Location Hammonton Family Community Center 310 Bellevue Ave. Hammonton, NJ 08037 609-567-2900

Hammonton Family Community Center

The Mission of the Hammonton Family Community Center is to link children and families to community-based services. This program and its services strengthen the local community, promote healthy child development and reduce barriers to achievement and self-sufficiency for families.

The Family Center helps improve the well-being of clients and families and helps build healthy communities.

All of our services are free. The Hammonton Family Center is funded through a grant from the State Department of Human Services. Spanish speaking staff members are available.

Services

The Hammonton Family Community Center offers the following services:

• Divorce/Separation Support Group:
  Education/prevention/information and referral. Support group for children whose families are coping with separation and divorce. Goal: provide a format for children to address issues of concern. Facilitates within certain school districts though out the year.
• English as a Second Language:
  ESL program available two nights a week from October through June from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Goal: improve proficiency and employment.
• Computer Class Education:
  Computer instruction for beginners. Available one night a week for six weeks from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Goal: to improve computer skills and employment.
• Recreational Services:
  Recreation is offered during the summer months to adolescents. Goal: reduce juvenile arrest rate and improve social and character skills.
• Arts and Crafts:
  Recreational activities with arts and crafts during the summer months for children and senior citizens. Goal: reduce juvenile arrest rate and improve intergenerational understanding.
• Alleviate Juvenile Arrest Rate (AJAR):
  Education/Prevention/Informational and Referral. Involves a visit to the Atlantic County Correctional Facility and a one hour lecture on Drugs and Alcohol. Available to juveniles who are at risk of delinquent behavior. Goal: reduce juvenile arrest rate, character building, and social skills.
• Family Planning:
  Educational/Prevention/Information and Referral. Health education for high school students. Goal: reduce adolescent pregnancy rate.
• Comprehensive Emergency Assistance System Application (CEAS):
  Information and Referral. Assistance in processing applications for rent, mortgage, and utilities vouchers. Goal: financial assistance.
• Home Energy Assistance (HEAP):
  Information and Referral. Assistance in processing applications for utilities. Goal: financial assistance.
• Food Referrals:
  Information and Referral to various food banks in the Atlantic County area.
• Stress Management:
  Discussions and Lectures on stress, anger, and self-esteem. Facilitated in various school districts in the Hammonton area. Goal: reduce stress and anger and improve self-esteem.
• Bullying Program:
  Discussions and Lectures focusing on bullying and character building. Facilitated in various school districts in the Hammonton area. Goal: reduce bullying and improve character skills.
• TRUST (Teaching, Respecting, Understanding, Supporting, Teens):
  A program facilitated after school in the Hammonton area for pregnancy prevention. One weekend with a computer simulated doll. Focusing on social skills, character, self-esteem, anatomy, and relationship building. Goal: reduce adolescent pregnancy.
• Mental Health:
  Information and referral to mental health providers.
• Housing Services:
  Information and referral for loan information and Section 8 applications.
• PAAD (Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled), Lifeline, and Hearing Assistance (HAAD) and Senior Gold:
  PAAD and Senior Gold programs which assist with costs of prescribed medication. Lifeline assists financially with electric bills.
• HAAD hearing aid assistance, a custom fitted ear level or body worn electronic device which can enhance hearing impairment. Information and referral for applications and assistance in filling out applications.

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