Resource Guide

The Rescue Mission of Trenton is the capital city’s sole shelter for all individuals experiencing homelessness. Photo by Jared Kofsky/The Streetlight.

There are dozens of resources across the Trenton area where you can turn to for help. The list and map of food pantries, shelters, agencies, and organizations from The Wall‘s Mercer County Resource Guide can be found below, and additional listings are coming soon.


NOTE: This list is accurate as of November 2017 but is no longer being updated. For a new list from The Streetlight‘s Mercer County Resource Guide, please click here to visit our new website.


Click here to view a map of resources in and around Trenton, New Jersey.


Bordentown (Burlington County)

Bordentown Library

18 East Union Street

(609) 298-0622

www.bcls.lib.nj.us/bordentown

Offers internet access and other services.

 

St. Mary’s Parish Community Food Pantry

45 Crosswicks Street

(609) 298-0261

http://stmarysbordentown.org/?page_id=56

 

Cranbury (Middlesex County)

Cranbury Public Library

23 North Main Street C

(609) 655-0555

www.cranburypubliclibrary.org

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Skeet’s Food Pantry at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury

22 South Main Street

(609) 395-0897

http://cranburypres.org/ministries.html

 

East Windsor Township

Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library

138 Hickory Corner Road

(609) 448-1330

www.mcl.org/branches/hicbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Twin Rivers Branch of the Mercer County Library

276 Abbington Drive

(609) 443-1880

www.mcl.org/branches/twnbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Ewing Township

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Food Pantry

1440 Pennington Road

(609) 883-9780

 

Celestial Church of Christ Food Pantry

46 Weber Avenue

(609) 771-9227

www.cccvog.org

 

Concerned Citizens of Ewing Food Pantry

320 Hollowbrook Drive

(609) 882-0856

Open weekdays from 9:30pm to 1:30pm

 

Ewing Branch of the Mercer County Library

61 Scotch Road

(609) 882-3130

www.mcl.org/branches/ewingbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Faith Deliverance Cathedral

f15 Keswick Avenue

(609) 637-9604

www.sites.google.com/site/fdcewing

 

Family Guidance Center Children’s Day School

1925 Pennington Road/Route 31

(609) 882-2288

www.fgccorp.org

 

Hollowbrook Branch of the Mercer County Library CLOSED UNTIL JANUARY, 2017

320 Hollowbrook Drive

(609) 883-5914

www.mcl.org/branches/holbr.html

 

Meals on Wheels of Mercer County

320 Hollowbrook Drive

(609) 695-3483

www.mowte.org

 

Mercer Street Friends Food Bank

824 Silvia Street

(609) 396-1506

www.mercerstreetfriends.org/food-bank/

 

Oaks Integrated Care

31 Lexington Avenue

(609) 583-1901

www.oaksintcare.org

Provides mental health and medical services.

 

Planned Parenthood

The College of New Jersey’s Eickhoff Hall

2000 Pennington Road

(609) 771-2110

www.plannedparenthood.org

 

Hamilton Township (including Yardville)

Bromley Neighborhood Civic Center Food Pantry

1801 East State Street

(609) 587-8100

www.cyobromley.org

Open Tuesdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm and Thursdays from 2:00pm to 4:00pm

 

Family Guidance Center Behavioral Healthcare Services and Primary Health Care

2210 Hamilton Avenue

(609) 587-7044

www.fgccorp.org

 

Family Guidance Center Consumer Credit and Counseling Service

1931 Nottingham Way

(609) 586-2574

www.fgccorp.org

 

Ginny’s Pantry at Christ Presbyterian Church

726 Klockner Road

(609) 587-0751

www.christchurchhamilton.org/ginnys-pantry

Open second Thursday of each month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

 

Hamilton Free Public Library

1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Way

(609) 581-4060

www.hamiltonnjpl.org

Offers internet access, programming, and other services.

 

Holy Apostles Episcopal Church

1040 Yardville Allentown Road (Yardville)

(609) 208-0228

www.holyapostlesnj.com

Dinner served on Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.

 

John O. Wilson Neighborhood Service Center Food Pantry

169 Wilfred Avenue

(609) 393-6480

www.jownsc.org

Open Mondays from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 

Medallion Care Behavioral Health

1 Electronics Drive, Suite 105

(609) 586-0766

Lunch served on weekdays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.

 

Planned Parenthood

2279 Route 33

(609) 689-4964

 

Resurrection Lutheran Church Food Pantry and Clothing Closet

4315 Nottingham Way

(609) 586-3355

www.resurrectiononline.org/ministries-groups/food-pantry-clothing-closet/

Pantry open first and third Wednesday of every month. Call for hours.

 

Hightstown

Community Action Service Center/RISE

116 North Main Street

(609) 443-4464

www.rise-community-services.org

Provides a variety of services and case management for area residents.

 

First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown/Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

320 North Main Street

(609) 448-0055

www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs

Community supper on Mondays from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.

 

First United Methodist Church of Hightstown/Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

187 Stockton Street

(609) 448-0055

www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs

Community supper on Thursdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm

 

Hightstown Memorial Branch of the Mercer County Library

114 Franklin Street

(609) 448-1474

www.mcl.org/branches/highbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

RISE Food Pantry

225 Franklin Street

(609) 443-4464

www.rise-community-services.org/services/food-and-shelter/

Open Monday-Wednesday from 9:00am to 12:00pm and first and third Wednesday of every month from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

 

Hopewell

Hopewell Public Library

13 East Broad Street

(609) 466-1625

www.redlibrary.org

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Hopewell Township

Capital Health Medical Center at Hopewell

One Capital Way

(800) 637-2374

www.capitalhealth.org

Provides wide variety of medical services.

 

Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library

245 Pennington-Titusville Road

(609) 737-2610

www.mcl.org/branches/hopbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Lawrence Township 

HomeFront Administrative Offices

1880 Princeton Avenue (Lawrenceville)

(609) 989-9417

www.homefrontnj.org

Emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing by appointment.

Pantry open Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and Mondays/Thursdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

 

Lawrence Community Center Food Pantry/Homefront

295 Eggerts Crossing Road

(609) 883-3379

www.homefrontnj.org/lawrence-community-center/

 

Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library

2751 Brunswick Pike

(609) 882-9246

www.mcl.org/branches/lawrbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Oaks Integrated Care

2550 Brunswick Pike

(609) 396-8877

www.oaksintcare.org

Provides variety of medical and mental health services.

 

Trenton Food Pantry

2160 Brunswick Avenue

(609) 802-0840

www.newjerseyconference.org/community-servicesdisaster-respnse

Open second and fourth Sunday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:30pm.

 

Womanspace, Inc.

1530 Brunswick Avenue (Lawrenceville)

(800) 572-SAFE (7233)

www.womanspace.org

Emergency services to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault immediately following the initial crisis. Spanish-speaking staff members are available.

 

Montgomery Township (Somerset County)

Carrier Clinic

252 County Road 601 (Belle Mead)

(800) 933-3579

www.carrierclinic.org

Provides mental health services and treatment.

 

Morrisville (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)

Holy Trinity Catholic Church Food Pantry

201 North Pennsylvania Avenue

(215) 295-3045

www.holytrinitymorrisville.org/food-pantry

 

Morrisville Borough Library

300 North Pennsylvania Avenue

(215) 295-4850

www.morrisvillepagov.com/library/

Offers internet access and other services.

 

The Food Center at Morrisville Presbyterian Church

771 North Pennsylvania Avenue

(215) 295-4191

www.mpcusa.xnet/food-center/

Open Wednesdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm and first Tuesday of the month from 7:00pm to 8:00pm

 

Pennington

Pennington Public Library

30 North Main Street

(609) 737-0404

www.penningtonlibrary.org

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Princeton

First Baptist Church of Princeton

John Street and Paul Robeson Place

(609) 924-0877

www.1stbcpnj.org

Dinner on Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

 

Princeton House Behavioral Health

741 Mount Lucas Road

(800) 242-2550

www.princetonhcs.org/phcs-home/what-we-do/princeton-house-behavioral-health.aspx

Provides intensive outpatient services and partial hospitalization. Accepts Medicaid and Medicare.

 

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Avenue

(609) 924-9529

www.princetonlibrary.org

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Princeton United Methodist Church Community Dinners

7 Vadeventer Avenue

(609) 924-2613

www.princetonumc.org

Dinner served on Wednesday from 5:00pm and 6:00pm.

 

The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County at Princeton

61 Nassau Street

(609) 396-9355

www.thecrisisministry.org

Offers a variety of services.

 

Robbinsville

 

Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library

42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road

(609) 259-2150

www.mcl.org/branches/robbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

Robbinsville Food Pantry

1 Washington Boulevard

(609) 259-1567

http://www.robbinsville-twp.org/services/robbinsville_food_pantry.php

Open to Robbinsville residents only from 9:00am to 11:00am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and also from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Thursdays

 

Trenton

Amani House

518-520 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

(609) 393-3168  x. 13

http://www.voadv.org/facilitiesforsinglemen

Traditional housing for adult males between the ages of 18 and 65. Call for appointment.

 

Anchor House

482 Center Street

(609) 396-8329

www.anchorhousenj.org

24-hour program for runaway, homeless, or at-risk Mercer County youth between the ages of 10 and 17.

 

Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church

200 Hillcrest Avenue

(609) 393-2224

Open third Sunday of the month from 8:00am to 12:00pm

 

Cadwalader Asbury United Methodist Church Food Pantry

910 Stuyvesant Avenue

(609) 392-1037

 

Capital Health Regional Medical Center

750 Brunswick Avenue

(609) 394-6000

www.capitalhealth.org

Provides wide variety of health services.

 

Catholic Charities Behavioral Health Services

10 Southard Street

(609) 396-4557

www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org

Provides integrated behavioral health and physical health services.

 

Catholic Charities Community Food Pantry

132 North Warren Street

(609) 394-8847  x. 2504

www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org/services/housing-food/

Open from 9:00am to 12:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

 

Community Innovations, Inc.

509 Perry Street

(609) 826-9480

Operates the Trenton Family Preservation House for families and single women and the Chester House for single men

 

Devine Mercy Parish of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and St. Stanislaus Church

60 Randall Avenue

(609) 393-4826

www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs

Dinner on Thursdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm

 

Escher HRO Project

50 Escher Street

(609) 392-4599

www.eschersroproject.com

Single occupancy rooms and transitional housing.

 

First Haitian Church of God Food Pantry

1501 Greenwood Avenue

(609) 695-3708

www.firsthaitiancog.org

Open at 12:00pm on the second Saturday of every month

 

Henry J. Austin Health Center

321 North Warren Street

433 Bellevue Avenue

317 Chambers Street

112 Ewing Street

(609) 278-5900

www.henryjaustin.org

Provides many medical and dental services.

 

Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry

150 North Clinton Avenue

(609) 394-9816

www.jerusalemmbc-nj.org

Open 1st Saturday of the month on four-Saturday months and 3rd Saturday of the month on five-Saturday months

 

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Food Pantry

189 South Broad Street

(609) 396-2411

www.cnjc-bsa.org/aplc/redeemer/

Open at 8:00am on the last Thursday of every month

 

Mount Carmel Guild Food Pantry and Services

73 North Clinton Avenue

(609) 392-3402

www.mcgtrenton.org

Open weekdays from 9:30am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 3:30pm.

 

New Covenant United Methodist Church Food Pantry

1965 South Broad Street

(609) 393-4725

 

New Hope Church of God

400 Hamilton Avenue

(609) 393-3293

 

New Horizon Treatment Services

132 Perry Street

(609) 394-8988

www.nhts.net

Provides medical, clinical, special, and treatment services by appointment.

 

New Jersey State Library

185 West State Street

(609) 278-2640

www.njstatelib.org

Offers internet access and programs.

 

Oaks Integrated Care

1001 Spruce Street #205

1320 New Willow Street

314 East State Street

(609) 396-6788

www.oaksintcare.org

Provides variety of mental health and medical services.

 

Planned Parenthood

437 East State Street

(609) 599-4881

www.plannedparenthood.org

Offers health care and birth control services.

 

Primera Iglesia Pentecostal (Alpha and Omega, Inc.) Food Pantry

347 Second Street

(609) 571-9135

Open the first and third Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

 

Princeton Deliverance Center

301 Southard Street

(609) 392-9161

www.facebook.com/pdcyoda

Open most Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

 

Rescue Mission of Trenton

98 Carroll Street

(609) 695-1436

www.rescuemissionoftrenton.org

Soup kitchen, thrift store, emergency shelter, housing, day center, and adult education. Food provided Sundays from 11:00am to 12:00pm.

 

Sacred Heart Church Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry

343 South Broad Street

(609) 391-2801

www.trentonsacredheart.org

Soup Kitchen open fourth Sunday of the month from 12:30pm to 2:00pm and Food Pantry open third Tuesday of the month from 2:00pm to 6:00pm.

 

Samaritan Baptist Church

531 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

(609) 393-0016

www.samaritanbaptistministries.org

Open Saturdays from 9:00am to 11:30am.

 

South Trenton Soup Kitchen at First Baptist Church

128-140 Centre Street

(609) 396-8447

www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/serving-meals.php

Open for dinner Monday-Wednesday at 4:30pm

 

St. Mary’s Cathedral’s Loaves and Fishes Food and Soup Kitchen

151 North Warren Street

(609) 396-8447

www.facebook.com/loavesandfishessoupkitchen/

Open for lunch from 11:00am to 2:00pm on the last two Saturdays of every month.

 

The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County

123 East Hanover Street (Mon. to Thurs. from 9:30am to 12pm)

714 South Clinton Avenue (Mon. to Thurs. 9:30am to 12pm)

(609) 396-9355

www.thecrisisministry.org

Offers a variety of services.

 

The Salvation Army Drop-In Center

575 East State Street

(609) 393-2801

www.salvationarmyusa.org

Food available from 8:00am to 3:00pm, but must call for appointment if interested.

 

Triad House (LifeTies)

1301 West State Street

(609) 394-6747

www.lifeties.org/our-programs/triad-house/

Provides 24/7 shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth between the ages of 14 and 18.

 

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

72 Escher Street

(609) 695-5456

www.trentonsoupkitchen.org

Offers many services, including job search assistance, adult education, food pantry, and soup kitchen open weekdays for lunch from 11:00am to 12:50pm and for dinner from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday.

 

Trenton Free Public Library

120 Academy Street

(609) 392-7188

www.trentonlib.org

Offers internet access, classes, programs, and other services.

 

Trinity Episcopal Church Food Pantry

801 West State Street

(609) 392-3805

www.trinitycathedralnj.org/food-pantry.html

Open every other Saturday from 9:00am to 11:00am

 

Turning Point United Methodist Church Food Pantry

15 South Broad Street

(609) 393-9574

www.turningpointumc.net

Open third Sunday of the month from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.

 

United Progress, Inc.

62 West State Street

(609) 392-2161

Open weekdays except Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

 

West Windsor Township

Jewish Family and Children’s Services Food Pantry

707 Alexander Road, Suite 102

(609) 987-8100

www.jfcsonline.org

 

West Windsor Branch of the Mercer County Library

333 North Post Road (Princeton Junction)

(609) 799-0462

www.mcl.org/branches/westbr.html

Offers internet access and other services.

 

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