Hudson County assistance programs.

Find information on ways to get assistance

If you live in the Hudson County area or Jersey City, The North Hudson Community Action Corporation is an organization that helps almost 85,000 low-income residents every year at eight different locations spread across three counties. They offer struggling families resources such as housing assistance, help with utility and heating bills, emergency food and shelter, rent help, and even medical care. Some of the programs that they can offer people are listed below, but also contact them to learn about other resources and services they may be able to offer you.

Rent help, emergency shelter and food
A primary goal of the agency is to prevent homelessness. To help stop evictions and to keep people in their homes, one-time rent payments and grants are offered to families and individuals in order to prevent evictions. And if it is too late and you have already lost your home, then for those people who are homeless, they can get temporary shelter through a voucher system with area motels.

For food aid, emergency food vouchers are available for all qualified residents who are running short of or out of food. Last year over 3,200 people were served receiving 31,106 services.

Holiday food and gifts
Their distribution assists client families at Christmas time as well as at Thanksgiving, and last year about 3,121 people received food or holiday gifts through this completely volunteer effort.

New Jersey SHARES program
This program, which provides utility and heating bill assistance to low and moderate income families as well as the working poor, assists hundreds of families with assistance and grants in meeting their utility costs. Last year almost $25,000 was provided to Hudson County and Jersey City families.

Free health care and clinics
The North Hudson Community Action Corporation created the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in order to provide medical services to people in need. The Health Center provides primary health care at eight (8) locations including, North Bergen, West New York, Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken, Passaic and Hackensack. They also run a mobile health center. Services offered at these medical facilities include adult medicine, dental, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatric, mental health services, and family planning.

Last year the facility helped about 51,000 patients and provided over 184,050 patient encounters and services to them.

Mobile health center
Their mobile health unit travels the local community and Hudson County area providing screenings and information to residents. In addition to WIC enrollment, the mobile’s staff screens patients for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other basic check ups. Referrals can also be made to our various health center sites and other government programs. Find more ways to get help with medical bills.

They also offer free child care, holiday gifts, and more. Contact the North Hudson Community Action Corporation at (201) 866-9320, or their main office at 5301 Broadway, West New York, New Jersey.

Emergency help from Bergen County Salvation Army

This local non-profit agency, the Salvation Army (201- 991-1115) offers low and moderate income families social service and other assistance programs that provide food, grants, shelter, clothing and financial assistance to disadvantaged families, children and individuals. The money can be used to pay rent, electric and heating bills, prescription drugs, and even the occasional mortgage payment.