Delivery of public assistance and social services to eligible individuals and families to alleviate human suffering, and to maximize individual potential, in a competent and compassionate manner.  Services include:

• Adult Services: Provides array of social services for citizens over age 60 or disabled adults over age 18
• Boarding Home Services: Provides placement finding and services to residents of boarding homes, as well as socialization activities for boarding home residents
• Chore Services: Provides payment for light household tasks/home health services for those unable to perform tasks themselves
• Education & Training: Assists Work First New Jersey Participants to obtain education or training with the goal of self sufficiency and self-support
• Family Planning: Provides information to enable persons to voluntarily limit family size or prevent unwanted pregnancies
• Health Related Services: Assists persons to attain and maintain good health; limited financial assistance for unment, essential medical/dental needs and prescriptions
• Housing Related Services: Assists persons to find, improve or maintain adequate housing and provide emergency housing
• Information & Referral: Information, referral, and follow-up to community resources available in Sussex County
• Kinship Navigator Program: Provides financial assistance to adults caring for children whose parents are unable to do so
• NJ EASE: Adults over age 60 can obtain information, referral, benefits screening and eligibility determination, and outreach services through the access point of Division of Social Services
• Transportation: Provides transportation to medical services for federally funded Medicaid recipients.  Also, if funding permits, provides transportation assist for employment directed activities.
• Volunteers: are always needed to collect donations of non perishible canned goods for the food pantry, which provides emergency food for those in need.

Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults Seniors
Community Services	Basic Needs / Assistance Accepts Donations of Goods Clothing / Supplies / Furniture Financial Assistance / Referrals Food Pantry / Soup Kitchen Housing / Shelter Rental / Security Deposit Transportation Utility Assistance Community Volunteer Opportunities Employment / Training Job Training Family & Support Services Family Support Legal / Advocacy Advocacy (Legal) Legal Assistance
Health Services	Crisis / Safety Crisis / Safety / Prevention

Last Updated: 09/13/21