AmeriCorps programs serve communities throughout 吃瓜黑料 in the priority areas of education, disaster response, social services, and environmental stewardship.
For information about 吃瓜黑料 AmeriCorps programs and funding opportunities, please email: AMERICORPS.NJ@SOS.NJ.GOV
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| 吃瓜黑料 Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Ambassadors Program Trenton |
23 | The AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program is administered by the 吃瓜黑料 Department of Environmental Protection. The program promotes watershed stewardship and monitors stream health through community education and assessments. Individual AmeriCorps members are assigned to each of 吃瓜黑料鈥檚 20 watershed management areas (WMAs) to serve as 鈥淲atershed Ambassadors鈥� to engage with their communities. | Website: Email: Michelle.Hatfield@dep.nj.gov |
Hunterdon / Morris / Passaic / Somerset / Sussex |
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| NORWESCAP Phillipsburg |
15 | NORWESCAP empowers individuals and families in 吃瓜黑料 to overcome poverty and thrive. Through our AmeriCorps programs, members serve part-time or full-time in key roles鈥擡ngagement Partners, Financial Coaches, and Employment Coaches鈥攁t our Financial Empowerment Centers, providing essential services across five counties in 吃瓜黑料. | Website: Email: irishj@norwescap.org contactus@norwescap.org |
Camden County |
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| Recovery Corps, Center for Family Services Camden |
20 | Recovery Corps is a direct service program supporting recovery across southern 吃瓜黑料. Members offer peer support to individuals considering or in recovery, inspiring hope and helping them find their personal path. They serve alongside professionals and gain hands-on experience with professionals. | Website: Email: josephine.villari@centerffs.org Phone: (856) 964-1990 |
| Literacy NJ Camden |
23 | Literacy 吃瓜黑料 provides free instruction to adults who need help with reading, writing, math, or speaking English. The organization trains volunteer tutors and supports a network of literacy programs across the state. AmeriCorps tutors work in small groups to help adult learners build language and literacy skills to achieve their goals. | Website: Email: mpaduano@literacynj.org literacy@camdencountylibrary.org Phone: (856) 772-1636 ext. 7331 |
| Healthy Futures Program, Rutgers University Camden |
38 | The Rutgers Camden Public Health AmeriCorps Program promotes public health, provides community education, and delivers direct services in Camden County and the Delaware Valley. Members support state and local public health efforts focusing on underserved communities. | Website: Email: roshauna.follett@rutgers.edu PHAmeriCorps@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-2192 |
| Rutgers University, Accelerate and Renew Program Camden |
39 | The Rutgers Accelerate & Renew Academy (RARA) is a tutoring and mentoring program empowering school students in Camden City. RARA addresses the learning loss that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to provide students with high-quality academic support and social-emotional growth. | Website: Email: ad1783@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: 856-25-7060 |
| United Advocacy Group Bridgeton |
32 UAG is a nonprofit that empowers individuals to reach their goals by connecting them with community resources and opportunities to strengthen their families and fulfill their potential. AmeriCorps members are matched with projects that align with their skills and interests, including: Families to College, Unidos Para La Familia, First Star Academy, Appel Farm Arts Center / Creative CoLaboratory Charter School & more. | Website: Email: jamayra@unitedadvocacygroup.org info@unitedadvocacygroup.org Phone: (856) 243-5810 |
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Essex County |
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| Healthy Community Corps, Montclair State University Montclair |
83 | Montclair State University鈥檚 AmeriCorps Healthy Communities Corps is a public health program dedicated to underserved communities. It builds capacity at local organizations addressing food security, mental health, and other critical social services. MSU is also the lead agent for the Youth Mental Health Corp (YMHC). | Website: Email: climentd@montclair.edu Phone: (973) 655-7895 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education Newark |
35 | The Relay GSE Teaching Residency is a two-year program for recent graduates and career changers passionate about teaching. In the first year, residents teach full-time at high-needs schools while taking master鈥檚-level courses. In year two, they become full-time classroom teachers, applying the skills and knowledge gained during their residency. Through the program, members earn a graduate degree from Relay Graduate School of Education. | Website: Email: amoore@relay.edu support@relay.edu Phone: (212) 228-1888 |
| Teachers Apprenticeship Network |
15 | The Teacher Apprenticeship Network will have 15 AmeriCorps members in Camden, Essex, and Middlesex counties. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will increase student engagement, and participate in a strong network of educators, workforce representatives, and educator preparation agencies. | Website: Email: kfloyd@teacherapprenticeship.org Phone: |
| Parent Mentor Academy, Rutgers University Newark |
5 | The AmeriCorps Parent Mentor Academy is a two-generation program that develops community members to support primary-aged students performing in the bottom quartile on English Language Arts (ELA) benchmarks. Mentors provide one-on-one and small group academic support鈥攕uch as reading, academic games, homework help, and classroom assistance. In addition, mentors receive workforce development training to prepare for paraprofessional roles in 吃瓜黑料 schools. | Website: Email: ahmad.watson@rutgers.edu Cornwall!@newark.rutgers.edu Phone: (973) 353-1750 |
Mercer County |
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| Isles, Inc. Trenton |
9 | Isles鈥檖romotes existing environmental services to address some of Trenton鈥檚 most pressing environmental challenges. Some of the areas we work in are: Community forestry Stormwater management Community agriculture Energy efficiency and weatherization |
Website: Email: nrusso@isles.org communications@isles.org Phone: (609) 341-4700 |
| The Center for Modern Ageing Princeton |
10 | CMAP is a nonprofit organization serving aging adults and their families in the greater Princeton area. But more than that, we鈥檙e a group of people with various interests, backgrounds, experiences, and passions. We鈥檙e active, engaged, and curious members of society. Much like the people we serve. | Website: Email: ddyson@cmaprinceton.org infro@cmaprinceton.org Phone: (609) 751-9699 |
| 吃瓜黑料 Coalition to End 吃瓜黑料lessness (NJCEH) Princeton |
12 | The Coalition is a statewide with one goal: to eradicate homelessness in 吃瓜黑料. NJCEH works to assist clients in accessing shelter while working towards solutions to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. | Website: Email: vtartivita@njceh.org infor@njceh.org Phone: (848) 228-3889 |
Middlesex County |
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| The Jewish Renaissance Foundation Edison |
27 | The Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization providing health education and community programs across Middlesex County. Offering wellness-focused mental health initiatives, self-care events, emotional health workshops, and virtual or socially distanced activities. | Website: Email: tawayna.bailey@jrfnj.org infro@jrfnj.org Phone: (732) 324-2114 ext. 120 |
| Rutgers University Cooperative Extension New Brunswick |
9 | Rutgers Cooperative Extension was created to address the growing issue of food waste. The Ameri Corp team has focused its food waste reduction efforts on the school sector. Members partner with food service workers, students, educators, and administrators to reduce food waste and creates comprehensive toolkits and resources on how to implement food waste reduction efforts in schools. | Website: Email: ss2664@njaes.rutgers.edu shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu foodwaste@njaes.rutgers.edu Phone: 973-305-5740 |
Morris County |
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| Zufall Health Center Dover |
19 | Zufall Health Center AmeriCorps members serve in northern 吃瓜黑料 to support the community by addressing health challenges and barriers faced by underserved populations, including farmworkers, the homeless, veterans, public housing residents, and those living with HIV/AIDS. Members provide public health education on topics such, childhood obesity prevention, oral health, senior wellness, health insurance access, and more. | Website: Email: jamaya@zufallhealth.org info@zufallhealth.org Phone: (973) 328-3344 |
Passaic County |
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| Paterson Community Schools Corps, 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) Paterson |
28 | 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) is a non-profit focused on transforming lives in Paterson's Great Falls Neighborhood. We work on education, youth development, mental health, affordable housing, and community building. | Website: Email: gfoushee@njcdc.org Phone: (973) 413-1600 |
| 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) Healthy Community Corps Paterson |
10 | The Paterson Public Health Corps (PPHC) addresses the mental health needs of Paterson students and families. They are also creating new to educate students and families on mental health issues and support services they can access, and 鈥減eace rooms鈥�, which are calming and safe spaces for kids to process difficult emotions or situations with the guidance of a mental health specialist. | Website: Email: mali@njcdc.org Phone: (973) 413-1600 |
| St. Paul鈥檚 Community Development Corporation Paterson |
10 | Our purpose is to alleviate the conditions of hunger, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy in the City of Paterson. AmeriCorps members at SPCDC serve as tutors and mentors, supporting adults and at-risk youth in education programs such as Basic Skills, ESL, and NJ High School Diploma prep. Members also assist in food pantries, shelters, case management, volunteer recruitment, and general operations. | Website: https://stpaulscdcnj.org/ Email: cwolfe@stpaulscdcnj.org questions@stpaulscdcnj.org Phone: (973) 710-3900 |
Union County |
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| Boxwood Learning Center Roselle |
16 | The Boxwood Learning Center, Inc. is focused on supporting the whole person through tutoring, mentoring, and career exploration. We expose youth to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and provide guidance until they graduate from college or post-secondary programs. Boxwood empowers youth ages 14-21, including those in the school system or who have interacted with the justice system, to reach their full potential and contribute positively to society. | Website: Email: mchase@boxwoodnj.org info@boxwoodnj.org Phone: 908-241-6862 |
Hudson County |
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| The Waterfront Project Jersey City |
8 | The Waterfront Project, Inc. is a nonprofit legal clinic and HUD-certified counseling agency committed to providing comprehensive, multi-disciplinary services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness in Hudson, Union, and Bergen Counties. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy. | Website: Email: cesquilin@thewaterfrontproject.org Phone: (551) 256-7578 ext.122 |
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Camden County |
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| Camden PowerCorps Center for Family Services Camden |
22 | PowerCorps Camden members are a team of young leaders from Camden City and the surrounding area serving to tackle pressing environmental challenges in their community. PowerCorps Camden is recruiting young people, ages 18 to 26, to serve full-time in a six month AmeriCorps program aimed at revitalizing public land in the city. PowerCorps members work with city partners to tackle pressing environmental challenges. Projects include: improving storm water management, clean and green vacant lots, improve community space and parks for Camden's young people, and revitalize public land in the city. | Website: Phone: (856) 964-1990 |
| Recovery Corps, Center for Family Services Camden |
20 | Recovery Corps is a direct service program that supports recovery in 吃瓜黑料's southern region. Recovery Corps members provide peer support to people considering or currently in recovery. Members give hope that recovery is possible by encouraging and assisting individuals to find their own personal pathway to recovery. Members serve alongside experienced professionals and gain valuable skills in a wide variety of recovery support programs. Members connect with individuals through service site placements at , hospital-based , case management, and the family support program, . Members also participate in community outreach efforts with the goal of transforming southern 吃瓜黑料 into a community of hope and mutual support to foster long-term recovery. | Website: Phone: (856) 964-1990 |
| Literacy NJ Camden |
29 | Literacy 吃瓜黑料 exists so all adults have the opportunity to read, write, and communicate effectively. We do this by training volunteer tutors to help adult learners and by supporting a network of literacy programs. Literacy 吃瓜黑料 provides free instruction to adults who need help with reading, writing, math and speaking English. Literacy NJ provides training for all AmeriCorps tutors. They will work with adults in small groups to help them improve their language and literacy skills so they can reach their life goals. |
Website: Email: mpaduano@literacynj.org Phone: (856)772-1636 *7331 |
| Public Health AmeriCorps Program, Rutgers University Camden |
100 | The Rutgers Camden Public Health AmeriCorps Program is focused on public health promotion, community education and direct services in the Camden County and the Delaware Valley Region. Our team is responsible for capacity building and improving health outcomes while engaging in community outreach with a focus on state and local public-health organizations. We focus on advancing health equity and positive outcomes for communities who are currently or historically underserved. Our program also provides AmeriCorps members with academic, career, and leadership pathways towards public heath career opportunities through hands-on, on-site, client-focused service. | Website: Email: PHAmeriCorps@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-2192 |
Cumberland County |
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| Cohanzick Climate Corps Bridgeton |
7 | The Cohanzick Climate Corps, part of the Native American Advancement Corporation, serves Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties by installing energy-efficient weatherization measures to reduce utility bills for low-income qualifying households. Cohanzick Climate Corps members learn hands-on skills in the green energy trades and promote community education for energy efficiency. Members also receive weekly 90-minute training sessions that focus on Building Performance Institute job roles, and personal and professional development. | Website: Email: info@CohanzickClimateCorps.org Phone: (856) 455-0600 |
| United Advocacy Group Bridgeton |
37 | UAG is a nonprofit committed to empowering individuals to achieve their self-determined goals and equip them to reach their full potential. We exist to connect individuals with the opportunities and resources available in their communities, to strengthen their families, and help them achieve the dreams they have set for themselves. AmeriCorps members are paired with projects that best match their skills, personalities, and desired work environments. These projects include:
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Website: Email: info@unitedadvocacygroup.org jamayra@unitedadvocacygroup.org Phone: (856) 243-5810 |
Essex County |
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| Public Health AmeriCorps Program, Montclair State University Montclair |
74 | Montclair State University鈥檚 AmeriCorps Healthy Communities Corps program is a Public Health AmeriCorps program that aims to provide vital services to underserved communities. With a focus on public health and education, the program鈥檚 goals are centered on increasing capacity at local organizations that provide the community with these services. The AmeriCorps HCC works on initiatives that aid in food security, mental health, and many other social services. Members of the HCC can complete their service terms through a wide range of on campus and off campus partner organizations that uphold the AmeriCorps mission. For their service, they receive a living allowance stipend and an education award that is dependent on their time commitment to the program. | Website: Email: chicad@montclair.edu Phone: (973) 655-7895 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education Newark |
30 | The Relay GSE Teaching Residency offers aspiring educators a unique opportunity to receive high-quality teacher training. The two-year residency, a partnership between Relay GSE and select partner schools, is designed specifically for recent college graduates and career changers who are looking for an innovative pathway into the teaching profession. Relay Graduate School of Education is a two-year program. Members will serve as full-time Residents in the first year at high-needs schools in 吃瓜黑料. In the second year, members will serve as full-time classroom teachers-of-record, harnessing the foundation they built in year one. Throughout the two-year program, members will be enrolled as graduate students at Relay GSE and will take master鈥檚-level courses that complement their roles as new teachers. | Website: |
| Parent Mentor Academy, Rutgers University Newark |
20 | The AmeriCorps Parent Mentor Academy is a two-generation program that develops community residents as mentors to support low performing primary-aged children and create pathways for tutors to become paraprofessionals. PMA provides one-on-one and small group academic support to children who perform in the bottom quartile on Fall English Language Arts (ELA) benchmark assessments. Academic support includes reading with children, practicing academic games and activities, providing homework help, and providing general instructional support. AmeriCorps mentors also receive workforce development training to equip them with skills to be successful as paraprofessionals in urban schools across 吃瓜黑料. Training topics include Professionalism, Resume Building, Goal Setting, and leadership. | Website: Phone: (973) 353-1750 |
Mercer County |
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| Isles, Inc. 鈥� Trenton Climate Corps Trenton |
14 | The Trenton Climate Corps build on Isles鈥� existing environmental services and the Corps Network鈥檚 infrastructure and support to address some of Trenton鈥檚 most pressing environmental crises. We partner with AmeriCorps and other stakeholders to the sustainability and climate resiliency of the City and its residents. Some of the areas we work in are:
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Website: Email: hr@isles.org Phone: (609)341-4700 |
| 吃瓜黑料 Coalition to End 吃瓜黑料lessness (NJCEH) Princeton |
15 | The Coalition is a statewide, social impact organization [a 501(c) (3) non-profit] with one goal: to eradicate homelessness in 吃瓜黑料. Toward that end, the Coalition will advocate, educate, organize and, if necessary, litigate for emergency and permanent solutions to homelessness. NJCEH works to assist clients in accessing shelter while working toward systemic change and solutions to ensure that homelessness in 吃瓜黑料 is rare, brief, and non-recurring. | Website: Email: info@njceh.org Phone: (848) 228-3889 |
Middlesex County |
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| The Jewish Renaissance Foundation Edison |
34 | The Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization founded by individuals who feel compelled to act upon the teachings of the Jewish faith. With two federal designations: as an Anti-Poverty Agency and as a Federal Qualified Health Center, we believe as citizens in a democratic society, we must respond to the needs of our neighbors and share our talents and resources. The JRF is committed to helping individuals/families become healthier and stronger. We provide programs that improve the quality of health education and community assistance programs throughout Middlesex County. JRF supports sites through wellness-focused mental health initiatives, planning and promoting self-care days, hosting emotional-health themed workshops, and implementing socially distanced and virtual social events. | Website: Email: tawayna.bailey@jrfnj.org Phone: (732) 324-2114 *120 |
| Rutgers University Cooperative Extension New Brunswick |
10 | Rutgers Cooperative Extension was created to address the growing issue of food waste. The RCE-FW team has focused its food waste reduction efforts mostly on the school sector. In this program, members partner with food service workers, students, educators, and administrators, the RCE-FW team facilitates initiatives to reduce food waste, and creates comprehensive toolkits and resources on how to implement food waste reduction efforts in schools. | Website: Email: shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu |
Morris County |
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| Public Health AmeriCorps Program, Zufall Health Center Dover |
10 | Zufall Health Center AmeriCorps members serve at our health center sites in northern 吃瓜黑料. Members serve the community through outreach to address individual challenges and health system barriers faced by Zufall's patient population. Our population includes farmworkers, people experiencing homelessness, public housing residents, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Many come from poor minority communities with significant barriers to accessing health care. Members also deliver health education on topics including, diabetes, prenatal care, asthma, HIV/AIDS, Covid-19, prevention of childhood obesity trough nutrition and exercise, proper oral health, senior wellness, access to health insurance, health access for new immigrant families. | Email: jamaya@zufallhealth.org Phone: (973) 998-7310 |
Passaic County |
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| Paterson Community Schools Corps, 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation(NJCDC) Paterson |
24 | Dedicated to creating opportunities to transform lives within the City of Paterson's Great Falls Neighborhood, 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) is a private, non-profit community development and social service agency focusing on education, youth development, youth mental health, affordable and supportive housing, and community building initiatives. NJCDC members assist with the organizing and implementing of volunteer programs, engage in community service projects and initiatives, collaborate with local organizations to address community needs, participate in training and professional development opportunities, provide support and assistance to individuals and families in need, and document/report on project activities and outcomes. |
Website: Phone: (973) 413-1600 |
| Public Health AmeriCorps Program, 吃瓜黑料 Community Development Corporation(NJCDC PHA) Paterson |
10 | The Paterson Public Health Corps (PPHC) launched in September 2023 with the goal of addressing the mental health needs of Paterson students and families. NJCDC PHA members work in five schools throughout Paterson. Using an evidence-based approach, these members are leading monthly seminars to educate students and community members about mental health issues, and collaborating with the 吃瓜黑料 Statewide Student Support Services (NJ4S) Passaic County Hub to ensure clinicians are available in schools. They are also creating new resources in NJCDC鈥檚 Full Service Community Schools, including mental health resource centers to educate students and families on mental health issues and support services they can access, and 鈥減eace rooms鈥�, which are calming and safe spaces for kids to process difficult emotions or situations with the guidance of a mental health specialist. | Website: Phone: (973) 413-1600 |
| St. Paul鈥檚 Community Development Corporation Paterson |
22 | Our purpose is to alleviate the conditions of hunger, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy in the City of Paterson. We do this by providing emergency services to all in need and by designing long-term approaches to achieving social and economic improvement at the grassroots level. At SPCDC, AmeriCorps members will serve as tutors and mentors. They address the educational needs of Passaic County adults and at-risk youth. They work with after-school programs and provide support to adult students training in Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, English as a Second Language (ESL), and those studying to receive their NJ High School Diploma. They serve as food pantry workers, shelter aides, case management aides, volunteer recruiters, and general operations support. | Website: Email: questions@stpaulscdcnj.org Phone: (973) 710-3900 |
Union County |
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| Boxwood Learning Center Roselle |
16 | The Boxwood Learning Center, Inc. is a 501 C 3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to create learning environments for supporting the whole person by way of tutoring, mentoring, and career exploration. We work to expose young people to careers in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. Lastly, we provide supportive guidance to youth until they graduate from college or post-secondary programs. Boxwood works to empower youth ages 14- 21, including those in the school system and those who have interacted with the justice system, to reach their full potential and contribute positively to society. | Website: Email: mchase@boxwoodnj.org |
Warren County |
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| NORWESCAP Phillipsburg |
15 | NORWESCAP鈥檚 work throughout 吃瓜黑料 empowers individuals and families to move away from the crisis of poverty, and towards a future where they can thrive. Our mission is to strengthen communities by creating opportunities that improve the lives of low-income individuals and families, and our vision is to help build a community that transforms poverty into opportunity. NORWESCAP鈥檚 AmeriCorps programs enhance our mission by engaging members to serve in key roles in our organization. AmeriCorps members serve part-time or full-time in the organization鈥檚 Financial Empowerment Centers. Members serve as Engagement Partners, Financial Coaches, or Employment Coaches, helping provide critical, hands-on services to people in need, servicing five counties in 吃瓜黑料. |
Website: Phone: (908) 454-7000 |
All Counties |
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| 吃瓜黑料 Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Ambassadors Program Trenton |
23 | The AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program is administered by the 吃瓜黑料 Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control. The goal of the program is to promote watershed stewardship through education and direct community involvement, and to monitor stream health through performing visual and biological assessments. Individual AmeriCorps members are assigned to each of 吃瓜黑料鈥檚 to serve as 鈥淲atershed Ambassadors鈥� to their watershed communities. 3 full-time Source Water Protection Ambassadors are assigned to a region in Northern, Central, and Southern NJ. The Source Water Protection Ambassadors conduct education workshops and stewardship projects that relate to sources of drinking water. | Website: Phone: (609) 940-4822 |
| Program | Description | Contact Info |
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| The Waterfront Project Jersey City |
The Waterfront Project, Inc. is a nonprofit legal clinic and HUD-certified counseling agency committed to providing comprehensive, multi-disciplinary services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness in Hudson, Union and Bergen Counties. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy. |
Website: Phone: (551) 256-7578 *122 |
| Rutgers University, Accelerate and Renew Program Camden |
The Rutgers Accelerate & Renew Academy (RARA) is a tutoring and mentoring program empowering school students in Camden City. RARA addresses the learning loss that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to provide students with high-quality academic support and social-emotional growth. | Website: Email: Amanda.debellis@rutgers.edu |
| The Center for Modern Ageing Princeton |
CMAP is a nonprofit organization serving aging adults and their families in the greater Princeton area. But more than that, we鈥檙e a group of people with various interests, backgrounds, experiences, and passions. We鈥檙e active, engaged, and curious members of society. Much like the people we serve. | Website: Phone: (609) 751-9699 |
| American Littoral Society Highlands |
The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers others to do the same. | Website: Phone: (732) 291-0055 |