December 19, 2018
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton recently received two one-year grants, totaling nearly $335,000, from Mercer County to better serve elderly residents who have mental health or substance use disorders.
Collectively, the grants are intended to support housing stability for the county’s seniors and help them more …
December 17, 2018
More than 100 people marched in Trenton today to support legislation that would give access to New Jersey driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, formerly incarcerated people, domestic violence survivors, homeless people, senior citizens, and others who face barriers to getting state ID.
The morning march and …
November 30, 2018
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced this week that local law enforcement cannot participate in federal immigration actions, a move intended to strengthen the immigrant community’s trust in police.
Under the new rules, a New Jersey police officer cannot stop, question, arrest, search, or detain …
November 12, 2018
November, with the coming Thanksgiving holiday, is traditionally a time to celebrate abundance and show gratitude for our blessings. But in New Jersey, one of the richest states in the nation, more than 919,000 people struggle with food insecurity, while another 8,500 are homeless.
That’s why …
November 9, 2018
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is expanding mental health and addiction services in Burlington County to serve military veterans.
The additional services – expected to be available in early 2019 – were funded through the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which awarded …
November 6, 2018
Charity is as ingrained in Vincent Mastrocola as his hazel eyes and his love of Italian and other ethnic foods.
He attributes it to his upbringing. His grandparents, his mother and her siblings immigrated here from Italy. They joined the blue-collar, melting-pot masses in New York …
November 5, 2018
The last man Susan Grady dated abused her emotionally and never contributed a dime to her household.
“He would treat everybody else like they were a ray of sunshine, but he treated me like I was garbage,” Susan said.
She stayed with him for seven years.
“I thought …
November 2, 2018
Lawrence first started using marijuana at 15. After seeing his mother get shot, he developed post-traumatic stress disorder and turned to harder drugs to dull his senses. That spiraled into a decade-long battle against heroin addiction.
After surviving an overdose, he knew he wanted a different …
November 1, 2018
You’ve probably heard it before – someone joking that things have gotten so bad that they’ll have to live out of their car or under a bridge.
For Stephanie (pictured, right), that joke was never funny.
Not long ago, the New Jersey native was living in Florida, …
October 24, 2018
About five million older Americans a year endure abuse, often at the hands of a relative, according to federal estimates. Yet experts say the elder abuse epidemic is even worse than statistics suggest, because most older adults don’t report their victimization.
That’s why Catholic Charities, Diocese …
