Center For Family Services has expanded services to address the growing needs in Hudson County, NJ. Services formerly offered through Haven Respite Center are now under Center For Family Services continuum of care:

• Haven Emergency Shelter - short-term, emergency safe housing in Hudson County for youth age 10-18 in need of a safe place to live.
   
• Station House Adjustment - diversion support services for teens with low-level offenses.
   
• Community Outreach to Youth – school and community-based outreach to support youth and provide prevention and intervention service connections.
   

Shelter Homes parents do extraordinary things. There are many children in need of a temporary home while they await family unification. Learn about how you can help a child as a shelter home parent. 

Living Proof Recovery Centers - now in multiple convenient locations across New Jersey - are welcoming and safe places of hope for the recovery community offering

• Connections to recovery resources
• Wellness classes 
• Peer mentoring & coaching 
• Support groups  

Trained, multi-lingual navigators can help you learn about your options for enrolling in affordable health insurance:

• Discover what options are available for you and your family
• Learn how to get covered after open enrollment is over
• Understand information about your small business healthcare tax credits   

Trained volunteer responders are needed, as part of the Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth Lead Response Team, to support youth following a traumatic event.

The Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth provides support to communities following a traumatic event. Services are designed to support children, teens, and young adults as they manage grief and build resiliency, in the aftermath of traumatic loss, such as suicide, homicide, sudden loss of a loved one, or other traumatic circumstances. 

The Lead Response Team is made up of volunteer school personnel, mental health professionals, paraprofessionals, social workers, counselors, substance use treatment counselors, and community support service providers.  The function of the Lead Response Team is to provide comprehensive multi-component crisis interventions following a critical incident in schools, community programs, or agencies servicing youth. Types of critical incidents include: sudden loss, such as death from a car accident, suicide, or homicide, school or community violence, or natural disasters. 

Be part of the Lead Response Team as a trained volunteer responder
If you would like to become a trained volunteer responder, follow the link below to fill out an application. The requirements include: 1) Complete a 2-day training; Attend a minimum of 2 practice sessions per year; 3) Respond to a minimum of 2 responses per year, if needed 

Upcoming Training
Date: June 1st and June 2nd, 2023
Location: Acenda Integrated Health, Glassboro, NJ

Follow the link below and return your application via email to tlcfy@centerffs.org.

Application

If you or someone you care about is experiencing challenges in their everyday life, Center For Family Services is here to help. 

Private, confidential counseling and behavioral health services, specialized for adults, children, teens, and families, promote emotional and social well-being. Support is available in the areas of daily well-being and relationships, mental health, addiction & recovery, violence & trauma, and grief & traumatic loss. 

Professionally trained counselors and licensed clinicians offer counseling and therapeutic services to help you find the space to heal and realize a healthy future.

Services are offered in convenient locations across New Jersey. Virtual services are also available, if appropriate. Services include, but are not limited to:

• Daily well-being
• Family challenges
• Addiction treatment 
• Anxiety disorders
• ADHD and behavioral difficulties
• Grief and traumatic loss
• LGBTQIA+
• Medication monitoring and education
• Mental health and substance use issues
• Mood disorders
• Post-partum depression
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Relationship issues
• School and workplace difficulties
• Severe and persistent mental illness
• Violence and trauma

To learn more about our counseling and therapeutic services, to schedule an appointment, to make a referral, to inquire about accepted insurances, eligibility, and program locations, please contact our ACCESS Department at:

Phone:  1-877-922-2377
Email:  access@centerffs.org

Do you want to make a difference in the life of a young person? Are you caring, patient, flexible, and a good listener? You can help shape a child's tomorrow by becoming a trained mentor.

As a trained volunteer mentor, you can spend quality time with a young person to improve their self-esteem, promote positive youth development, help them deal with day-to-day challenges, build social leadership and resiliency skills, identify educational and career interests, set goals, broaden horizons, participate in social activities, and have fun. Your involvement as a mentor can make a positive impact on the life of a young person.

LifeTies Mentoring services include individual support sessions, group mentoring, and peer activities led by mentors. Mentors are matched with mentees based on common interests and work together to set and reach goals. LifeTies Mentors are currently needed to support youth aged 10-21 on the path to a safe and healthy future. You can provide the support a young person needs. 

What is required to become a  trained volunteer mentor?

• Be at least 21 years of age
• Driving record check and a criminal background check
• Complete our comprehensive volunteer mentor training 
• Make a commitment to mentoring a minimum of 4 hours per month for 6 months to 1 year
   

Volunteer Info Sessions
You can learn more about mentoring opportunities at an upcoming volunteer info session. The info sessions are held once per month. For more information about the info sessions and to register to attend, please email Mayank. 
 

Apply to be a mentor
If you are ready to apply to be a mentor, please click the link below.

Apply Today
 

For more info contact:

Volunteer Manager, Del-Charrese Densley
Phone: 856.651.7553 x40200 (office) or 856.993.9932 (mobile)
Email: Del-Charrese.Densley@centerffs.org

Volunteer Specialist, Mayank Singh
Email: Mayank.Singh@centerffs.org

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The Wiggins Center builds off the success of the Camden Promise Neighborhood, a community-focused effort to improve access to opportunities for children in Camden. Wiggins Center is a neighborhood center where Camden residents of all ages can connect to resources and participate in events and activities.