How United Way Helps

Abilities Center of Southern NJ

Employment and Workforce Development

Develops employment opportunities for people with disabilities. A matrix of service choices enables the individual to determine realistic vocational goals, receive training in work habits and skills, and become employed in the setting or position most suited to identified goals and strengths.

American Red Cross

Armed Forces Emergency Services

Deliver emergency messages to military personnel, such as that of serious illness at home or birth announcements. Also arranges for emergency leave and financial assistance. Also delivers messages from war zones to family members in the U.S.

Disaster Relief Assistance

Help people recover from disasters. Provides for immediate emergency needs, such as hotel nights, food and clothing vouchers, client transportation, etc.

ARC Gloucester

Camp Sun ‘N Fun

Supports a full summer residential and day camp program for children and adults with intellectual and related developmental disabilities.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Burlington, Camden, & Gloucester Counties

One-to-One Mentoring Services for At-risk Youth

Provides community & school-based mentoring programs. Professionally supervised and supported one-to-one mentoring relationships between screened and trained volunteers and children & youth.

Boy Scouts of America, Southern NJ Council

At-risk Youth

Identifies communities where at-risk youth may not be served by Scouting and develop a Program. Their goal is to organize in four communities.

Center for Family Services, Inc.

Mental Health Counseling for Domestic Violence and Trauma

Provide trauma response services, in-home counseling, specialized services for children & outpatient counseling for victims of domestic violence and traumatic events.

Provide therapy, resources, a safe shelter, counseling, life skills, parenting training and case management to homeless women and their children.

Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Outpatient services assisting individuals in becoming aware of substance abuse patterns, and establish desire/skills to live healthy, drug-free lives. Including Recovery Network for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Together Youth Shelter

Short-term emergency shelter that provides a comprehensive life skills program for runaway & homeless youth (ages 9 through 18), with individual and family counseling.

Center for People in Transition

Displaced Homemaker Program

Assists participants to become emotionally & economically self-sufficient through life-skills training, career decision-making, educational or vocational training, supportive services, job placement & advocacy. Participants are individuals experiencing separation & divorce, death or disability of a spouse.

CONTACT Community Helplines, Inc.

Crisis Helpline

A 24/7 “hotline” staffed by trained volunteers giving therapeutic listening and appropriate information & referral to people who are dealing with depression, grief, abuse, suicide, loneliness, or other mental health problems.

Telephone Reassurance

Supportive daily phone calls to isolated and homebound senior citizens who live alone. Emergency intervention, when needed. The goal is to prevent premature nursing home placement.

Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Research

Working to build a resource of cells from families afflicted to understand how the genetics of disease work in order to develop ways to block the onset.

FamCare

Pacesetters – Parent Education Program

An 8-week cycle that teaches parenting, positive discipline, non-abusive punishment, effective communication, use of rewards and stress/anger management to build stronger and healthier families.

Special Needs Clinical Services

Provides routine healthcare & early cancer screening for underinsured & uninsured women.

Food Bank of South Jersey, Inc.

Basic Need – Emergency & Interim Food

Solicits high quality, surplus food & provides it to charitable feeding agencies, who in turn distribute it to the disabled, seniors, children, working poor, homeless individuals, and families in need.

Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ

Leadership Experience

Serving girls ages 5-17 and focusing on at-risk neighborhoods by exploring their values and taking action on important issues related to their own lives, skill building, career awareness, educational activities, developing healthy lifestyles, travel, and having fun.

Glassboro Child Development Centers

Preschool Program

Children ages 6 weeks to 5 years: weekday, year-round emphasis is on intellectual, physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.

School Age Programs

Children in grades K-8 before and/or after school, offering homework assistance, physical activities, technology programs, sports, arts, service learning, Lego robotics, KidRead (family literacy program). Also, Camp Horizons is a summer day camp.

HollyDELL, Inc.

Twenty One Plus Program

Provides adults with severe physical, medical and cognitive challenges the opportunity to experience the diverse aspects of life through direct involvement in the community to enhance their self-esteem, socialization and facilitate their indepedence.

Holy Redeemer Home Care, Inc.

Home Health Care

Heart telemonitoring to reduce emergency care and rehospitalization. Services include: skilled nursing for the provision of wound care, treatments, client education, functional rehabilitation, and medical social services.

Literacy Volunteers of Gloucester County, Inc.

Basic Reading

Recruit & train adult volunteers to work one-on-one to tutor adults who have difficulties reading the English language, including those for whom English is not their native language.

Maryville, Inc.

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Comprehensive residential treatment services for chemically dependant adults by providing a safe environment, utilizing evidence-based treatment, producing outcomes that are medically and clinically measurable, and to learn coping skills to deal soberly with various stages of recovery.

NewPoint Behavioral Health Care, Inc.

Mental Health Issues

Outpatient services provides psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring, individual group and family counseling.

Repauno PreSchool Day Care Center, Inc.

Infant & Preschool Child Care

Targeting low-income families with children age 6 weeks to 5 years to receive quality early education, proper nutrition and socialization skills. Also offers summer day camp for children 6 to 12 years of age.

Robins’ Nest, Inc.

Danellie Counseling Center

Provides solution-focused outpatient counseling. Services include individual, group, family and couples counseling, and focuses on the treatment of child/adolescent mental health & behavioral disorders, sexual abuse, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, and family conflict.

Healthy Families

Volunteer home visiting program for high-risk parents to enhance family functioning, promote positive parent-child interaction, and promote healthy childhood growth and development.

Salvation Army

Emergency Services

Promotes short-term emergency assistance to individuals and families in crisis situations who are not eligible for assistance from any other source.

Samaritan Hospice

Transitions

In-home support service providing medical and practical information, referrals for supplemental healthcare, community services and respite care for caregivers of those who have a prognosis of 12 months or less to live, whether or not they are seeking curative treatments.

Senior Corps/Community Services Corps

Volunteer Program

Actively recruit, train and retain community volunteers, age 55 and over, with a myriad of talents and education for positions in non-profits to answer pressing community needs. Assists in counseling for direct service programs such as State Health Ins. Assist. Program, osteoporosis prevention classes, and chronic disease management.

Shirley Eves Developmental & Therapeutic Center, Inc.

Hotel Respite

Individuals with disabilities are given the opportunity to spend a weekend out in the community with trained respite workers, while giving their caregivers a break from the 24/7 care required to keep their disabled family member at home.

South Jersey Legal Services, Inc.

Legal Services for Basic Needs

Providing access to the judicial system, assist the needs of the community by preventing homelessness and maintaining affordable and decent housing.

USO

Military Services

To maintain a high morale among our Service Personnel in all branches of the Armed Forces.

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, Inc.

Senior Wellness

Assist older adults living in senior housing buildings through education and counseling, to achieve and maintain their highest level of wellness, avoid hospitalization and remain independent.

Recruits and refers potential volunteers to local non-profits, thereby addressing community problems by engaging citizens in active community service.

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

Eleanor Corbett House

This 46-bed facility helps homeless women and families achieve self-sufficiency and lead self-fulfilled, independent lives through workshops, tutoring and supportive services. Also, the Safe Haven Program provides temporary housing and support services to homeless single women with behavioral health challenges.

Woodbury Child Development Center, Inc.

Child Care

Provides childhood care and early education, after school, out of school, and summer care for children age 4 months to 12 years on a full-day, full-year program. They are assisted with homework, do arts and crafts, attend computer classes, and other activities.

YMCA of Gloucester County

Summer Day Camp

Focus on developing positive relationships, learning character development, values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, and participating in a wide range of different physical activities to promote teamwork, friendship and an active lifestyle.