SJ Orgs: Crossroads

The Crossroads Programs, Inc. offers Southern New Jersey youth the ability to become self-sufficient and successful young adults. The area’s at-risk children are often runaways, or are abused, homeless, abandoned, or neglected. Through the development of independent living skills and behavioral health programs, the youth and their families gain the chance for healthy development, emotional growth, and independent living.

Services include both residential and community-based programs. For children that are unsafe in their home or have lost their home, Crossroads provides a safe, clean, and non-restrictive environment for children to live. The State of New Jersey, the Federal Government, and Burlington County fund the program.

Crossroads believes that every child should have the chance to grow up in a safe and caring environment, and have the same chance to acquire skills and knowledge as other children. Crossroads takes care in its facilities, its programs, and its staff, to make sure that children are receiving the best possible care.

Crossroads offers several different programs to serve the South Jersey area:

The Aging-in Transitional Housing Program offers group home living and intensive counseling for young adults, ages 18 to 21. These young adults are living in state-provided placement at 18 and are at risk of becoming homeless. The program offers life skills training and case management services for each child. For more information, contact (609) 871-3513.

The Capable Adolescent Mothers program provides shelter and support services for pregnant and mothering teenagers up until their child’s first birthday. The program helps provide a healthy environment to the baby and promotes responsible parenting. For more information, contact (609) 386-3342.

The Community Care for Kids program places children who are at risk of being placed in a restrictive residential placement with another community-based caregivers. Once the behavior/circumstance is stabilized, the child can reunite with their family. For more information, contact (609) 267-2002.

The Counseling Alternatives and Resources for Families is a long-term therapy program for families that are involved with the Burlington County Court System. For more information, contact (609) 267-2002.

The Burlington County Crisis Intervention Center is the only shelter in Burlington County to provide housing, food, clothing and case management services for homeless children ages 10 to 18. For more information, contact (609) 261-5400.

The Just for You Learning Lab teaches youth in foster care, ages 16 to 18, independent living skills to prepare them to live on their own. The children receive individualized instruction as well as group and recreational activities. For more information, contact (609) 871-0957.

The Right There program provides outreach services for street youth who are in a dangerous situation to access community resources to help them. For more information, contact (609) 261-5400.

The Second Chance Homes program provides shelter to teen mothers and their children while they are searching for independent living. For more information, contact (609) 267-2002.

The Transitional Living Program consists of group homes for teens, ages 16 to 18, that help them acquire skills to enter the workforce and to enter independent living. For more information, contact (609) 267-6666.

Crossroads Programs is located on 622 Main Street in Mount Holly. For more information, contact (609) 267-2002, visit, www.burlco.lib.nj.us/crossroads, or e-mail info@crossroadsprograms.org.

For more on local Organizations, visit our South Jersey Organizations page.

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Author: Melissa Samuelson