‘A Place to Call Home’, Recovery-Focused Independent Transitional Living was created to facilitate safe, supportive and sober housing for expectant and postpartum women who have struggled with substance abuse and are in early recovery and their children. The recovery-focused program provides parenting support, vocational counseling, mental health and substance abuse counseling, and connections to community resources for up to 10 women at a time.
Statewide
Connecting NJ provides mothers, fathers, grandparents, and guardians free or affordable access to people, organizations, and other sources of information needed to raise healthy children. Our mission is to connect expecting women and families with children up to age 18 to local resources and developmental coaching for families with children up to age 5 and a half. We will also connect families to our free home visiting programs. Please see below for more information. Healthy Families is a free program that provides in-home support for new and expecting parents. Home visitors meet with families on a regular basis to educate parents on their child's development, help families set and achieve their goals, and link parents to existing social services and local resources. They promote positive parent-child interactions and support families from pregnancy through the child's 3rd birthday. Parents as Teachers is a free home visiting program that provides parents consistent support throughout their parenting journey. Meeting 2-4 times per month, home visitors work to educate parents on their child's development, help families set and achieve their goals, and link parents to existing social services and local resources. They will also work with families to educate them on areas such as child safety, nutrition, and mental health. Designed to be a 3-year program, Parents As Teachers can provide support to expectant parents as well as families with children up to the age of 3. Nurse-Family Partnership is a free program for all first-time moms under 28 weeks gestation. Moms will be paired with a registered nurse who will meet with them on a consistent basis to help prepare for the baby's arrival to ensure the best possible outcomes for mom and baby. Moms can continue to receive support from their nurse, as well as help getting connected to local resources until the child turns 2. To enroll, call +1 (856) 431-4180 or visit NJ.GOV/CONNECTINGNJ.
Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
The Healthy Families program provides in-home education and supportive services to new and expectant parents. Home visitors work to link parents to existing social service and health care resources, and promote positive parenting and healthy child growth and development. The program typically lasts from pregnancy through the child’s 3rd birthday. Ages & Stages Questionaire To enroll, call +1 (856) 431-4180 or visit nj.gov/connectingnj.
Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
The Nurse-Family Partnership Program is a free service that pairs a first-time mom by 28 weeks gestation with a personal registered nurse to ensure the best possible pregnancy outcome, the best health and development of the baby, and to help link mom to community resources. https://youtu.be/o-yizjH-xTc To enroll, call +1 (856) 431-4180 or visit nj.gov/connectingnj.
Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
Parents as Teachers is a home visitation program that provides health and parenting education and supportive services to families. Home Visitors educate families on prenatal health, infant/child health and development, positive parenting practices, nurturing parent-child relationships, child safety, and education and employment. Designed to be a 3 year program, Parents as Teachers can provide support to expectant parents from the birth up until the child is ready to enter kindergarten. Visits are made 2 to 4 times per month. Ages & Stages Questionaire To enroll, call +1 (856) 431-4180 or visit nj.gov/connectingnj.
Gloucester, Salem