Misusing prescription drugs often is the first, tragic step people take into addiction, so safely disposing of unneeded prescription drugs is the first, crucial step people should take to fight a deadly opioid crisis that claimed more than 3,100 lives in New Jersey last year, …
Advocates for domestic violence survivors are calling on New Jersey lawmakers to increase funding for domestic violence services, after the state’s domestic homicide rate rose to the highest it has been in the past decade.
Officials from the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence testified …
Several Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton family-strengthening programs based in Mercer County have expanded to a new location in Ewing.
The new office opened April 8 in a sprawling, ground-floor, 6,000-square-foot office space in the Scotch Plaza at 1239 Parkway Ave.
The programs that moved, which are …
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will honor Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s Children and Family Services (CFS) this week for its compassion and commitment to crime victims.
The Ronald W. Reagan Award is given annually to an individual or agency that has shown a consistent …
Two bills awaiting Gov. Phil Murphy approval promise to help the homeless in New Jersey.
The first bill (S-3586) would expand emergency assistance (housing aid) for people who face an imminent threat of homelessness. Under current law, emergency assistance is only available for 12 to 18 …
New Jersey Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr. visited Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s ambulatory detox clinic in Trenton today to learn more about how the new integrative healthcare approach there – called Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, or CCBHC – saves money and improves long-term outcomes …
Habitat for Humanity of Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton is partnering with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton to donate groceries, cleaning supplies, and other household items they receive and can’t sell at their ReStore in Maple Shade.
The donations will go to vulnerable citizens who come …
GS Moore thought separating from her abusive husband would end the violence she had endured at his hands for years.
But then she told him she wanted a divorce.
“It triggered something in him, and he became progressively more aggressive,” she said, recounting abuse that escalated to …
As a therapist who counsels children recovering from sexual abuse and other traumas, Melissa Boege hears terrible things every day.
“It’s really difficult to not take it home with you,” she said.
But Boege, who works at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s Family Growth program in Red …
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is partnering with the Mount Carmel Guild to merge food pantries in Trenton, with the joined operations officially set to start on April 1.
Catholic Charities’ Community Services food pantry at 132 N. Warren St. will relocate to the Mount Carmel …
