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About NESF
For over 30 years, NESF, a not-for-profit organization, has been serving the Greater Essex County community.  NESF is committed to providing quality services to individuals and families who need assistance with emergency food, clothing, shelter, utilities, rent, and other basic necessities during times of crisis.  The homeless, the working poor, seniors, individuals with HIV/AIDS, and those affected by fire, eviction, or domestic violence remain our primary focus.  When there is nowhere else to turn, individuals can come to NESF.  We are a safety net to the community providing service with compassion, dignity, and respect.

 
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  Our comprehensive services include:
•   Centralized Intake & Data Management System

•   Emergency Services

•   Homeless Services

•   Self-Sufficiency Services

•   Health & Senior Services

•   Food & Clothing Pantry Services

•   Family & Youth Development Services
 

Newark Emergency Services for Families

Victoria Human Services Plaza
982 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Phone: 973-639-2100
Fax: 973-639-2999

info@nesfnj.org

24-Hour Hotline 1-800-696-7063

Genia C. Philip, Esq., Executive Director

 
News
ABC’s-TV “What Would You Do?” Social Experiment Gives Hope to Homeless Woman


Newark Emergency Services for
Families Meets the Needs of the Homeless

NESF Executive Director Genia C. Philip, Esq. and staff was featured in an episode of the ABC News 20/20 program "What Would You Do?" The show aired nationwide Tuesday, March 24 at 10:00 p.m. on ABC.
ABC aired an episode of "What Would You Do?" featuring a social experiment carried out in Newark in which actors staged the collapse on the street of a business woman and a homeless man. When the number of passersby who were willing to help severely decreased in response to the homeless man, a chronically homeless woman named Linda Hamilton became the first to step in to help.

Riveted by the story, the show's producers contacted Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc. (NESF) seeking to secure medical, food and housing services and to setup a fund for Ms. Hamilton to accommodate overwhelming demand for means for public donation read more


24-hour Hotline 1-800-696-7063

Victoria Human Services Plaza
982 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: 973-639-2100
Fax: 973-639-2999
info@nesfnj.org
Genia C. Philip, Esq. Executive Director

Our Mission – To stabilize families and individuals
in crisis as well as to empower and prepare them
to achieve self- sufficiency.

 

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