Mobile Outreach Initiative At Long Valley Food Pantry

LONG VALLEY, NJ — Navigating Hope, a mobile outreach initiative that provides social services, will be at the Long Valley food bank to connect residents with public service agencies to assist vulnerable and at-risk people in finding the assistance they require, ranging from homeless solutions and addiction treatment to mental health counseling or a combination of services.

On Monday, June 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Navigating Hope van will be at Long Valley Presbyterian Church, providing on-site benefits eligibility screenings and application assistance, as well as referrals to other community services.

Navigating Hope is a service that complements the Hope One van, which provides mobile mental health and addiction services throughout Morris County.

Here is what residents can do at the Navigating Hope van:

Apply for:

• SNAP
• Medicaid
• General Assistance
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• Utility assistance
• Housing assistance

Get referrals for:

• EITC (tax credits)
• WIC (nutritional assistance)
• Aging services
• Domestic violence services
• Veterans services
• Health & wellness services
• Legal services
• Mental health
• Transportation

Navigating Hope is also a Team Up participant, a collaboration between Morris County and the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris. Team Up focuses on COVID-19-exacerbated mental health issues, with a particular emphasis on suicide prevention.