Posts Tagged: New Jersey

State gives Catholic Charities funding to prevent homelessness in Ocean County

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton recently received two grants, totaling almost $460,000, to prevent homelessness in Ocean County.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs gave Catholic Charities’ Community Services the grants to provide temporary rent and utility assistance to individuals and families who are either …

Breaking the cycle of injustice in the Latino community

What do you get when you cross a Puerto Rican native, star basketball player, proud father, devoted coach, and champion of the Latino community? The result is just one man: Roberto Hernandez.
Putting family first
Before Roberto was born, his father moved their family from Puerto Rico …

Q&A: Creative Arts Therapy helping children heal

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s Providence House Domestic Violence Services is an organization that offers a wide array of services for victims of domestic violence, free of charge. One of these programs is PALS, which stands for Peace: A Learned Solution. It offers creative arts …

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