Beginning on July 9th, Perth Amboy’s Emerging Leaders for a Healthier Community worked tirelessly to address Perth Amboy’s street/ traffic safety concerns and food insecurity. Divided into three groups of five, the Emerging Leaders offered fresh produce and fruit/ vegetable...
Similar to Drug Court, providing alternatives to incarceration for defendants with mental health disabilities is borne out of the idea that offering treatment is both a more fiscally responsible option and one that will decrease the chances a defendant will...
As Perth Amboy parents and children are hustling in preparation for “Back to School,” the Healthier Perth Amboy coalition can announce that over the past few months we have made their city a healthier place to live, learn, work, play...
Our Elizabeth team’s job was to work together to design and implement a four-week summer program focused on community health. After much research and discussion, we decided to work on how to keep seniors safe and healthy where they lived...
Chronic absenteeism is defined by Advocates for Children of New Jersey, as missing 10 percent of school days in a given year. In Newark, that equates to about 18 or more days per year, and two or more days per...