American Red Cross,
Westfield/Mountainside Chapter
321 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-7090
FAX 908-232-4452
westfield/mtside@crossnet.org
Disaster education and preparedness, CPR and
First Aid training, blood drives,
international tracing, community services, emergency services to
military,
swimming and lifeguard training, home handyman program.
ARC of Union County (Association
of Retarded Citizens)
1225 South Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07062
908-754-5910
FAX 908-754-6817
Alternative day programs for adults with developmental
disabilities and behavioral
challenges; support services for families caring for a child with
disabilities; employment assistance.
Boy Scouts of America
– Watchung Area Council
P.O. Box 1177, Mountainside, NJ 07092
908-654-9191 FAX 908-654-9196
scouts@westfieldnj.com
Youth development through troop activities, recreational
and educational events, trips and camping. Teaches morals,
ethics, citizenship, leadership and promotes physical
fitness. Boys grades 1 – 12 and girls ages 14 – 18.
Cancer Hope Network
(formerly CHEMOcare)
Two North Road, Suite A, Chester, NJ 07930-2308
908-879-4039
Toll free: 1-877-HOPENET
info@cancerhopenetwork.org
Provides one-on-one support at no charge to people
undergoing treatment for cancer, and to their
families.
Catholic
Community Services
505 South Avenue, East, Cranford, NJ 07016
908-709-2100
FAX 908-709-9580
Multi-service agency offering mental health services,
family counseling, alcoholism
and drug rehabilitation, immigration assistance,
protective services and senior
services, as well as a wide range of social services
and special needs programs.
Center
for Hope Hospice
176 Hussa Street, Linden, NJ 07036
908-486-0700
FAX 908-486-2450 CFHH@GTE.net
Meets the needs of the terminally ill and their
families from the start of active treatment until the end of the
patient’s life. Services include 24-hour on-call nursing staff, homehealth
care, nutritional, educational and spiritual counseling and bereavement
counseling.
Cerebral
Palsy League of Union County
373 Clermont Terrace, Union, NJ 07083
908-354-5800
FAX 908-354-7563
Provides child care services, private school
for multiple-handicapped students,
educational/therapeutic services for children
with developmental delays, and adult day
programs for moderate to severely physically
disabled adults.
Children’s
Specialized Hospital
150 New Providence Road, Mountainside, NJ
07092
908-233-3720
FAX 908-233-4176 csh@westfieldnj.com
New Jersey’s only hospital dedicated exclusively
to pediatric rehabilitation, providing
innovative professional care for children and adolescents from birth
through 21 years of
age.
Community
Access Unlimited
80 W. Grand Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
908-354-3040
FAX 908-354-2665 sidcau@prodigy.net
Provides community access through effective and
comprehensive support services for
people with disabilities and “at risk” youth, giving them the opportunity
to live
independently and productively by providing support, training, intervention
and referrals.
Contact
We Care
P.O. Box 74, Fanwood, NJ 07023
908-232-2880
FAX 908-889-9606
cwc@westfieldnj.com
Telephone helpline providing 24-hour listening
and crisis intervention service, through
volunteer training, references and referrals.
Counseling
Centers for Human Development, Inc.
201 Lincoln Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
908-276-0590
FAX 908-276-6769 cchd@westfieldnj.com
Committed to serving the community as therapists,
resource people for seminars and
workshops, and as consultants. Agency provides individual
counseling for children,
adolescents and adults and couple and family counseling.
Elizabeth
Coalition to House the Homeless
118 Division Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
908-352-2989
Provides advocacy and assists individuals on
public assistance in securing temporary
shelter. Helps find shelter and permanent housing for working
families. One-on-one
tutoring for the homeless and advocacy with school systems.
Girl
Scouts – Washington Rock Council
201 Grove Street, East, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-3236
FAX 908-232-2140
girlscouts@westfieldnj.com
Oversees girl scouting in 24 local communities;
administers training, activities & events; business and membership
services, referrals, outdoor programs for girls and adults.
Local scouts participate in community service, trips, camping, badgework,
and more.
Hearing Society
170 Elm Street, P.O. Box 2534, Westfield,
NJ 07091
908-233-2066
Serves the hard of hearing and deaf with free
lipreading and basic sign language
instruction, referrals, scholarships to deaf students, limited social
activities, and publicity to promote public awareness.
Holy
Trinity Food Pantry
315 First Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-7090
ht@westfieldnj.com
Provides food to individuals and families in
need. Referrals must go through the American Red Cross, Westfield/Mountainside
Chapter.
Interfaith
Council for the Homeless of Union County
120 West Seventh Street, P.O. Box 569,
Plainfield, NJ 07061-0569
908-753-4001
FAX 908-756-1125
Places children in child care, after-school programs
and day camp; helps adults complete their GED; provides shelter,
meals and support services to a maximum of 28 homeless each night;
secures transitional housing; provides case management.
Jewish
Community Center of Central New Jersey
1391 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908-889-8800
FAX 908-889-4070
Provides social, recreational and educational
programs for the community: day camp,
nursery school and kindergarten program, senior
nutrition program, fitness, aftercare
program and special events.
Jewish
Family Service Agency
655 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-352-8375
FAX 908-352-8858
Provides individual & family counseling,
adoption home studies, family life education,
substance abuse prevention and treatment, food pantry, refugee resettlement,
elder care
services, homemaker and home health aides, respite care, information
and referral.
Literacy
Volunteers of America – Union County Affiliate
201 Grove St., E., Westfield, NJ 07090
908-518-0600
Provides tutoring for adults in need of help
in basic reading and conversational English. Volunteers receive
free training and are placed one-to-one with learners.
Make-A-Wish
Foundation of New Jersey
1034 Salem Road, P.O. Box 4028, Union,
NJ 07083
908-351-5055
Grants wishes to children under 18 who have a
sickness which is life threatening. Any
wish they want will be granted as long as it is feasible.
Family members at home share in the wish. Serves
the state of New Jersey.
Mental Health
Association of Union County, Inc.
15 Alden Street, Cranford, NJ 07016
908-272-0300
FAX 908-272-5696 MHAUC@aol.com
Provides education and advocacy regarding persons
with mental illness and their families and therapy programs to special
needs groups. Family, domestic violence and grief support
services. Hispanic drop-in center.
Mobile
Meals of Westfield
170 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-6146
mobilemeals@westfieldnj.com
Provides home delivered meals for those unable
to shop and prepare their own meals on either a temporary
or permanent basis. Volunteer drivers are needed.
Mother’s
Center of Central New Jersey, Inc.
P.O. Box 7, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076-0007
908-561-1751
mccnj@westfieldnj.com
Offers daytime support and study groups, evening
parent education workshops, social
activities and library resources, all designed
to help take the stress out of parenting.
New
Jersey Connect, Inc. (NJC)
936 Wyandotte Trail, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-654-4129
FAX 908-654-7946
An organization whose mission is to develop barrier-free,
affordable housing for people with physical disabilities.
Patient Care,
Inc.
120 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-654-5656
FAX 908-654-0732
This licensed and accredited home health care
agency provides hourly and live-in certified homemaker/home health
aides and nursing services, 24 hours, 7 days a week; offers free nursing
evaluation of home care needs.
Paul Jackson Fund
50 North Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
973-535-9680
FAX 973-535-9670
Helps with acute financial needs associated with
extraordinary medical and related costs of caring for a loved one.
Planned
Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ (Elizabeth office)
208 Commerce Place, Elizabeth, NJ
908-351-5384
Provides women’s reproductive healthcare: primary
care for women, prenatal care,
annual GYN exams and care, testing/treatment of STD’s for men and
women, HIV testing and contraception.
Rabbinical
Center
128 E. Dudley Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-0429
Provides counseling; interfaith marriages.
St. Joseph’s
Social Services
118 Division Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
908-352-2989
Provides food to individuals in need and, when
available, diapers and clothing. Must live in the area and have
identification with an address. Limitation of service is once a month.Also
provides a jobs program, medical clinic and soup kitchen.
Statewide Parent Advocacy
Network (SPAN)
14 Stanley Oval, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-642-8100
Advocacy workshops are available regarding special
education laws, inclusive education, Project Care, the Alliance
for Transition and a parent resource network to assist parents of
children with disabilities.
Union
County Legal Services Corp.
60 Prince Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-4340
FAX 908-354-4361 Rbennett@isnj.org
Provides free legal assistance to indigent Union
County residents with civil legal problems, providing a full
range of legal assistance, advice, legal counseling and legal
representation.
Union County Psychiatric
Clinic (UCPC) Behavioral Healthcare
117-119 Roosevelt Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-756-6870
Out-patient, individual, group and family therapies,
counseling and medical monitoring. Adult partial-care, counseling,
psycho-social and vocational rehabilitation and recreational
activities.
Union
County Rape Crisis Center
300 North Avenue, East, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-7273
FAX 908-654-0260
Provides counseling to all survivors of sexual
assault. 24-hour crisis hotline; accompanies victims
to police, hospital and through court process; short & long-term counseling;
group counseling; educational presentations; professional in-service.
United
Fund of Westfield
301 North Avenue West, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-2113
FAX 908-233-2177 unitedfund@westfieldnj.com
Largest Westfield volunteer organization; plans
for community needs; raises and allocates funds for
member agencies; increases the organized capacity of people to care
for one another.
Visiting
Health Service
P.O. Box 846, Westfield, NJ 07091
908-233-3113
FAX 908-233-2849
Provides quality in-home health care and support
services. Certified home health aides, housekeeping services, personal
emergency response system, new mother/well baby care; post operative
eye drops/injections, short-term live-in or overnight service.
Visiting
Nurse Service System
354 Union Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07208-0170
908-352-5694
Provides comprehensive primary care and wellness
services, services for children, prenatal services, senior
wellness program; pediatric day care center; mobile outreach clinic; AIDSresource
center; information and referral, case management, intervention and counseling.
Westfield Alliance for
Prevention of Alcohol & Drug Abuse (PANDA)
P.O. Box 2122, Westfield, NJ 07091
908-789-4040
Community action group organized to prevent drug
and alcohol abuse among youth in the community by promoting awareness
and providing information and referrals.
Westfield
Community Center
558 West Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-4759
FAX 908-232-9038
Provides after school day care/day camp for children
5 – 12 years old, at risk youth
program for youth 11-17 years old, senior citizens’ social
recreation program for aged 60 and older, summer youth employment
and training program ages 14 – 21.
Westfield
Department of Human Services
425 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-789-4079
FAX 908-789-4076
Information and referral services on programs
that a resident may need to contact for
assistance. Meets emergency needs of residents ineligible
for existing programs. Provides
family and youth programs; senior services, food pantry, clothes
closet, limited emergency assistance.
Westfield
Neighborhood Council
127 Cacciola Place, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-2772
wnc@westfieldnj.com
Programs for children aged 6 – 12; teen programs.
Provides tutorial homework
assistance, builds study and social behavior
skills, self esteem, confidence and talents.
Westfield
Volunteer Rescue Squad
335 Watterson Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-2500 (non-emergency)
EMERGENCY: DIAL 911
rescue@westfieldnj.com
The designated Emergency Medical Service for
the Town of Westfield, the Volunteer
Rescue Squad is a self-governing, volunteer staffed
organization.
Westfield
“Y”
220 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-2700
FAX 908-232-3306 y@westfieldnj.com
Comprehensive youth development services, health
care enhancement programs for
adults, day care services for ages 1 ½
through 14 years old. Program handicapped
accessible. Aquatics, wellness programs,
full facility serving infants to seniors.
Women
for Women of Union County
1801 East Second Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908-322-6007
FAX 908-322-6021
Helps women and their families through life crises,
transitions and changes through
support and counseling. Provides educational
workshops and referrals.
Youth
& Family Counseling Service
233 Prospect Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-2042
FAX 908-654-7414
Provides individual, family, couples and group
counseling. Individual and group
counseling for children ages 6 and older. Psychiatric evaluations
for individuals in need of medication and medication monitoring.