Jewish Family and Children's Services of Northern New Jersey (JFCSNNJ) is a non-profit organization providing professional social services of the highest caliber. JFCS strives on building strong families, thriving children, healthy seniors, and vital communities. Offering a variety of services through our Mental Health, Aid and Advocacy, Re-Launch Career Services, and Senior Services departments, JFCS continues to meet the needs of the Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson County communities each year.

Information and Referral
When you don’t know where to turn, JFCS is here to guide you. Referrals to JFCS services and other community resources are provided with an effort toward an integrated approach to care.

Corner Market at JFCS - Food Pantry
JFCSNNJ operates a kosher food pantry. We utilize the Plentiful app to allow for easy selection of food, household and baby items. We have non-kosher food in addition to our kosher selection.

Mental Health Services
JFCSNNJ is a licensed mental health agency providing individual, family, couple, and play therapy, empowering people of all ages to achieve their fullest potential and highest quality of life. We accept most insurances, offer both in-person and virtual appointments, and can offer an intake appointment quickly.

JFCS is licensed to provide mental health outpatient services by the New Jersey Department of Human Services and Division of Mental Health Services.

Older Adult Services
Older adults should age with dignity and have an enhanced quality of life. Senior Services include Care Management, Kosher Meals on Wheels delivery, Friendly Visitor, Telephone Reassurance, Holocaust Survivor Assistance, Café Europa, Shabbat Meals.

Support Groups
JFCS offers support groups in the following areas: Bereavement for Widows/Widowers, Second Generation Holocaust Survivors, Coping with Aging Parents, and Wolff Caregiver (for caregivers of people with dementia/Alzheimer's).

JFCS is committed to group work as a valuable approach. If a particular need arises with four or more individuals struggling with similar issues, JFCS professionals will facilitate the formation of groups for therapeutic, moral support, or co-educational value.

Basic Needs Assistance
Helping families meet the financial challenges they face while dealing with economic difficulties in their lives. JFCS caseworkers assist clients in assessing their situations and creating action plans that meet their immediate critical needs, with long-term stabilization as the goal.

Re-Launch Career Services
Whether you are unemployed or underemployed, we can help you navigate the job market, work on your (zoom) interview skills, create an action plan for your job search and help you regain confidence in your abilities.

Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults Seniors
Community Services	Basic Needs / Assistance Food Pantry / Soup Kitchen Employment / Training Job Search Family & Support Services Child Care / After School LGBTQ Respite Care
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health Anxiety Behavioral Family Conflict & Distress Grief / Loss Substance Use / Addiction
Treatment Services	Outpatient Services Counseling Medication Monitoring Play Therapy
Payment Types	Medicaid Medicare Private / Commercial Insurance Sliding Scale / Payment Plans
Language Spoken	Farsi Hebrew Orthodox Jewish Yiddish
Areas Served	Bergen County Hudson County Passaic County

Last Updated: 10/22/26