March 24, 2021
Kristina Holt was already having a tough time before the COVID-19 outbreak. A single mother of four children, Kristina moved into a new apartment early last year with plans to split household costs with a roommate. But the roommate quit paying her share, and Kristina …
March 18, 2021
Nurses and volunteers from the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey stopped by our Linkages program in Tinton Falls this week to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the families, staff and volunteers there, as well as other members of the community.
The outreach was part of an …
March 9, 2021
The New Jersey Department of Health has enlisted Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton to help provide critically needed COVID-19 health education, testing, contact tracing, and vaccine support to underserved groups in Central Jersey, including Latino and Black communities and documented and undocumented immigrants.
Catholic Charities was …
March 5, 2021
Catholic Charities was chosen as one of five providers around the country to roll out a new youth-development practice intended for academically challenged and at-risk Latino children ages 10 to 14 and their families.
In partnership with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …
January 20, 2021
A Catholic Charities program that provides 24/7 crisis-intervention services in the community for youth under age 21 has moved to Trenton from its longtime home in Hamilton.
The Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) program relocated last week to Catholic Charities’ behavioral-health campus at 55 N. …
January 13, 2021
When Jane Meyer started working for Catholic Charities, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all the rage, gasoline was just $1.34 a gallon, and George Bush (the first one) was President.
“Things were quite different at the time – there were no computers, all our notes were …
December 16, 2020
Usually when people see Stacey DePoe coming with papers in her hands, they might wince or even tiptoe the other way.
“They’re like: ‘Ughhh, what paperwork do I need to fill out now?!’” said DePoe, director of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s Linkages program, which provides transitional …
November 9, 2020
Depression drove Britney into addiction.
“I was so depressed I just wanted to numb all my feelings. At one point, I didn’t even want to live any more,” she said. “I started with pills. Then heroin. I was using for seven and a half months – …
November 6, 2020
Kelly Miller works with people coming out of prison, helping them find housing, jobs and whatever else they need to be successful as they reintegrate back into society. She knows how hard it can be to find affordable housing. And because she works for a …
November 4, 2020
For years, Wayne Eldridge couldn’t get a job. Shop Rite, Sam’s Club, Dollar General, Goodwill … the list of places where he applied – and got rejected – goes on and on.
“Most wouldn’t tell me why. Sometimes they would be honest – they’d say it …
