Family Service League Receives $80,656 Grant
Family Service League is pleased to announce that it has received a grant for $80,656 from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey. The grant will assist Family Service League in providing quality, affordable, and accessible counseling services to individuals, couples, and families. This grant is a part of a third-year renewal in response to the increased demand for service initially identified during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Family Service League provides services to all community members, regardless of their financial means, and fulfills a need that directly impacts our community. Since 2023, Family Service League has approximately doubled the number of counseling sessions to its clients, with survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence, including their significant others, making up roughly 75% of all sessions.
The Executive Director of Family Service League, Nur S. Kalyoncu stated: “With this grant from The Healthcare Foundation, we will be able to provide quality, affordable, trauma-informed care to our clients and the most marginalized members of our community to promote healing. We are deeply appreciative of the generous grant awarded us by The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey.”
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Founded in 1881, the mission of Family Service League has remained consistent in strengthening and supporting those seeking counseling for any life event, provide sexual violence advocacy services, and offer educational programs to combat sexual violence. Family Service League programs include the Counseling Program and the Sexual Assault and Violence Education (SAVE), which is New Jersey's designated Rape Care and Resource Center for Essex County.
To learn more about Family Service League, please visit familyserviceleague.org or call 973-746-0800.
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey is an independent, endowed grant-making organization dedicated to reducing disparities in the delivery of healthcare and improving access to quality healthcare for vulnerable populations in the greater Newark, NJ area and the Jewish community of Greater MetroWest NJ. The mission of the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey is to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable, underserved populations in greater Newark and the Jewish Community of Greater MetroWest NJ, elevate the quality of community healthcare, reduce disparities in access, and promote the infusion of compassion and humanism into our healthcare system.
For more information about The Healthcare Foundation of NJ, please visit www.hfnj.org.
