Overview

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark is a nonprofit social-services organization assisting people in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties in New Jersey. It runs behavioral-health, family-support, disability, education, housing, food-assistance, immigration, and refugee programmes for people facing varied needs. Services include counseling and psychiatric care, schools, emergency shelter, affordable housing, job training, and immigration legal assistance. A ministry of the archdiocese, it serves people without regard to religion, race, or culture. Headquartered in Newark, the organization traces its roots to the Catholic Children's Aid Society of New Jersey, established in 1903.