Bancroft
http://www.bancroft.org/
Bancroft is a leading nonprofit provider of specialized services for individuals with autism, brain injuries and other intellectual or developmental disabilities. Bancroft offers a comprehensive range of services for unlocking each person’s full potential and meeting his or her changing needs, including: brain injury rehabilitation, special education, vocational training and supported employment, structured day programs, campus and community living programs, and behavioral supports.
Bonds of Courage
http://www.bondsofcourage.org/
Bonds of Courage is a non-profit organization supporting our troops, veterans and their families to build morale, and to meet needs involving jobs, health, families, and finances. Bonds of Courage serves to bridge concerned citizens, corporations, communities and service organizations with our troops, veterans and their families.
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
http://www.christopherreeve.org/
The Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
CIT Small Business Lending Corporation
http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.CIT_Small_Business_Lending_Corporation.aa19707eddf843fd.html
Small is relative. CIT Small Business Lending is one of the biggest Small Business Administration (SBA) lenders in the nation. Part of the Consumer & Small Business Lending unit of CIT Group, the company offers business acquisition and succession loans, franchise financing, and commercial real estate and construction loans ranging from $350,000 to $5 million. CIT Small Business Lending targets primarily US businesses such as day care centers; retailers, convenience stores; hotels and motels; woman-, veteran-, and minority-owned firms; and medical practice startups.
Family and Friends For Freedom Fund, Inc.
http://www.injuredmarinesfund.org/
Our mission provides financial support grants to combat wounded service men and women from all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Our severely wounded continue to fight battles here at home with their struggle to adjust to their injuries. Too often, when a service member is wounded in combat, their entire family shoulders the pain and financial burden. We help to ease the financial worries of our wounded warriors and their families during their long road to recovery.
Freedom Calls Foundation
http://www.freedomcalls.org/
The Foundation's communications network offers soldiers more than 8,000 miles away the opportunity to participate in milestone family events such as births, birthdays, weddings and school graduations. It will soon include installations at military hospitals here in the United States, to enable soldiers to interact with their newborn children and loved ones who have become ill with video conferencing.
Free Military Child Tutoring-They are Heroes Too!
http://freemilitarychildtutoring.org/
Our goal is to provide free tutoring services for military children in the Southern New Jersey area.
Healers and Heroes.com
http://njhealersandheroes.com/
The Medical Society of New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs are joining forces to launch the “Healers and Heroes (2H)” Program designed to bring awareness, solutions and healthcare linkages for issues affecting our Service members and Veterans during and after their service to our country.
Healing Hands 4 Heroes
http://www.njchiropractors.com/anjc-programs/healing-hands-4-heroes/
The Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC), which represents over 1900 chiropractors statewide, is teaming with Army OneSource, a U.S. Army Community outreach program and the Army Community Covenant to raise awareness of the unique challenges of Military life on our Service Members and their Families and to address the growing need for accessible health services.
As part of its commitment, the ANJC has announced participating member doctors would treat returning Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars for free for a minimum of 60 days. ANJC members are participating in the “Healing Hands 4 Heroes” program, which allows chiropractors to learn about the stresses and challenges our Service Members and their Families are facing as a result of multiple deployments.
Home Front Hearts
http://www.homefronthearts.org/
What We Do
- We are the bridge between military families with needs who don’t always have a “voice” and those of us who want to help but don’t know how. We are small enough and flexible enough to do very direct meaningful work with minimal overhead and bureaucracy.
- We provide a place where military families can go for help without shame, embarrassment or impact to military service.
- We address the “unmet needs” of our clients (financial assistance, coaching/counseling, legal assistance, etc.).
- We match corporate, non-profit, community, and individual “givers” to military families in need.
- We stay involved - overseeing progress, providing resources and support, and ensuring needs are met until the family is back on track.
- We provide flexible service fellowship opportunities for wounded warrior caregivers and/or military spouses unable to work outside the home due to their own health/disability or that of a child/children, to assist other military families while earning much needed income.
- We assist military children nationwide by increasing awareness to peers, teachers, coaches, parents, and mentors about the challenges military children face and educating these community members on the best ways to support and assist these children.
- We maintain a continually-updated resource directory and news source on our website and partner with and utilize many of our website resources as we support our clients.
Independent College Fund of New Jersey
http://veterans.njcolleges.org/
If you are a post 9-11 veteran of the armed forces, we can help you earn a college degree. This means an additional financial commitment to veterans to help offset some or all of the costs of private education not covered by Post 9/11 GI Bill. The list includes 14 independent colleges and universities in New Jersey and the programs and services these institutions offer to serve the state’s veterans.
Make-A-Wish New Jersey
http://nj.wish.org/
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. We have granted over 7,000 wishes since our inception in 1983. No child should ever have to endure the struggle and pain that come with battling a life-threatening illness. Giving back to these children, what their illness has taken away - laughter, strength, hope and joy, is our sole purpose at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. The New Jersey Chapter serves the entire state of New Jersey.
NJ Shares
http://www.njshares.org/
NJ SHARES is a statewide, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides grants to pay the energy and utility bills of households in need, through the support of our donors and our statewide network of more than 242 community-based social service agencies operating out of 298 sites.
NJ Vet 2 Vet (Veterans Help Line)
http://www.njveteranshelpline.org/
Our toll-free helpline 1-866-838-7654 is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week for Veterans and their families.
NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center
http://www.njvvmf.org/
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center are companion projects that complement one another. The Memorial honors the sacrifices made by New Jersey residents who gave their lives while serving in Southeast Asia and, at the same time, pays tribute to all who have served.
The Patriot Brass Ensemble
http://www.patriotbrass.org/
The Patriot Brass Ensemble was established to improve the quality of life for Veterans and Military Families through musical programs and services. At the core of our values is the belief that every member of the military deserves the best music, without prejudice, and with passion and integrity.
Semper Fido
http://www.semperfido.org/
Semper Fido's program is to unite wounded warriors suffering with PTSD with homeless, rescue shelter dogs, who are evaluated and deemed viable, to nurture a healing and rejuvenating bond between the two. The result is a positive, non judgmental, unconditional relationship desperately needed by both.
Family pets may be used if they meet age, size and temperament requirements.
Tip of the Arrow Foundation
http://tipofthearrow.net/
The Tip of the Arrow Foundation is a volunteer organization staffed by highly experienced career counselors. Our target is U.S. veterans of the Global War on Terror. Our aim is to help you transition to civilian work life successfully. We know this may be a difficult mission for you, especially in the current economic environment. So it is our intent to provide the guidance, motivation, and encouragement to do whatever is necessary in preparing for and winning a good job. We will help you transfer the discipline you learned in the military to this new mission. Expect us to serve as your coach, cheerleader, and civilian First Sergeant! And expect us to provide helpful, honest, constructive feedback.
Trinity Counseling Services
http://trinitycounseling.org/
TCS is well respected for its child, family and adult mental health services, programs and projects. Our unique combination of highly trained and licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors and pastoral counselors are dedicated to providing effective mental health therapy to all in need regardless of their ability to pay.
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/WARRELATEDILLNESS/index.asp
The War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) is a National VA Post-Deployment Health Resource. The WRIISC focuses on the post-deployment health concerns of Veterans and their unique health care needs. The WRIISC develops and provides post-deployment health expertise to Veterans and their health care providers through clinical programs, research, education, and risk communication.
Our WRIISC clinical program focuses on providing environmental exposure assessments and comprehensive medical evaluations for Veterans who have chronic, medically unexplained symptoms and/or and difficult to diagnose symptoms that they believe are related to their deployment.
The WRIISC also provides post-deployment health education to Veterans, families and loved ones of deployed Veterans, health care providers, and the general public.
Our research program focuses on improving the health of deployed Veterans by researching innovative treatments designed to improve the health of deployed Veterans.
The WRIISC is under the direction of the Office of Public Health.
The Well Spouse Association
http://www.wellspouse.org/
We advocates for and addresses the needs of individuals caring for a chronically ill and/or disabled spouse/partner. We offer peer to peer support and educate health care professionals and the general public about the special challenges and unique issues "well" spouses face every day. The Well Spouse Association:
- coordinates a national network of Support Groups
- facilitates a Mentor program and Round Robin letter writing groups
- publishes a newsletter (Mainstay) and e-newsletter (Member Minute)
- hosts a website (www.wellspouse.org) with resources for coping and survival skills, which includes an on-line chat forum for spousal caregivers
- organizes regional respite weekends and a national conference for caregivers
- provides continuing support for members whose spouses have died
- advocates on behalf of spousal caregivers
- seeks out new initiatives to help caregiver spouses and their families cope with the emotional and financial stresses associated with chronic illness and/or disability
Women's Overseas Service League
http://www.wosl.org/
WOSL is a national organization of women who have served overseas in or with the Armed Forces. American women who had served overseas with the military forces during World War One founded WOSL in 1921.
WOSL's Mission and Purpose
- To keep alive and develop the spirit that prompted overseas service.
- To maintain the ties of comradeship born of that service, and to assist and further any patriotic work.
- To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation.
- To work for the welfare of the armed services.
- To assist, in any way in our power, the men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in the service of their country.
- To foster and promote friendship and understanding between the United States and all other nations of the world.