September 19, 2018
Anthony C. Ferreri, the regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will visit Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s ambulatory detox facility in Trenton next week to tour the program and discuss how the two organizations can collaborate to reduce the …
September 13, 2018
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton (CCDoT), a two-year grant to expand its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program in underserved areas of Mercer and Burlington counties.
The expansion grant, in the amount of $2 …
September 4, 2018
Hundreds of people who support undocumented immigrants’ right to get driver’s licenses are expected to march to the Statehouse in Trenton Thursday morning to urge state lawmakers to act on the New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act.
The bill, introduced in January, would extend driving …
August 28, 2018
Drug overdoses now are the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50. And North America is the deadliest continent when it comes to substance use, accounting for 1-in-4 drug-related deaths globally.
But the tragedy of overdose death is preventable.
That’s the message of Friday’s International …
August 24, 2018
Six families separated under President Trump’s controversial immigration policy earlier this year now are receiving services from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton.
Immigration agents separated the families, comprising about 20 people including children from toddlers to teens, when they crossed the U.S. border last spring seeking …
August 21, 2018
From video games to new hockey gear, there were plenty of ways Jayson Luciano could spend the money his parents rewarded him with for making his school’s honor roll last year. But the Burlington boy decided to use his earnings to help stock our Delanco …
August 16, 2018
Drug overdose deaths nationally hit a record high in 2017, with more than 72,300 Americans lost. That’s a casualty rate 6.6 percent higher than the previous year, according to new preliminary data from the federal Centers for Disease Control.
In New Jersey, nearly 1,900 people have …
August 1, 2018
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is now collecting school supplies to ensure that children from low-income families start the school year with everything they need to learn.
About 15 million children live in poverty in the U.S., according to the National Center for Children in Poverty. …
July 30, 2018
It’s hard for Karla to pinpoint exactly when she knew her life had to change. For a chronic drug user, there are so many wakeup calls.
“My mom was thinking about getting life insurance on me because she thought I was gonna die. She knew how …
July 25, 2018
By 8 a.m. most mornings, a line winds along the sidewalk outside Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s food pantry at its Community Services office in Trenton.
But in recent days, staff there have had to close their doors early after running out of food to distribute, …
