Partner Agencies

ABILITIES OF NORTHWEST JERSEY, INC.

Richard Lowe, Executive Director

150 Boulevard, P.O. Box 251, Washington, NJ 07882

(908) 689-1118

www.abilities-nw.com

Dedicated to improving the employability and quality of life of people with disabilities by providing supervised work experiences, career planning, job training and placement.

United Way funds the Job Sampling/Career Exploration Program.


THE ARC, WARREN COUNTY CHAPTER, INC.

Robert Pruznick, Executive Director
319 West Washington Avenue, Suite 2, Washington, NJ 07882-2157
(908) 689-7525 Fax (908) 689-4898
www.arcwarren.org

Committed to enriching the quality of life of persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities by offering a full range of services.

United Way funds Camp Warren and Project First Step.


BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WARREN COUNTY

Karen Cassano, Executive Director
21 Broad Street, P.O. Box 123, Washington, NJ 07882-0123
(908) 689-0436
www.bbbsofwc.org

Offering child and youth mentoring programs for children of single-parent families, personal enhancement and enrichments, and promotion of one-to-one relations by matching children with carefully screened and trained adult volunteers.

United Way funds facilitating the matching of children with adult mentors and the supervision of the child/mentor relationship to ensure success.


CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF METUCHEN

Martha Rezeli, Executive Director

700 Sayre Avenue, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-3326
(908) 454-2074
www.ccdom.org

Offers health and human services on a non-sectarian basis. Provides emergency food, clothing, family preservation, and daycare services to families in temporary emergency situations. Also provides client advocacy, individual, family, marital, and group counseling.

United Way funds the Material Needs/Social Services Program and Child Assault Prevention Program in schools throughout WarrenCounty.


COMMUNITY PREVENTION RESOURCES OF WARREN COUNTY, INC.

Janet Bloodgood, Ph.D., Executive Director

20 West Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 246, Washington, NJ 07882

(908) 835-1800

www.communitypreventionresources.org

CPR is a non-profit agency dedicated to promoting the mental and physcial health, wellness and safety of individuals and families of our community by addressing family issues and the prevention of substance abuse through education and treatment services.

United Way funds the Tough Choices - Beyond Anger Management Program at Family Support Organization.


DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER

Pamela Farago, Executive Director
P.O. Box 423, Belvidere, NJ 07823-0423
(908) 453-4121 Administration
(908) 453- 4181 Hotline
www.besafewc.org

Assists victims of domestic abuse in coordination with other agencies. Provides emergency shelter, crisis intervention counseling, assistance with court procedures and court accompaniment, information and referral, community education, establishment of self-help groups, and client advocacy.

United Way funds the Shelter and Outreach Program.


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FAMILY PROMISE OF WARREN COUNTY, INC.

Robert Frankenfield, Executive Director

64A Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 267, Oxford, NJ 07863

(908) 453-2194

Address the immediate needs of homeless families in our communities.  Through the Warren County Inter-Faith Hospitality Network (WC-IHN), we extend compassion, care and hope to families through a network of host and support congregations, civic and business organizations and individual volunteers.  WC-IHN achieves this in a way that keeps parents and kids together in their communities and schools while preserving the family's safety, dignity and well-being.

United Way funds the Warren County Inter-Faith Hospitality Network.


FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER OF WARREN COUNTY

Mr. Richard McDonnell, LCSW Executive Director
492 Route 57 West, Washington, NJ07882-1927
(908) 689-1000
www.familyguidancecenterofwc.org

Counseling center provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment; individual, marital, family, and group counseling for adults, adolescents, and children; 24-hour emergency services; treatment for sexually abused children; partial care for severe and persistent mentally ill persons and mentally ill chemical abusers (MICA).

United Way funds the Outpatient Mental Health, Partial Care, and Emergency Services Programs.


FREEDOM HOUSE, INC.

Frederick Reihl, Executive Director

P.O. Box 367, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826

(908) 537-6043

www.freedomhouse.net

Provides innovative long-term residential halfway house treatment programs for adult males, and transitional housing for recovering alcohol and drug addicted women and their children.

United Way funds the Family Afterward Program.


LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHWEST JERSEY - WARREN COUNTY DIVISION

Grace E. Kelly, Managing Attorney
91 Front Street, P. O. Box 65, Belvidere, NJ 07823-0065
(908) 475-2010
www.lsnj.org/lsnwj

Provides free legal advice and representation to low-income, senior, and disabled Warren County residents in housing, family, public benefits, consumer, and employment law matters. Also operates special programs for victims of domestic violence, senior citizens, persons with HIV, and individuals with mental health disabilities.

United Way funds core services that support all of the above.


NORWESCAP

Terry Newhard, Executive Director

350 Marshall Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

(908) 454-7000
www.norwescap.org

Provides cost-effective, coordinated services to low-income people in Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and WarrenCounties. Services include child care, Head Start programs, information and referral, senior services, food bank, affordable housing development, home repair, and a variety of counseling services.

United Way dollars support the Food Bank, Pre-School Programs and the Career & Life Transition Center for Women.


TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY

Frank Fowler III, Ph.D, Senior Pastor

213 Main Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840

(908) 852-3020

www.catchthespirit.org

UWWC partially fund Food Pantry renovations.


VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF WARREN COUNTY

Peggy Suydam, Executive Director
18 Broad Street, P.O. Box 306, Washington, NJ07882-0306
(908) 689-4140

http://www.visitinghomemakerservice.org/

Home Health Aide assistance to the elderly, disabled, and families during emergency or chronic illness.

United Way funds Homemaker Assistance for all of the above.


VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CENTER

Carol McKinney, Executive Director

280 West Hanover Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960

(973) 538-7200

www.vmcnj.org

VMC provides the glue and the grease to enable corporations, agencies and individuals to collaborate more effectively and efficiently to achieve their stated goals.

United Way funds the Effective Volunteer Management Program.