Emergency Food and Shelter Program
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was created in 1983 to supplement and expand the work of local social service agencies, both nonprofit and governmental, in an effort to help people with economic (not disaster-related) emergencies. The EFSP funding is open to all organizations helping hungry and homeless people. EFSP funds are used to supplement feeding, sheltering (including transitional sheltering) and rent/mortgage and utility assistance efforts.

EFSP is governed by a National Board that selects jurisdictions for funding. Local Boards are convened in those qualifying jurisdications to determine the highest need and best use of funds and to select Local Recipient Organizations (LRO’s) that will provide emergency food and shelter services. Each year, needs are to be assessed in an effort to adapt to particular community needs. United Way of Camden County administers the Camden County EFSP which funds 3 LRO’s: The Cathedral Soup Kitchen, The Food Bank of South Jersey and The Neighborhood Center.

Social Service Worker Appreciation Day
• Annually United Way of Camden County (UWCC) organizes an event to show our
  appreciation to the employees of some of the 800 social service agencies who provide vital
  support to the residents of Camden County.
• This event takes place around June each year. Over 400 Camden County Social Service
  Workers attended in 2005.

Days of Caring
• United Way of Camden County works with local companies to help organize a Day of Caring
  for their employees. A Day of Caring is an opportunity for employers to allow their company
  and staff a chance to give back to the community and encourage a spirit of volunteerism
  throughout the community. Participating companies excuse employees from work to
  partake in the scheduled volunteer activities.
• Opportunities consist of both full-day and half-day projects such as painting, delivering food baskets, and organizing activities for agency clients.
• For more information regarding participating in having your company participate in a Day of
  Caring please contact:

Katie G. Hahn, MSW
Phone: 856.963.2720 x48
Kathleen_hahn@uwccnj.org

Human Service Advisory Committee (HSAC)
HSAC is a collective partnership of groups and individuals including nonprofit organizations, government agencies, elected officials, communities of faith, and for-profit entities convened to develop a comprehensive human service plan for Camden County. The HSAC Advocates on behalf of the human service needs of Camden County residents for positive impact on public issues that affect their welfare. HSAC SUBCOALITIONS include the following: Aging, Children, Youth and Families, Homeless Network Planning Committee, and People with Disabilities.

Camden County Youth Services Commission
The Camden County Youth Services Commission (YSC) is convened by the Community Planning and Advocacy Council (CPAC). The mission of the Camden County Youth Services Commission is "to plan and implement community-based services, sanctions, and prevention strategies for youth and their families involved, or at risk of involvement, in the Juvenile Justice System. The Commission will also advocate and work, through programming, to reduce juvenile delinquency to the improvement of the Juvenile Justice System. The YSC serves as the primary advisory body to the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders regarding the needs of the target population.

Camden City Youth Services Commission
The Camden City Youth Services Commission is a nonprofit organization that seeks to make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families who reside in Camden, New Jersey. The mission of the Camden City Youth Services Commission is to promote community collaboration that will provide the appropriate resources and services to satisfy the unique needs of each young person and his/her family.

The Commission is a collective partnership of over forty groups and individuals including community residents, youth serving organizations, government agencies, elected officials, communities of faith, and for-profit entities working together to create and implement a data driven/research-based, community driven strategic plan that will significantly impact and change the quality of life for the children, youth, and families of Camden. The majority of the work conducted by the CCYSC, Inc is completed by volunteers from its participating organizations. They serve as members of its Advisory Board and Workgroups.

Camden County Council of United Way Partner Agency Executives
The Camden County Council of United Way Partner Agency Executives exists to facilitate communication, articulate and advocate for community needs, to enhance the relationship between and among United Way and Council members, and to foster a dialogue on philanthropy in Camden County. Council membership shall consist of the Executive Director/CEO or Senior level designee of current dues paying United Way Partners. United Way Partners include currently funded organizations as well as key organizations that are not funded by United Way o\but have a signed Partnership Agreement. Additionally, formerly funded agencies may participate for two years following the cessation of United Way funding.

Camden Safer Cities Initiative
The mission of the Camden Safer Cities Initiative is to make Camden a safer city through a sustained collaboration among the criminal justice community and local leaders from Camden’s faith-based, neighborhood, governmental, and social service organizations. The goal of this initiative is to help reduce violent crime in the City of Camden as well as to prevent probationers, parolees, and other at-risk individuals from killing or being killed.