The mission of Plaid House is to provide residential and related services to adolescent girls and boys in northern New Jersey. It is the intention of Plaid House to be the catalyst for positive growth, fostering independence and reentry into society. Programs include a group home environment, transitional living program and an aging out program for boys and girls aged fifteen to twenty one.
Accessible through the side entrance of the Church of the Redeemer, the Community Soup Kitchen provides free meals everyday at noon, no questions asked, to anyone in need. Healthful food options are offered, including low-fat milk, local farm produce and multi-grain breads. The soup kitchen also offers assistance to those in attendance in terms of accessing community resources, services and educational programs.
Wind of the Spirit is an interfaith organization of immigrants and non-immigrants who help to organize and empower the community for social change. It educates immigrants on their rights and responsibilities, promotes activities to celebrate cultural diversity and advocates for human rights and dignity of all people.
Among other programs, the organization offers English as a Second Language classes; Spanish as a Second Language classes; citizenship, legal rights and tenant rights training; and labor law education.
Our Place is a daytime drop-in shelter in Morristown for the homeless, providing a place for them to get off the streets, have coffee, and to learn about public and private programs that may be able to help. Free Internet is available. Our Place was founded in the mid-1990s and is located in the basement of First Baptist Church, across the street from the Morris County Courthouse.
Homeless Solutions (formerly Morris Shelter Inc.) is a private, not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1983. The organization helps to provide shelter beds, meals, clothing and supportive services for men, women and children through Morris County. Programs include "Safe Haven," which provides services to the mentally ill homeless and the Family Transition Housing Program.
Founded in 1974, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, named after Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, "supports and encourages those educational, cultural, social and environmental values that contribute to making our society more humane and our world more livable." According to the organization's website, in 2009, the foundation made $10.5 million in grants to 237 organizations related to arts, education, the environment and local Morristown initiatives.
The Seeing Eye: More Than A Place
The Seeing Eye, Inc. is the oldest existing guide dog school in the world. Twelve times a year, as many as 24 students at a time visit the Morristown, N.J. campus to discover the exhilarating experience of traveling with a Seeing Eye® dog.
Salvation Army is a community resource. Iy offers a wide variety of services, including outreach, hunger relief, shelter, education and more.
The offices of Homeless Solutions are located in downtown Morristown, while the shelter is housed in a county-owned building in Morris Township. Homeless Solutions is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of New Jersey.
Homeless Solutions had its start in 1983. In 1999, after deciding to address not just homelessness in Morris County but also its lack of low-income housing, the organization took its current name.
The Homeless Solutions shelter houses homeless women, men and families. Safe Haven guests can also be accommodated. Safe Haven assists the mentally ill and homeless.
Many services are available: money management assistance, training in basic living skills, help with employment searches and counseling and substance abuse-intervention referrals.