Community Employment Grant Program

The Foundation supports projects, programs, capacity building, pilot initiatives, and creative solutions that focus on job placement and retention for New Jersey citizens with disabilities. Special priority is given to projects that primarily serve individuals with mobility and/or physical disabilities (65% of project population). (How to apply)

2008 Community Employment Grants Listing

• Abilities Center of Southern New Jersey, Inc. (Westville, NJ) - To expand vocational evaluation services for community and school-to-career programs: $20,000.
• Cheshire Home, Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) - To provide individually designed, vocationally based, computer instruction and transportation services to young adults with physical disabilities: $33,000.
• Easter Seals New Jersey, Inc., (East Brunswick, NJ) - To extend follow-along services for individuals with disabilities in competitive employment beyond limits set by government funding: $50,000.
• Employment Horizons, Inc. (Cedar Knolls, NJ) - To add a part-time Document Management Services (DMS) Training Technician for training in scanning for consumers and prepare the organization for DARM certification: $50,000.
• The Family Resource Network (Trenton, NJ) - To increase job retention to 85% for individuals with physical disabilities through consumer education, coordination of social insurance benefits, and job placement paired with follow along employment services for 1-year: $50,000
• JESPY House, Inc. (South Orange, NJ) - To place individuals with learning and physical disabilities in job training and skill development enclaves at two senior citizen housing sites and two other community settings with the goal of transitioning to future competitive employment: $46,506.
• Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County (Edison, NJ) - To expand supported employment services for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and other disabilities, and add long-term follow along and business/employer education components: $41,948
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Delaware Valley Chapter (Philadelphia, PA) - To support an employment position at the chapter to coordinate individual employment services, facilitate employment programs and expand Making MS Work, a networking group for professionals with multiple sclerosis:$50,000.
• Northwest New Jersey Community Actions, Inc. (Phillipsburg, NJ) - To provide meaningful community employment and training opportunities for individuals with disabilities in an agri-business will grow and sell hydroponic and organic produce to local wholesale, retail and online customers: $48,162.
• Occupational Center of Union County, Inc. (Roselle, NJ) -To hire a full-time cashier training counselor to provide in-house training and job placement in community: $44,000.
• Opportunity Project, Inc. (Millburn, NJ) - To assist adults with brain injury secure and retain gainful employment or volunteer positions based on their skills and abilities: $50,000.
• Pathways for Exceptional Children (Montville, NJ) - To develop a pilot employment training program for children with disabilities ages 14-21 using peer mentors: $34,590.
• Vetwork, A Program of Vetgroup, Inc. (Forked River, NJ) -To expand employment services to veterans with disabilities by providing the necessary services to eliminate barriers and seek long-term employment: $40,000.
• Windmill Alliance, Inc. (Bayonne, NJ) -To assess, train and place individuals with disabilities in employment to gain self-sufficiency: $45,000.