New Community Corporation is a community development agency based in Newark. In business for over 40 years, it serves as a family resource center that helps families with emergency food assistance, paying utility bills, transitional housing for the homeless and job placement. New Community also owns and manages over 1,500 units of housing for seniors and families. It was founded by Msgr. William Linder.
Community Solutions is a non-profit organization offering treatment and counseling for children and adults that have been referred from the adult criminal justice systems, social service agencies and the federal juvenile system. Community Solutions offers in-patient substance abuse treatment and anger management, as well as parent and family counseling. Community Solutions also offers job training, transitional housing assistance and functional family therapy. Community Solutions has been in operation for over four decades. Visit Community Solutions's official website for additional information.
This is the office for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a nonprofit organization serving Essex, Union and Hudson counties. It offers mentoring programs to children throughout the area. Mentors are paired with a child in need to hang out, have fun and create a lasting friendship.
As a part of Helen Keller International, ChildSight aims to prevent blindness by providing at-risk children with free vision screenings and eyeglasses. It travels to local public schools to conduct the screenings and then delivers the glasses to the children within a week.
The Harmony House is a transitional housing program that helps families move from homelessness to permanent housing. This location can accommodate up to 102 families and residents are offered on-site childcare, job training and other resources provided by the New Community Network, a community development organization that helps families with emergency food assistance, housing, education and employment.
La Casa de Don Pedro supports the people in the neighborhoods of Newark’s North End to become self-sufficient. The organization is an advocate for a network of programs and services such as early childhood education, home energy assistance, foreclosure prevention, adult education, workforce development, immigration legal assistance, after-school programs, affordable housing and more.
The listing offers information reflecting the Family Success Center, which is helmed by Diana Rojas.
North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) is a HIV/AIDS community-based organization. It is one of the largest networks of its kind in the state. The organization seeks to make access to healthcare more readily available. It conducts clinical trials as well as provides treatment, care and prevention services for those affected by HIV.
Ironbound Community Corporation is an organization that aims to improve education, neighborhood issues, economic development, and more. It offers a variety of programs including a citizenship education class, which is free of charge.
The Ironbound Community Center hosts a variety of programs for children, adults, seniors, and families. To make a donation, be sure to visit the website provided.
Salvation Army is a Christian faith-based human services organization that offers a number of programs. With locations throughout Newark, this branch provides adult program and rehabilitation services. Headed by Bernard and Carol Austin, it also operates as a Salvation Army Family store.
