The Crisis Ministry is committed to easing the hardships of poverty in our community by providing food, financial assistance, and advocacy.
Trenton Location:
123 East Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-396-9355
Store Hours: Monday – Friday
9:00 am - 12 noon
(Office Hours: M– F, 9-5)
Princeton Location:
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
609-921-2135
Pantry/Office hours:
Monday – Thursday
1:30 - 4:00 pm
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• Help keep our shelves filled.
Download a GROCERY LIST of food ideas and a CARE LIST of personal products. Contact Food Services Director MARK SMITH about coordinating a drive.
• Volunteer your time and talents.
• Help families keep the lights on and put food on the table. Donate here.
• Spring 2008 newsletter
• Fall 2007 newsletter
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Research
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.cbpp.org/
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier
policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy
and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
Mathematica: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
Based in Princeton, NJ, "Mathematica® strives to improve public
well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence
to bear on the provision of information collevtion and analysis to its clients." Look
at their website for research on Work First New Jersey, Food Stamps, Medicare,
and unemployment.
Center on Hunger and Poverty: http://www.centeronhunger.org.
"The Center on Hunger and Poverty promotes policies that improve the lives
of low-income children and families. Center activities include research and
policy analysis, public education initiatives, and assistance to policy makers
and organizations across the country on poverty- and hunger-related issues."
Institute for Research on Poverty: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a national, university-based
center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social
inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.
Food Research and Action Center: http://www.frac.org/
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a leading national organization
working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and under nutrition
in the United States.
US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Services
Policy: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/
The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)/HHS’ Chief Economist focuses
on welfare, poverty, service delivery issues, data for research, policies affecting
children, youth, and families, and economic matters affecting the Department.
The Brookings Institution:http://www.brookings.edu/
The Brookings Institution is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted
to research, analysis, education, and publication focused on public policy
issues in the areas of economics, foreign policy, and governance.
Welfare Information Network: http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/
A project of The Finance Project, WIN is a clearinghouse for information, policy
analysis and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development,
and other human and community services.
Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy: http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/poverty/
The Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy is jointly managed
by the Schools of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law. Its aim is to promote
interdisciplinary applied research on policy questions and to translate research
findings to public policy decision makers.
Urban Institute: http://www.urbaninstitute.org/
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational
organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance
problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public
and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and strives
to raise citizen understanding of the issues and tradeoffs in policy making.
Center for Law and Social Policy: http://www.clasp.org/
A national nonprofit organization that conducts research, policy analysis,
technical assistance and advocacy on issues related to economic security
for low-income families with children.
Center for Research on Child Wellbeing: http://crcw.princeton.edu/
The Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) conducts research on children's
health, education, income, and family structure. Our faculty is made up of
economists, sociologists, demographers, psychologists, and political scientists.
The Center hosts visitors, supports postdoctoral fellows, and students at
the graduate and undergraduate levels. Our goal is to promote basic research
on children's wellbeing and link research to practice and public policy.
Joint Center for Poverty Research: http://www.jcpr.org/
The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty
Research supports academic research that examines what it means to be poor
and live in America. JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of
poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty.
Our goal is to advance what is known about the economic, social and behavioral
factors that cause poverty, and to establish the actual effects of interventions
designed to alleviate poverty.
MDRC: http://www.mdrc.org/
MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization. We are
dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income
people. Through our research and the active communication of our findings,
we seek to enhance the effectiveness of policies and programs.