With your continued generous support, in 2022, the Children’s Hope Initiative will be able to help Somerset County’s abused and neglected children in the following ways:

• Provide a three-week, 5 days-a-week therapeutic respite summer camp at Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center for 20 children offering equine therapy, karate, music/movement therapy, art therapy, etc. ($40,000)
• CASA Tutoring – at-home tutoring for children in out-of-home placements ($10,000)
• Provide paid mentors for elementary and middle school children through Middle Earth Lunchtime Mentoring ($10,000)
• Serve up to 10 at-risk high school students in the Promise Plus Program offered by Middle Earth ($10,000)
• Serve ten (10) 18-21-year-old young adults who have “aged out” of the child welfare system through the Middle Earth Visions Plus program ($9,000)
• Provide “Fun Trips” for up to 100 abused and neglected children to a ropes adventure course, Dorney Park/Great Adventure, Schaffer Farm ($5,000)
• Cut waiting time in half for children to begin treatment at Family & Community Services in Bound Brook ($4,000)
• Immigrant Children groups at Family and Community Services ($2,000)