KinKonnect Resource
Directory

The following is a list of all resources in the KinKonnect Directory listed by service alphabetically.
Please click on a resource listed below to view jump to the complete list:



Kinship Care Services


Caregivers Connections

Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc

GRACIA Grandparents Resources and Caregivers Initiative Alliance

GAP Program, The Grandparents as Parents

Kinship Navigator Program

NJARCH, The New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Rutgers Cooperative Extension's Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program

The Burlington County Community Action Program Head Start

The New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse

The New Jersey Kinship Navigator Program

The Salvation Army Grand Families Program

The Union County Division of Aging


Support Groups

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Atlantic County, Hammonton, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Bergen County, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Burlington County, Mount Laurel, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Camden County, Haddon Heights, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Cape May County, Cape May, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Cumberland County, Rosenhayn, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Essex County, Newark, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Essex County (Suburban), East Orange, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Gloucester County, Pittman, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Hudson County, Jersey City, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Hunterdon County, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Mercer County, Hamilton, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Middlesex County, Edison, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Morris County, Randolph, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Ocean County, Toms River, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Passaic County, Wayne, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Salem County, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Somerset County, Somerville, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Sussex County, Lafayette, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Union County, Clark, NJ

Foster and Adoptive Family Services, Warren County, Washington, NJ

Grandma K.A.R.E.S. Inc

Grandparents Raining Grandchildren (Bergen County)

Grandparent Support Group (Camden County)

Grandparent Support Group (Mercer County only)

Grandparent Resources and Caregiver Initiative Alliance (GRACIA)  (Passaic County)

Grandparents as Parents of Passaic County (GAP)

Parents Anonymous


New Jersey Parents Caucus


Mental Health Professionals

New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health (DCBHS) Service: Includes numerous family,
behavioral and counseling services. For more information, call 1-877-652-7624 or log onto: 
http://www.vonewjersey.com/Services.htm



Need help managing your grandchild's behavior?  The Division of Child Behavioral Health Services
serves children and teens with emotional and behavioral health care challenges, as well as their families. 
Learn more about services HERE or call 1-877-652-7624.


Family Support Organizations (FSO’s) are family-run, county-based organizations
that provide direct family-to-family peer support, education, advocacy and other services
to family members of children with emotional and behavioral problems.

Learn more about services HERE



Summer Camps
 

5th Annual Camp FCC (China), Medford, NJ

8th Annual Chinese Culture Family Camp, Freedom, ME

Art Adventures: Color Me Mine, Summit, NJ

Camp Chatterbox, Children's Specialized Hospital, NJ

Camp Excel, Howell, NJ

Camp Fire USA New Jersey Council

Camp Friendship, Stirling, NJ

Camp Louemma, Sussex, NJ

Camp Sejong (Korean Culture), Blairstown, NJ

Camp Star: The ARC of Union County, Rahway, NJ

Easter Seals of New Jersey: Camp Merry Heart

Forever Kids: Baby Power, Berkeley Heights, NJ

Harbor Haven Day Camp, West Orange, NJ

Kate's Kids Heritage Summer Camp

Mountain Meadow Summer Camp, Gloucester County, NJ

Somerset County Park Commission Therapeutic Recreation Camp,
Somerset County, NJ


Stokes Forest Music Camp and Festival

Teen Adventure Camp, West Orange, NJ

TLC Korean Culture School, Bernardsville, NJ

Union County Department of Parks and Recreation, Union County, NJ



Pennsylvania

Holt Camp for International Adoptees, Starlight, PA

New Jersey YMHA -YWHA Camps, Lake Como, PA

SPICE: Indian Heritage Camp, Johnstown, PA

SPICE: Living Learning Center, Johnstown, PA

Summit Camp, Honesdale, PA


Connecticut

34th Annual Adoptive Families camping Weekend

Camp Mabuhay/North: Filipino Culture Camp, Hartford, CT



Colorado

Colorado Hertiage Camps for Adoptive Families, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - African American Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Cambodian Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Chinese Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Chinese Heritage Too, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - East Indian Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Filipino Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Korean Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Latin American Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Russian Heritage, CO

Colorado Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families - Vietnamese Heritage, CO



Other States

Camp Angelos, Corbett, OR

Camp Carol Joy Holling, Ashland NE

Camp Masala Indian Heritage Camp, St.Paul, MN

Catalyst Foundation Vietnam Culture Camp, Chevy Chase, MD

Camp Rockin’ U, Dobbins, CA

Friends of Korea's:Trip to Korea

Haiti Camp 2005, Alexander, VA

Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network Heritage Camps

Mis Amigos Culture Camp (Latin American/Caribbean Culture), Silver Springs, MD

Pact's Transracial Adoption Summit and Family Camp, Loma Mar, CA

Russia and Eastern European Day Camp, Waltham, MA

Self-Esteem WITH HORSEBACK RIDING, Leesburg, VA

Specialty Adoption Summer Camp, Boyds, MD

Transracial Adoption Summit and Family Camp



International


Adoptive Families Magazine list of Summer Camps

If you do not find a camp that meets your needs, you might want to contact the American
Camping Association to obtain an additional list of camps:

American Camping Association - New Jersey Section Office
PO BOX 143
Stillwater, NJ 07875
877-488-2267
908-362-8333
Fax: 908-362-5907
http://www.acacamps.org


You can also try the following website search for a camp that may meet your needs:
http://www.mysummercamps.com/


Other Services


211 provides callers with information about various human services agencies and programs in their community.
To access 211 services please click here

 

This site helps you find out about services and programs for children, families and individuals.
You can also prescreen to see if you are eligible for programs such as Food Stamps, Medicaid and others.
To access NJ Help please click here



This site offers information and referral to other resources that help grandparents raising grandchildren.
To access AARP please click here