2002 Outreach Grant Recipients

Aids Resource Center - ARC was formed in 1989 to work with people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. ARC is a non-profit public mission of the Diocese of Newark serving Newark and surrounding communities. Most families served are poorly educated and live below the poverty level. ARC provides pastoral care, counseling, workshops and provides 140 hot meals a day.

Apostle's House - Apostle's House main mission is to provide comprehensive social services to homeless and "at risk" families. Support includes Emergency Shelter for Families, Transitional Housing, Rooming Houses for Single Men, Multigenerational Program, Food Pantry, Clothes Pantry, Housing Relocation Program and many different Educational and Development Programs. 

Bergen County Habitat for Humanity

Center for Food Action

Community Meals Inc. - Community Meals (known as Meals on Wheels) is a not-for-profit organization which provides two meals a day, five days a week, for people in the Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park and Ho-Ho-Kus area, who need the meals for either medical or social reasons. The grant is used to pay the subsidies for their clients who are unable to pay the full cost of the program.

Corpus Christi Ministries Housing - The Corpus Christie Ministries provide housing and care for AIDs patients. This program is provided by the Jersey City Episcopal Community Development Corporation. 

Emanuel Cancer Foundation - Emmanuel Cancer Foundation is a not-for-profit public foundation established to preserve the quality of life for and New Jersey family whose child has cancer. Services are offered at no charge to the family, and include professional counseling, advocacy service, material assistance and limited emergency financial relief. 

Episcopal Community Development - This program enables low income, first-time homebuyers to buy a two family house which has been totally rehabilitated, is in excellent condition, and is affordable. ECD provides homebuyer training and credit and budget counseling, in order to reduce defaults.

Episcopal Relief and Development - Formerly known as the Presiding Bishop's Fund, the ERD supports communities throughout the world especially at times of major disasters. It is funded entirely by donations from individuals and congregations.

Interreligious Fellowship for the Homeless - The IRF is an all volunteer organization to support the homeless in Bergen county. Their programs include the Emergency Family Shelter (known as Fellowship House), transitional apartments, a thrift shop, and the Youth Council which runs a day camp for two weeks for children in any shelter in Bergen County. 

Mawanda Girls' School, Uganda

North Porch- North Porch is an emergency service providing four-day supplies of formula, baby food, diapers, clothing, and bed linens for needy mothers and infants in the Newark and Paterson areas. North Porch is a project of the Episcopal Church Women organization in the Diocese of Newark and serves women of all faiths.

Northeast Regional Early Intervention Collaborative - The Collaborative is a not-for-profit organization providing services to children from birth to three years of age who have severe developmental disabilities. Our grant supports the Special Needs Fund to provide direct financial support to families struggling to care for their children.

Northside Forces

Oasis - The Oasis is a ministry of the Diocese of Newark with lesbian and gay people, their families and friends, which promotes reconciliation between the lesbian and gay communities and the church through evangelical outreach, pastoral care, education and advocacy. Our grant is undesignated and supports the general work of the Oasis.

Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey - PPGNNJ provides medical and educational assistance for poor women in the Bergen County area. They operate medical clinics in Hackensack, Dover and Elizabeth.

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey Inc. - PPMNJ has six clinics in three counties (Passaic, Essex and Hudson). Our grant provides assistance to their Family Life Institute in Paterson that runs programs to educate adolescents on pregnancy issues with the goal of reducing teen pregnancy. 

St. Elizabeth's Youth Work Trip

St. Paul's Community Development Corp.- St Paul's Community Development Corporation mission is to be a leader in addressing the critical social and economic needs of the residents of Paterson by "Building Community One Family at a Time." Programs that St. Paul's provides include: Housing and Community Development, Emergency Food Pantry, Men's Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing, Adult Education, Services for Women, CityServe Youth Program, AmenCorps, Next Step, and Job Development.

St. Peter's Haven - St. Peter's Haven in Clifton provides shelter and services to homeless families in the Passaic County area. The Haven provides transitional housing for the homeless, training on how to deal with their lives, food, work and financial planning. Our grant supports programs for pre-school children of these families.

St. Phillips Academy - St. Phillips Academy is an independent day school for K through 8th grade. The school's mission is to prepare inner-city (and often disadvantaged) children to succeed in competitive independent secondary schools. .

Share, Inc. - Share operates two group homes in Ridgewood for 28 physically and mentally independent seniors. Our grant supports seniors without sufficient financial resources.

Social Services Association of Ridgewood - SSA provides basic supplemental financial assistance and case management services to individuals and families in need. Services include support of child care, rent, utilities and medical costs. SSA also runs a year round food pantry.

Valley Hospice. (Journeys Program) - Journeys serves children and adolescents who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The program offers emotional support, acceptance, companionship and education to bereaved families.

West Bergen Mental Health - Our grant supports the West Bergen Center for Children and Youth, a counseling, psychiatric and addiction treatment center for young people ages 2 to 18 and their parents. Young people who seek help are suffering from serious psychological problems - depression, suicidal thoughts, alcohol and drug abuse, phobias, eating disorders and anti-social behavior. 

Youth Consultation Services

YWCA Rape Crisis Center - The Center assists women and child victims and their families cope with the trauma of sex related abuse. Many of the acts are perpetrated by family members, relatives or friends which makes the task of recovery very difficult. The staff of professional psychologists, counselors and volunteers also conduct seminars to inform the public about such abuses, how to help detect them and where to seek aid.

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