Social Service Network Directory
Good health is shaped by more than medical and dental care. Access to healthy food, stable housing, transportation, employment, financial resources, and community support all play an important role in helping individuals and families thrive.
This directory was created to help you find local programs, services, and organizations that can provide assistance, guidance, and support when you need it most.
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Food Pantries
Catholic Charities of Philadelphia ' Food Pantries provide quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity. This program supplies critical nutrition to hungry individuals and families. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs
Navigator Exchange Program
The Navigator Exchange Program assists individuals and families with the application for health insurance free of charge. The federally certified navigators are prepared and ready to help those who need assistance with completing the application for healthcare understand the options available to them. The Navigator Exchange program is equipped with mobile offices and bilingual services in an effort to provide free, fair, impartial, and quality in-person health insurance enrollment assistance to eligible individuals in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties. If you need in-person assistance to help you understand your options, our navigators can help you. Bilingual navigators are available. To schedule an appointment with a trained Navigator call 877.9.NAVIG8 (877.962.8448).
Self-Assurance Self Sufficiency (SASS)
The SASS program helps Camden County families develop a sense of security and higher level of self assurance. Through SASS individuals learn the power of advocating for themselves. SASS encourages stronger families and healthier communities. SASS counselors provide support to families and teach the ways to: -manage household tasks -strengthen positive parenting skills -seek affordable medical care -link to community resources -manage personal finances -link to housing resources -advocate for themselves -improve organizational skills The program is open to any families in Camden County in need of services. Referrals are accepted through social service providers, community partners, and self-referrals.
Building Bridges Family Success Center
Building Bridges Family Success Center is a community-based, family-centered neighborhood gathering place where any community resident can go for family support, information, and services. At the Family Success Center you can learn new skills, share your talents, participate in activities, connect with resources, lead workshops, and meet others in your community. The center offers a variety of free educational workshops and family friendly events and activities for all ages in Clementon, NJ. Services include: - Linking families to resources in the community - Cross-cultural family dinners - Parent-child activities - Referral services - Information on family health - Budgeting and goal setting - Parenting workshops - Life skills training - Job search/resume building/interview tips - Parent and community cafes - Advocacy
Living Proof Recovery Centers
Living Proof Recovery Centers are peer-led and volunteer driven and designed for people considering, entering, or already in recovery. Living Proof Recovery Centers can help you find your personal path to a life of recovery. You can find the support you need at Living Proof Recovery Centers, including: - Assistance with accessing available resources - Assistance in referrals to treatment - Development of a recovery plan - Wellness classes & support groups - Peer mentoring & coaching - Educational assistance - Social & recreational activities - Medicated Assisted Treatment* - Connection to sober living resources (for those who meet minimum requirements) - A sense of community Locations are -Voorhees, NJ -Camden, NJ -Sewell, NJ -Phillipsburg, NJ -Mannington, NJ *Living Proof Recovery Centers are part of the Vivitrol participating network. Vivitrol is a once monthly injection that may be able to help prevent relapses in people with opioid dependence and help them achieve stability in recovery. Living Proof Recovery Center offers six months Vivitrol for those receiving treatment services in one of their Addiction & Recovery programs and who are working on a recovery plan.
Food Distribution
Chews United Methodist Church's monthly food distribution provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity. This program supplies critical nutrition to hungry individuals and families. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs Note: This program usually takes place one Saturday per month. Dates and hours vary month to month so check their Facebook to see what day and time the next event will take place.
Early Head Start
Early Head Start supports low-income pregnant women and families with children under 3 years old with the skills needed to enhance their child's growth and development during the first three years of life. This program provides quality early childhood learning experiences and comprehensive family support services that enable families to succeed as their child's first teacher. This program provides: - Weekly home visits with hands-on child development activities - Parent-child focused socialization's - Inclusive environment for infants and toddlers with disabilities - Childcare center - Prenatal education, support and referrals - Health and nutrition education, support and referrals - Behavioral health and wellness education and support - Support for families with children with disabilities - Various events, activities and volunteer opportunities
Meal Programs
Chosen 300 Ministries offers nutritious meals to any resident in need. This programs provides free meals to those who suffer from the lack of basic human needs: material needs, such as food. Everyone from low income families, single parents, senior citizens, unemployed individuals, disabled veterans, working poor, and anyone else that comes to the pantry is served. This program provides: - Meals
Food Sharing
Church of the Sacred Heart's monthly food sharing program provides women in the community a place to gather, pray, share food (coffee, tea, cake, fruit, etc.), and pick up a bag of groceries. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs - Spiritual support Note: The program is open on the fourth Saturday of each month.
Financial Empowerment Centers
Philadelphia’s network of Financial Empowerment Centers provide free high-quality, one-on-one financial counseling with professionally trained counselors to help clients transition from debt management to saving. Financial counselors provide sessions on the following financial topics: - Money Management and Budgeting - Banking and Basic Financial Transactions - Credit Reports - Using Credit Wisely - Consumer Protection and Debt Collection - Student Loans - Bankruptcy - Negotiation - Investments and Future Planning - Homeownership - Insurance and Benefits Contact us for more information.
Financial Empowerment Counseling
Clarifi’s financial counselors work with clients to provide no-cost financial advising. Clarifi can help families with: - Developing an emergency financial plan - General credit, budget, savings counseling - Coaching around talking to lenders, landlords, credit card companies - Creating a plan for recovery - Finding additional resources
Food and Clothing Distribution
The Community Care Food and Clothing Pantry is here to help anyone in need of food and clothing free of charge. This program supplies critical nutrition and clothing to individuals and families. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs - Clothing Note: 4th Saturday of each month.
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey can help connect you with resources for free food and other services.
Food Pantry
Congregation of Yahweh's food pantry provides free food to feed families and individuals in need. They supply groceries for residents that don't have enough food due to the of resources to purchase it. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs Food is distributed on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Please call for more information.
No Kid Hungry
Cooper University Health Care is addressing childhood hunger and working to decrease food insecurity in young children by offering healthy food to families in need. (Notes: While supplies last) This program provides: - Free fruits and vegetables once a week - Supermarket shopping tours, including $25 gift cards to shop for healthy food options - Nutrition classes - Free rides to and from the supermarket (for parents who attend nutrition classes either virtually or in person) Spaces in the program are limited and a referral is needed to participate.
Kids Club
Are you a parent or a teacher? -🎨Access fun, downloadable activities like coloring pages, word searches, and videos. -🎥Fun, educational videos, games, and tips to help children build healthy smiles. -🦸Meet superheroes like Captain Supertooth and the Land of Smiles characters who teach kids about oral health. -📖Download the Grin for Kids magazine, a fun, interactive coloring and activity book.
Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention and Case Management
DVRC Crisis Intervention Advocates offer compassionate support and guidance for individuals seeking safety during and after incidents of domestic violence. Our services include advocacy, case management, and support groups, all provided at no cost to clients who have experienced or witnessed domestic violence in their relationships or childhood. We also assist victims of sexual assault, incest, and molestation. If you are in crisis, please call our helpline at 505-248-3165, available Monday through Sunday from 7 AM to 3 AM. Your safety and well-being are our top priority.
Healing Hurt People (HHP)
Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based and community-based intervention program for people ages 8-35 who have been shot, stabbed, or assaulted, and for those who have witnessed these events. HHP is a violence intervention program designed to reduce re-injury and retaliation among youth. Services include: - Linkage to medical care and health insurance - Evidence based trauma counseling for children and adults (mobile, at home, in our office) - Support groups - Peer support & mentoring from fellow survivors of violence - Help applying for Victim Compensation Assistance Program - Connection to housing - Connection to job training - Advocacy in the school system - Help applying for benefits - Support getting replacement identification (birth certificates, Photo ID, etc.) When a young person between the ages of 8 and 35 comes into the hospital with a gunshot wound, stab wound, or assault, Healing Hurt People (HHP) is there to provide help. Children and young adults can also be referred by community organizations, or contact us directly for assistance. HHP addresses the physical, emotional, and social needs of young people after a violent injury and helps them to resume their lives in the communities where they were injured. On average, participants and their families are engaged in the program for 6 to 12 months.
Albuquerque Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program provides nutrition services for income qualified aged 60 years and up. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs - Information and referrals Please call to see if you might qualify and a list of everything you need to bring before going out.
Albuquerque Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program provides nutrition services for income qualified aged 60 years and up. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs - Information and referrals Please call to see if you might qualify and a list of everything you need to bring before going out.
Neighborhood Fellowship and Food Pantry
The Neighborhood Fellowship and Food Pantry provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity. This program supplies critical nutrition to hungry individuals and families. This program provides: - Food to meet basic nutritional needs
Food Pantry
The Food Pantry at First Unitarian partners with Roadrunner Food Bank to provide nutritious groceries and essentials to our neighbors experiencing hunger. We strive to act with compassion, justice, and equality for all. Our actions are based on the principle of mutual aid, which means that everyone contributes what they can and receives what they need. Volunteers distribute bags of food to the local community every week. Clients also get to select from various produce, shelf-stable items, and bread offerings, as available. The food pantry is not a charity, but a community of solidarity and empowerment. It helps people in need by providing them with nutritious food, as well as opportunities for social connection, resources, and advocacy.
Food Bank Resource Map
Food Bank of South Jersey's Food Bank Resource Map allows individuals search for food by zipcode. This program provides: - Help locating food
