Health Resources
It is a well known fact that our adult students are confronted with many barriers that preclude them from achieving their goals and while we can’t address all of their needs through our program, we hope to at least provide the tools and resources needed so they can have a better chance. Please take full advantage of the resources listed on this website and let us know if a listing doesn’t work or if you would like to suggest a service that might help others.
Insurance
Clinics
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First Choice Women's Resource Center
Provides specialized medical services including: pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STI testing & treatment, confidential counseling services & education. |
Mary Eliza Mahoney Health Centers
Provides primary health care access, social & environmental services to all citizens, allowing them to attain an optimal level of health & well-being |
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. (NCHC)
Provides affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare. |
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North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC)
Provides health, dental, medication, employment, housing, childcare, immigration, tax preparation, and other services. |
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Student Family Health Care Center (SFHCC)
Offers free, quality health care to the Newark community. Services include physical examinations, chronic disease management, gynecological care, and psychosocial counseling. |
Zufall Health
Zufall Health is the medical and dental home for the underserved with sites in north, west, and central New Jersey. As a fully licensed, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide high-quality, affordable, compassionate medical and dental care to patients in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Somerset, and Essex counties |
Dental
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Provides a full range of oral health services while training the next generation of dentists.
Provides a full range of oral health services while training the next generation of dentists.
Eye Care
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Project BEST
Works to save sight and restore vision whenever it is medically possible throughout New Jersey. |
Nutrition
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Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)
New Jersey's largest provider of food, distributing more than 44 million pounds among our hungry neighbors. |
Feeding America
Secures and distributes 4 billion meals each year through food pantries and meal programs throughout the United States |
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Provides food assistance to families with low incomes to help them buy groceries through a benefits card accepted in most food retail stores and some farmers markets. |
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
Helps limited-resource families and youth improve their eating behaviors through nutrition education. |
Mental Health and Addiction
New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
The Division is responsible for the development, coordination and operational support of a comprehensive mental health and addiction services system.
The Division is responsible for the development, coordination and operational support of a comprehensive mental health and addiction services system.
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Office of Domestic Violence Services (ODVS)
funds 23 domestic violence programs and the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. There is at least one DCF-designated lead domestic violence program in each of the 21 counties that provides core services. |
Screenings
S.A.V.E. Women and Men
It brings education and cancer screening to Essex County residents who do not have medical insurance.
It brings education and cancer screening to Essex County residents who do not have medical insurance.
LVA, Essex & Passaic Counties, provides links to other organizations as a benefit to the adult community. LVA is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any linked site, nor does a link imply an affiliation with or an endorsement of the linked organization.