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Covenant House New Jersey

Changing The Future For Homeless Youth

Covenant House New Jersey provides comprehensive residential care and related services to help New Jersey’s youth who have suffered from abuse, neglect, abandonment, homelessness, and human trafficking build a life for themselves that is good.

We journey with our young people from the streets, to our Residential Crisis Centers, to our transitional living homes, and on to independent living in the community to help them break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

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Open 24/7,
365 days a year

Unconditional Love

Absolute Respect

Continuum of Care

Outreach

Our Outreach Team works to develop relationships with youth on the streets, building trust, offering them assistance with basic necessities and inviting them to stay at one of our Crisis Centers in Newark or Atlantic City.

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Drop-in Centers

We provide Drop-In services to youth walking in from the streets at our two Crisis Centers located in Atlantic City and Newark.

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Residential Crisis
Centers

When a young person comes into one of our Residential Crisis Centers for help, we meet them where they are. We start with a smile, a kind word, a meal, a shower, clean clothes, and a bed where our kids can safely get some much-needed rest.

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Transitional Living

Young people work to develop all of the skills and knowledge to live independently and make the transition to mature adulthood.

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Independent Living

Through our Independent living services, we continue to support young people even after they’ve moved out of Covenant House New Jersey properties.

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Alumni

A young person’s journey to success does not end when they leave Covenant House. Our Alumni Services program supports past participants through their journey of independence and self-sufficiency.

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Meet Our Youth

Two Moms Share Their Story

The early morning cries and giggles of newborn babies have grown louder at Covenant House New Jersey’s Mother-Child program, Raphael’s …

Nicholas Courageously Shares His Story on Good Morning America

Nicholas, a resident of Covenant House NJ’s Nancy’s Place in Montclair, NJ, courageously shared his story with Good Morning America …

Savanah’s Story

“All my friends looked like their parents…I didn’t have baby pictures, so I didn’t know who I looked like.”

Mike’s Story

At 31 years old, Mike has seen his share of injustice. Growing up in Atlantic City in a home with limited resources, dysfunction, and disruption, he landed in a juvenile justice facility at a young age due to selling drugs to have money to live.