Connecting

AtlantiCare Foundation, through the Community Foundation of New Jersey, in Morristown, received a $50,000 grant to support the Atlantic City Patient Transportation project, which provides free, easily accessible and reliable transportation for low-income patients in Atlantic City using the health system’s services.

Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey, in Toms River, received a $15,000 grant to support a program that helps homebound seniors overcome isolation and barriers to care and provides them with access to services that improve their health.

Community FoodBank of New Jersey, in Hillside, received a $200,000 grant to develop Healthy Pantry, a Foundation Signature Initiative that will provide food-insecure residents with access to and education on healthy food choices, along with resources to improve household stability.

Community Foundation of New Jersey, in Morristown, received a $35,000 grant to support the Newark Youth Summer Employment Program, which offers work experience, teaches employment skills and financial literacy, and provides Newark youth with a summer income.

Garden State Equality Education Fund, in Asbury Park, received a $25,000 grant to support their Affirming Healthcare Map, an online directory that shows availability of health service providers who are clinically and culturally competent in working effectively with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals.

Greater Newark Health Care Coalition, in West Orange, received a $25,000 grant to support the Community Health Worker (CHW) Capacity Building Program, which is designed to enhance the CHW program and improve health outcomes for enrolled clients.

Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey, in Camden, received a $40,000 grant to support a full-time bilingual Community Health Worker to provide outreach, advocacy, education and support to clients through care management. The program also provides educational workshops that help to mitigate social determinants of health.

HomeFront, in Lawrenceville, received a $25,000 grant to support HomeFront's Health Access Team, which helps individuals who were formerly homeless and now living in HomeFront's emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs get connected to the health and social support services they need.

Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, in Margate City, received a $45,000 grant to support the Wellness Network, a program that promotes care access and patient adherence to improve health outcomes for Atlantic County residents.

Junta De Accion Puertorriquena (a/k/a Puerto Rican Action Board), in New Brunswick, received a $25,000 grant to support the Family Leadership Academy. This program addresses social determinants of health by helping low-income families build skills and access resources to achieve a greater degree of economic security and mobility, and improve their health and well-being.

Saint Vincent Academy, in Newark, received a $25,000 grant to support the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Leadership Promise Scholar, which provides one four-year scholarship to a Greater Newark-area student.

The Arc of New Jersey, in North Brunswick, received a $25,000 grant to support the Healthy Lifestyles Project, designed to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities get better quality health care and increase their access to community-based health programs.

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, in Camden, received a $50,000 grant to support their Shelter-Based Healthcare Coordination Initiative, which will provide coordinated care management to the most medically complex and socially vulnerable residents of their Camden-based men’s shelter.