Resource Directory
Welcome to Safe+Sound Somerset’s Resource Directory! The Resource Directory is a partial list of the resources available in our community, and is meant to be a starting point to help you identify services and providers. Please note that Safe+Sound Somerset cannot vouch for any of these resources. Search websites, ask for recommendations from friends and peers, and call or email a potential service provider to decide whether or not something is the right fit for you.
This Resource Directory will be updated regularly. Safe+Sound reserves the right to choose which information we will publish.
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ARC of Hunterdon County
Local services for people with disabilities, families, and caregivers
Arc of Somerset County
Local services for disabled adults and children, families, and caregivers. For children: early intervention, developmental daycare, integrated developmental preschool
Bridgewater YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location holds summer camp, not childcare
Catholic Charities – Bridgewater Family Service Center
Variety of services for families, youth, and individuals. Early Head Start and Head Start daycare - check website for info
Center for Great Expectations
Services for families and individuals, impacted by trauma. Focus on substance use and mental health. Childcare is onsite for CGE clients.
Community Child Care Solutions – Somerset County Office
Connecting families to childcare resources and parent education. Community Child Care Solution’s Somerville office is distributing free diapers to Somerset County residents on the first Monday of every month. Diapers are on a first come, first serve basis. Please fill out the form on the website (English or Spanish) or come into our office to fill it out for your free diapers.
Franklin Township YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location holds before and after school care for grades Pre-K through 5.
GrowNJKids.gov
Website with a detailed search for childcare providers
Hillsborough YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location holds daycare (as young as infants), early education, full day kindergarten, school age child care, and summer camp
HOPES Community Action Partnership, Inc.
Variety of community services for 3 counties including Somerset. Free assistance for income-eligible residents. Headstart childcare, health enrollment insurance, SNAP and NJ Healthcare enrollment, senior benefits enrollment, computer lab, info and assistance, language translation services, health screenings and referrals, energy and water payment assistance, discount cell phone program (SafeLink). Second location in Somerset County: Belmont Center, 113 Belmont Drive Somerset, NJ 08873. Several locations in Plainfield and Hoboken.
Martin Luther King Youth Center, Inc.
Afterschool, tutoring, and summer camp for Bound Brook and S. BB, Manville, Hillsborough, Somerville, and Bridgewater, ages 5-13.
New Jersey 211 Help Service
Find resources and information for housing, income, food, childcare, health, mental health, substance use, and legal matters.
NORWESCAP
Variety of services for low-income residents of Northwest NJ, including Somerset County (but not food bank)
Plainfield YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location has summer camp and school age child care (grades K-5) for after school, a monthly charge.
Princeton YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location has summer camp and school age child care for Montgomery grades 1-6 (before and after school).
Somerset Community Action Program
Services for low to moderate income individuals. SCAP offers year round high quality full day childcare for infants through pre-k. Full day summer camp is available for school age students 6-13 years old. Subsidies are available through Community Childcare Solutions.
Somerset Hills YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location has daycare (3 months +), early education, school age child care (before and after school), and summer camp
Somerville YMCA
Wide range of services - see tags and website for info. This location has summer camp and school age child care (before and after school, grades K-5). Grades K-10 with private transportation can also attend
The Learning Gate
Childcare in Raritan - infant through kindergarten.
