Health

AIDS Coalition of Southern New jersey

Program Name: Case Management

Program Summary: Case management provides clients who are HIV positive a care plan to assist toward the realization of life goals and desired outcomes.

American Red Cross Camden County Chapter

Program Name: Blood Services Program

Program Summary: The Blood Services Program provides nearly 100% of the blood needs of local hospitals.  The Camden County American Red Cross provides the region with the second highest amount of donated blood outside of Philadelphia and has over 130 trained volunteers who staff blood drives.

The Bridge

Program Name: The Bridge

Program Summary: The Bridge is a teen lifestyle enrichment and prevention program, developed for teens by teens. It is designed for area youth, between the ages of 13-19, who are trying to change or do things ‘the right way’.

Cathedral Kitchen

Program Name: Cathedral Kitchen Capacity to Expand Services

Program Summary: The Cathedral Kitchen Capacity offers a hot and nutritionally balanced meal to all those who come to the door for dinner.  The program provides a reliable source of nutrition for those who are homeless or living in temporary situations such as shelters, motels and rooming houses.

Center for Family Services, Inc

Program Name: Camden City Curfew Project

Program Summary: The curfew project sends police officers into the community at least once a week to find juveniles who are out after 10pm. The youth are brought back to the curfew project location to wait for a responsible caregiver to come and get them. This program consists of case management that will improve the curfew project intervention for the youth found violating curfew, prevent child harm and increase family resources.

Center for Family Services, Inc

Program Name: Comprehensive Counseling Program

Program Summary: The Comprehensive Counseling Program provides outpatient services for low-income families in Camden City.  The counseling office is located next to Cooper Hospital making access easy for clients, as well as providing a safe and friendly atmosphere.

CONTACT Community Helplines

Program Name: Crisis Helpline

Program Summary: The Crisis Helpline provides crisis intervention, empathetic support and information and referral to all residents of Camden County 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.  Phone workers utilize empathetic, non-judgmental therapeutic listening to help callers process their problems and explore their options. Caller can dial (856) 795-2155.

Food Bank of South Jersey

Program Name: Agency Capacity Expansion Project

Program Summary: The goal of the Agency Capacity Expansion Project is to increase the network charitable feeding program capacity to support hungry South Jerseys with consistent, sustainable, safe nutritious food and nutrition assistance while providing opportunities for participants to achieve self-reliance.  The program works closely with low capacity agencies to increase their effectiveness in four major areas:  organizational development, operations management, fiscal management and food safety.

Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council

Program Name: Project Life

Program Summary: Project Life provides counseling and education which enables men in the Network and Transitional Housing Programs to develop the problem solving skills needed to obtain and maintain permanent housing and jobs to become committed to the recovery process.

Katz Jewish Community Center

Program Name: Active Aging for Seniors

Program Summary: Provides transportation, nutritional meals, health and wellness, socialization, recreational and educational services for senior citizens.

Larc School, Inc.

Program Name: Larc Special Needs Adult Program

Program Summary: The Larc Special Needs Adult Program is a twelve month day program providing transportation, occupational, physical and speech therapy, recreation, nursing services, meals and trips for individuals in the severe range of both physical and cognitive disabilities.

Maryville, Inc.

Program Name: Residential Sub-Abuse Treatment/Sub-Acute Detoxification Program

Program Summary: The Residential Sub-Abuse Treatment/Sub-Acute Detoxification Program provides 24-hour, 7 days a week observation, intervention, monitoring and treatment of substance abuse by licensed medical personnel and certified counseling staff.

New Jersey Association on Corrections

Program Name: Camden County Women’s Center (CCWC)

Program Summary: The Camden County Women’s Center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  CCWC addresses the problem of domestic violence in the county by providing shelter and auxiliary services for women and their children who are leaving an abusive relationship.  CCWC also operates a 24 hour crisis hotline (609) 396-8999 that offers non-residential services that include legal advocacy, counseling, case management, and community education.

New Visions Community Services of Camden

Program Name: New Visions Homeless Day Shelter

Program Summary: The New Visions Homeless Day Shelter services anyone who is homeless or at-risk of homelessness and in need of basic services addressing issues such as hunger, lack of clothing, personal hygiene, medical problems, and telephone access.

Samost Family & Children’s Service of Southern New Jersey

Program Name: Project Sarah

Program Summary: Project Sarah is designed to educate women in the tri-county area about the issue of domestic abuse.   Project Sarah is a multi-pronged program that emphasizes individual counseling, support groups, and educational programs in an attempt to aid those struggling with this issue. To reach out to a Project Sarah call specialist, dial (856) 637-3200 and ask for Sarah.

Union Organization for Social Service

Program Name: 211 Information & Referral Service

Program Summary: 211 First Call for Help provides the residents of Camden County the ability to place a single phone call to connect them with important services and volunteer opportunities.  211 provide callers with information about and referrals to human services for everyday needs and in times of crisis. To connect with an information and referral specialist, dial 211.

Volunteers of America, Delaware Valley

Program Name: Family Violence Prevention

Program Summary: The Family Violence Prevention program provides an integrated response to intimate partner violence that includes treatment groups, individual counseling and accountability.  This program relies on the successful treatment of the male perpetrators of domestic violence to pave the way for family and childhood health and stability, as well as better and more productive lives for the men who have been trained away from violent behaviors.

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation, Inc.

Program: Project H.O.P.E. (Homeless Outreach Program Enrichment)

Program Summary: Project H.O.P.E.’s mission is to maintain and improve the health and well being of the homeless population, by facilitating their transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency.  The program implements a Diabetic Model of Care to improve care and outcomes for homeless diabetic patients by creating well-defined measures and testing, as specified by the guidelines established by the Bureau of Primary Health Care.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey

Program Name: Teens on Track (TNT)

Program Summary: TNT uses a three-pronged approach that consists of recreation activities, sexuality education and health services for young men.  Staff focuses on self-esteem, respect, decision making, communication skills, conflict resolution, violence prevention and career goals.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey

Program Name: Prenatal Care Program

Program Summary: The Prenatal Care Program works collaboratively with a host of other social service agencies to ensure that prenatal patients receive the care and services they need.

A nutritionist from the WIC program is available on site during prenatal care services and physicians from the Cooper Health System help provide care.

Promise Alternative Care, Inc.

Program Name: Adult Medical Day Care

Program Summary: The Adult Medical Day Care program provides nursing supervision and services, social and recreational activities, a nutritional noon meal, snacks, and door-to-door transportation.  In addition, program participants can receive nutritional counseling, podiatry care, occupational and physical therapies on site through formal professional agreements.

South Jersey Eye Center

Program Name: Sight First for Kids

Program Summary: This program provides free and low cost vision care to needy and low income youth inCamden County. Specifically, this grant will assist with providing eye care to students at the Camden CountyTechnical School, identifying potential eye health problem, such as farsightedness, nearsightedness, lazy eye, and astigmatism.

South Jersey Eye Center

Program Name: Adults & Seniors Eye Care Program

Program Summary: The Adults & Seniors Eye Care Program provides high quality comprehensive state-of-the-art free and low cost eye and vision care to needy, poor, low and moderate income, uninsured and underinsured residents of Camden County.

Samaritan Hospice

Program Name: Transitions Program

Program Summary: The Transitions Program is an in-home case management service that providesCamden County seniors who have progressive, life-threatening illnesses with medical and practical information, referrals for supplemental health care, community services, trained volunteers, and respite services for caregivers.

Volunteers of America, Delaware Valley

Program Name: Aletha R. Wright Vision of Hope Human Services Center

Program Summary: The Aletha R. Wright Center is an emergency shelter program for men.  The program provides a “Safe Haven” for individuals needing emergency overnight and an Outreach Program to empower homeless adults by increasing their self-sufficiency through a task centered case planning and management process