New Jersey Resources

2-1-1 Non-Emergency – Click this link to search the database, or call 211 on your phone to get information and referrals on a variety of services, including: food banks, clothing closets, rental and utility assistance, adult or child day care, transportations services for the disabled, tutoring, adoptions, Meals on Wheels, insurance, interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, job training, and much more.   This site and phone number will also provide emergency information about local problems such as floods and highway closures.

Camden Area Health Education Center - The Camden AHEC is committed to improving the health of the medically underserved - the ethnic and culturally diverse, the aged, the poor, the very young, the unemployed, the homeless and the uninsured. Particular emphasis is on providing services in the communities of Camden and Camden and Burlington Counties. See if they have a program for you, they participate in many health education programs.

Careers & Volunteering - VirtuaHealth offers this information on jobs.

Center for Nursing and Health Careers - The NJ Hospital Association has gathered this information about careers in nursing and the allied health fields.

Health Professions Education in New Jersey - Click to this other page in HealthyNJ to see what schools in New Jersey train people for various health careers.

Health Science Careers - Learn about health careers at UMDNJ and elsewhere at this site.

LabScience - This great site discusses what laboratory scientists do, and what sort of education is needed for these jobs.

UMDNJ Health Careers Education Programs - Click here to see which schools provide training for which health careers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.