The Youth Career Center provides support and resources to young people aged 16-24 who are looking to reach their educational and career goals. Participants can build job skills and increase their career prospects.
The Youth Career Center team is experienced, dedicated, and passionate. The program's goal is to help young people create a path forward.
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The Camden Initiative for School Attendance is a community-based partnership between Center For Family Services and the Camden City School District. The program is focused on improving student attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism.
Students and families receive a comprehensive continuum of care to meet their individual needs and to ensure children get back on track in school. Services are available to Camden City School District students between the ages of 6-17. All services are free.
Career Pathways for Veterans is an employment-focused program designed to enable veterans who are experiencing homelessness or who are at-risk of homelessness to reach their full potential. The program will provide career exploration, training, and supportive services to veterans with the goal of empowering them to secure jobs in stable, high-demand occupations, earning livable wages.
Services include:
Camden City Village Initiative Social Work Program provides supportive services to Camden City residents who are in need of social and supportive services. The initiative, a partnership between Camden County Police Department and Center For Family Services, connects participants with a CCPD social worker to provide intensive case management and ensure warm handoffs to appropriate services.
Services offered include:
Family and Youth Suppor Services is an intensive, in-home case management program that provides advocacy and psychoeducational counseling support to youth and families.
The Crisis Diversion Home provides compassionate care to New Jersey adults 18 and older who are experiencing mental illness. The program aims to stabilize those at risk of hospitalization or who have previously experienced frequent hospitalizations to help them remain in the community.
During the 30-day stay in the group home, individuals will receive the following services from highly trained clinicians:
The Suicide Prevention Education Program provides free training to individuals and groups in the evidence-based Suicide Prevention model, QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer). A certified instructor leads each 1-2 hour training which can be conducted either virtually or in person*. Trainings can be custom-tailored to the audience and are available to groups of any size.
*This training qualifies for the 2-hour state training requirement for schools. Continuing Education (CE) certificates can be provided.
Why QPR?
Haven Youth Shelter offers short-term, walk-in emergency housing for youth age 9-18 in need of a safe place to live. Haven provides 24/7 safe housing and basic needs support for youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, or human trafficking or those youth who have run away or need safe housing due to a variety of circumstances.
Stable Connections provides solutions to prevent youth homelessness. Services support youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Working together with community partners, Stable Connections identifies young people at risk for homelessness and connects them and their families to inclusive, equitable, and comprehensive support services. Secure connections include a wide array of community partners, forming a holistic support system to respond to the needs of youth and their families to avoid crises and keep youth safe in a home setting.
Diversion support services for teens with low-level offenses.
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.
