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SUPPORT
Your support is critical to CFA’s ability to provide a variety of essential services that help local families and individuals who are struggling to put food on their tables and keep a roof over their heads.
VOLUNTEER
Volunteers play a key role in helping CFA end hunger and homelessness in our neighborhoods. Some volunteers come weekly, others help with our administrative work and some come only once or twice.
AMBASSADOR
Become a CFA Ambassador by organizing your own event to raise awareness and funds to help our neighbors in need. How about lunch with friends, an event at your home, office or place of worship?
Upcoming Events
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Call to Action
``Our Power Was Shut Off. Can You Help?``
CFA is all too familiar with this type of urgent plea for help.
Our Homelessness Prevention Program provides financial assistance, guidance, and peace of mind to over a thousand struggling low-income households per year. We help prevent evictions and disconnection of utilities, pays security deposits on behalf of the household, and, purchases heating oil/propane for our most vulnerable neighbors in need.
Your support and government funding make this work possible.
Client-households meet with a social worker or advocate so that a determination can be made regarding eligibility. The staff member works with the household to resolve the immediate problems. Often, this means working with the client, the landlord, and the utility or heating oil company. If funding is available, the landlord or company is paid directly by CFA.
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With your help, we've been helping neighbors in need for over 40 years.
Annual Emergency & Holiday Food Packages Distributed
Annual CFA Volunteer Hours
CFA Service Distribution Sites/Warehouses
Emergency Food Program
Food is at the heart of CFA’s work. CFA’s Emergency Food Program provides approximately 4,600 emergency food packages each month to local families and individuals struggling to put food on their tables. Diabetic food packages are also available.
Homelessness Prevention Program
The threat of homelessness is very real to many local neighbors in need. CFA’s Homelessness Prevention Program assists about 125 household monthly with housing and utility expenses during especially difficult times.
Weekend Snack Pack Program
Many children in our community who receive free or reduced-price school meals are left without adequate nutrition on weekends and holiday breaks. CFA’s Weekend Snack Pack Program fills this gap with nutritious food for children at risk on the weekend.
Garden Program
CFA’s garden and donations from other community gardens make it possible to add fresh veggies to our food packages. The garden is managed by CFA volunteer, Smadar Shemmesh with in-kind support from Paul Keyes.
Smile Pack Program
CFA’s Smile Pack Program helps encourage young clients to exercise proper dental care. Smile packs include a toothbrush, dental floss and toothpaste. Local dentists make this program possible.
NJ Anti-Hunger Coalition
CFA’s statewide program, NJ Anti-Hunger Coalition (NJAHC), works to raise awareness about hunger in NJ and advocates for public policies and programs to address the issue on the local, state and federal levels.
Our Gallery of Action
#NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
Young Professional Action Network (YPAN) Make ending hunger and homelessness part of
Stryker employees adding their support to a weekend snack packs assembly line.
Our corporate partners’ generous support helps us maintain our ability to provide
Ready to become a volunteer?
Would you like to volunteer to help CFA provide emergency services to thousands of local families and individuals in need? Please email: Valerie Anderson at vanderson@cfanj.org or call 201-569-1804 x15.
Client Stories
On Monday mornings, Cari went to school feeling a little hungry because full meals were limited when she didn't have access to the Federal School Meals Program. CFA is now sending a weekend snack pack home with Cari on Friday afternoons.
Cheryl, Cari’s Mom
Anne is 94. She receives Social Security and has a small pension. She fell behind on her rent and was facing eviction. CFA paid her 1st month's rent so she could move into senior housing. CFA's case manager also helped with her Meal on Wheels application.
Anne
Richard, 52, has custody of his 14 yr old son. Richard had been in and out of the hospital due to an illness so bills were beginning to pile up. CFA paid two months worth of utility bills to prevent a shut-off and helped with emergency food.
Richard
Joan, a single mom with 2 children ages 7 & 10, lost her job and her unemployment checks did not cover the expenses. Joan eventually found work, but we were there to help her put food on the table during the job search and transition.
Joan
Tyron is a single dad raising his 6-year-old daughter. He is working but doesn't make enough to pay the bills. He shares custody with the child's mom so she always has a roof over her head. CFA helps with food support and paid one utility bill.
Tyron
Jill & Philip have two children. Philip is working, but his hours were cut and they are struggling to make ends meet. They never needed help prior to this year and are trying to navigate the complicated social service system while still looking for work.
Jill & Philip
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