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TRENTON:
Mailing Address:
123 East Hanover St.
Trenton, NJ 08608

Food Pantry:
400 Hamilton Ave.
HOURS:
Monday – Friday
9am – 12 noon

Homelessness Prevention and Administrative Office:
117 E. Hanover St.
Homelessness
Prevention Hours:
M, T, TH, 9am – noon
W, 1 – 3pm
ph: 609-396-2227
Administrative Hours:
M – F, 9am – 5pm
ph: 609-396-9355
fax: 609-482-4444

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Nassau Presbyterian
61 Nassau St.
Princeton, NJ 08542
609-921-2135
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M – Th 1:30 - 4pm

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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.