoms, and medication. This program enables clients to achieve their maximum level of functioning within the community while minimizing or preventing psychiatric hospitalizations. Services include pre-vocational activities, medication monitoring, case management, graduate groups, and aftercare.
Locations:
47 Miller Street Newark, NJ 07114 • Phone: (973) 596-4190
285 Magnolia Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07016 • Phone: (201) 395-4800 or (800) 227-7705
2201 Bergenline Avenue Union City, NJ 07087 • Phone: (201) 558-3700 or (800) 227-7705
108 Alden Street Cranford, NJ 07016 • Phone: (908) 497-3925 or (800) 227-7705
Psychological Services
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Health System
This program provides psychological assessment and appropriate psychotherapy to clients from age three to adulthood. In addition, we provide specialized services to young children and to adolescents. Children and their families can receive individual psychological assessment, individual psychiatric assessment, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, play therapy, group therapy, and parenting skills counseling.
Location: 47 Miller Street Newark, NJ 07114 • Phone: (973) 596-4190 or (973) 596-3925
Services available to all NJ residents.
For more than four decades, Covenant House has helped transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. We offer housing and support services to young people in need – reaching 80,000 boys and girls every year.
To stabilize families and individuals in crisis, especially the working poor, homeless and those in financial need and provide them with financial support and life skills training to live on their own.
NESF provides case management and direct assistance to low-income, the working poor and homeless individuals and families in greater Essex County. We provide the following programs and services:
Homeless Services
Our homeless Drop-In Center provides a safe and nurturing environment where homeless consumers can take showers, receive food, wash clothes and use the telephone as well as access our food and clothing pantry. The Center is staffed with experienced personnel who provide linkages to emergency shelters and other supportive services.
Supportive Assistance for Individuals and Families (SAIF)
Funded by the State of New Jersey, SAIF offers a safety net for those individuals who are receiving General Assistance and nearing their five-year lifetime benefits. Through intensive case management, life skills training, benefits counseling, referrals to job readiness programs and linkages to medical care and other counseling services, program participants are provided with the essentials to gain self-sufficiency. This program is referral-based by the Essex County Division of Welfare to NESF.
Prisoner Re-Entry Program
Funded through the City of Newark, NESF offers comprehensive re-entry services to the formally incarcerated. Our program includes long-term goal setting, case management, linkages to in-house services and programs, job readiness programs, housing information, referrals to medical care and other counseling services. If needed, program participants can receive short-term shelter vouchers, access to the food and clothing pantry, as well as furniture assistance referrals, obtaining proper identification and support in meeting their basic living needs.
Emergency Services
Through our centralized intake and initial assessment process, we provide supportive services to individuals and families experiencing financial hardships, such as; rapid re-housing for those experiencing homelessness, rental and mortgage assistance, security deposits, utility assistance and short-term shelter placements. Consumer interviews and eligibility determinations are by appointment only.
Central & West Ward Family Success Center
NESF is home to the Central and West Wards Family Success Center (FSC). Our FSC is a one-stop comprehensive resource center that promotes family unity and empowerment. The Center hosts monthly parent training workshops, grandparent support group, access to our community computer lab and direct emergency assistance. Program Initiatives include:
Fatherhood Program Initiative: This program assist fathers and any male age 13 and over to become a better individual and father. Through the 24/7 Dad Curriculum, our goal is to have fathers remain committed, responsible and involved in their children’s lives in a positive and interactive way by improving their knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
Grandparents Support Group: Our Grandparents support group provides supportive services to grandparents who are now rearing their grandchildren.
Food and Clothing Pantry
To alleviate nutritional shortfalls in families that are "food dependent," our agency has an on-site food and clothing pantry where consumers can receive weather appropriate clothing, food bags and food vouchers.
Additional Services
In partnership with the NJ Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired and New Eyes for the Needy, NESF offers free eye screenings and corrective lens vouchers to eligible consumers. This service occurs on the 3rd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Consumers are seen on a first come, first serve basis. In partnership with Public Health Solutions, it allows our consumers to apply for reduced medical coverage on-site through the Affordable Healthcare Act.
The first North Porch center was incorporated in 1984 in Newark, New Jersey, by the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Newark. The organization had its roots in a ministry established in 1978 by The Venerable Martha Blacklock of the Newark Episcopal Cooperative for Mission and Ministry.
North Porch Women & Infants’ Centers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides emergency aid, in the form of baby supplies, to mothers and infants in northern New Jersey, to help them stabilize and improve the quality of their lives. North Porch has centers in Newark, Paterson and Dover as well as a satellite center in Hackettstown. We are governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Our Centers are staffed by part time Center Coordinators and a part time Program Director. Our clients are referred to us by social service agencies and religious organizations. They are able to visit up to four times a year and at each visit receive one week’s supply of diapers, wipes, formula, baby food and toiletries.
The mission of Project Live, Inc. is to provide consumers of mental health services access to safe, clean and affordable housing combined with quality, comprehensive supportive services and employment opportunities. We promote empowerment, growth, independence and recovery so that each person served can live, learn and work in their community of choice.
Prevention/intervention services, mental health and substance abuse counseling, prison re-entry and
redirection services.
For more than four decades, Covenant House has helped transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. We offer housing and support services to young people in need – reaching 80,000 boys and girls every year.
SIERRA HOUSE - EAST ORANGE
(973) 678-3556
11 South Maple Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07017
Website: https://www.sierrahouse.org
Email: kfreeman@sierrahouse.org
Offers housing and transitional housing for homeless young women and young mothers, working families, and disabled, family support services and neighborhood improvement resources.
Sierra House Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the prospects of individual achievement for youth, low to moderate income families, and homeless young adults through housing, education, and community services, and thereby contributing to the long-term stability of our community. Our programs provide enriching life experiences that encourage and challenge youth to excel in their development, support neighborhood stabilization and encourage homeownership.
St. Rocco's Emergency Family Shelter provides short-term shelter to homeless women with children including three meals a day. Services include supportive individual counseling, educational workshops, instruction in parenting skills, referral to community resources, assistance with job and housing placement, and referrals for mental health and substance abuse services.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) provides assistance for low-income veteran families residing in or transitioning to permeant housing
24 HR Hotline: 973-759-2153
Email: safehouse@rwibh.org
Open to Essex County, NJ residents
Available Services
The Safe House is an emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. The Safe House has 12 rooms and can shelter 12 women and 24 children at any one time. A 24 hour hotline is operational and 24 hour admission to the shelter is available.
The Safe House program provides:
counseling, case management, legal advocacy, a comprehensive children’s program, food, clothing, personal necessities, transportation, financial assistance through welfare, housing advocacy, parenting classes, support groups, medical care, a pre-school program, a summer day camp, immigration referrals and linkage to an extensive number of community services on an as needed basis. Non-residential counseling is also provided.
Bi-Lingual staff is avaulable (Spanish) and we have access to the Language Line if needed.
The Safe House provides shelter in a safe and supportive environment for families in crisis and provides the help, education, advocacy & guidance needed to empower women to live safe and productive lives.
The men and women of The Salvation Army have proudly served the people of Essex County for over 100 years. Throughout those years, our services and programs changed to better serve the changing needs of our communities. The same compassion and dedication brought to the Newark and the Essex County area by the founders, is still the standard in all we do.
United Community Corporation helps empower all members of our community to achieve economic self-sufficiency by providing a range of supportive services. We continue to expand and improve our services, which include; an emergency shelter with case management, a program for seniors, low-income housing, and a range of high-quality after school and summer camp programs for youth.