OASIS Youth Shelter provides emergency safe housing for youth ages 13-17 offering a safe haven for youth experiencing a personal or family crisis. OASIS provides 24/7 shelter care and basic needs support for youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, human trafficking or those youth who have run away or are in need of safe housing due to a variety of circumstances.
YES Healing Homes - Michael's House & Carpenter's House - offers community-based, long-term residential treatment for young men ages 13-17. High qualified therapists and counselors work closely with adolescents and families to provide diagnostic assessment, therapy, educational services, social skills training, and job readiness training.
Together Youth Shelter offers short-term, walk-in emergency housing for youth age 9-18 in need of a safe place to live. Together provides 24/7 safe housing and basic needs support for youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, human trafficking or those youth who have run away or are in need of safe housing due to a variety of circumstances.
Benson House provides the tools and resources necessary for young men to build a strong foundation for a positive future. As one of the only group homes serving ages 15-19 in the southern New Jersey region, Benson House provides a safe home environment for young men to build self-sufficient futures.
Benson House offers counseling, education, and job readiness training for six months to one year.
Counselors work closely with youth in a structured environment to provide:
HomeBase is a structured transitional living program (STLP) providing transitional living assistance for young men age 16-20 (services available until age 21).
The average length of stay is 6-18 months in a structured group home setting.
Residents receive:
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RENU provides therapeutic and supportive visitation for parents with children up to 18 who are in placement through the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP). The visitation is in the presence of a mental health professional or specially trained professional who is actively involved in supporting attachment and behavior change in the parent-child relationship.
PASO provides evaluation and individual, family, and group counseling for sexually acting out adolescents and their families. Strength-based counseling supports the individuals, ages 5-21, in improving their self-esteem and changing their behavior.
Family Preservation Services (FPS) is an intensive, in-home, four- to eight-week crisis intervention program for families referred by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P). The goal of Family Preservation Services is to prevent out-of-home placement and to promote stabilization and successful reunification. The program strives to keep families together through in-home counseling and support services.
Counselors meet with families five days per week for up to eight weeks to educate and teach skills in:
Project FIRST A provides the support to strengthen and empower children and families. Through the program, we provide in-home individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, and intensive case management to children, age 21 or younger, and their families. The program is solution-focused and designed to bring families together.
Services include:
It starts with one. It starts with you. You can be the one to change a life. A child right here in your community is in need of support and a safe place to live. You can be the one to provide help and change a life.
