Comments on: 33,000 New Jerseyans Losing Unemployment in Need of Help http://blog.njcommunityresources.info/2009/09/10/33000-new-jerseyans-losing-unemployment-in-need-of-help/ A site for social workers, New Jersey residents, and energy consumers Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris Volker http://blog.njcommunityresources.info/2009/09/10/33000-new-jerseyans-losing-unemployment-in-need-of-help/#comment-15009 Tue, 25 May 2010 21:29:51 +0000 http://blog.njcommunityresources.info/?p=17#comment-15009 How come I don’t see any Boys & Girls Club slisted in Community Resources.? There are 24 in the State of NJ.

Our Club is the Boys & Girls Club of Vineland

]]> By: Ed Madara http://blog.njcommunityresources.info/2009/09/10/33000-new-jerseyans-losing-unemployment-in-need-of-help/#comment-15008 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:04:03 +0000 http://blog.njcommunityresources.info/?p=17#comment-15008 For help in finding a no-cost jobseeker support groups, or for free help in learning how to start a job seekers support group, contact the NJ Self-Help Group Clearinghouse at 1-800-367-6274, more easily remembered as 1-800-FOR-M.A.S.H. (Mutual Aid Self-Help). There are over 6,750 community support groups meeting regularly throughout NJ (groups like Debtors Anonymous and many, many others).
If there’s no group in your area, consider joining with others to help start one! Contact the Clearinghouse to learn how.

“One of the most important capabilities of community self-help groups is that ordinary people can develop such groups in their local communities when none exist, and subsequently their group usually serves as an extraordinary resource to many in that area for several years. I still find it amazing that to start a group, a person doesn’t need a grant, an agency, or even an office – just the inspiration and a few other people who share their experience and hope. What significantly helps in providing such inspiration is a person’s knowledge of an existing national organization or a model group, which can provide them with basic information so they don’t have to ‘re-invent the wheel.’ ”
– E.J. Madara, “Mutual Aid Self-Help Group Developments” Community Psychologist, 39 (3), Summer, 2006, p. 21.

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