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Senior, Disability Services and Veterans’ Affairs
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Passaic County’s Department of Senior, Disability Services, & Veterans’ Affairs brings together a number of divisions that have a daily impact on the lives of the populations they serve.
- Senior Services
- Disability Services
- Para Transit
- Nutrition Services (Nutrition Sites & Meals on Wheels)
- Adult Day Care
- Veterans’ Affairs
The Department of Senior Services provides and coordinates numerous services and sponsors many activities for the county’s senior citizens. Services provided include transportation and assisted transportation, housecleaning, certified home health aides, telephone contacts, both social and medical adult day care programs and legal services. Activities for seniors include educational activities, social events, health fairs, and trips.
As the lead NJ EASE County Agency, the department coordinates and provides information and assistance,...care management services, insurance counseling (SHIP) and advocacy on behalf of Passaic County's senior citizens.
Mary Kuzinski
Director of Senior, Disability Services & Veterans’ Affairs
maryk@passaiccountynj.org
930 Riverview Drive-Suite 200
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone (973) 569-4060
Fax (973) 686-7770
NJ EASE 1(877) 222-3737
The Division of Disability Services provides information and assistance, advocacy, legal assistance, employment services and home based services to disabled residents in Passaic County.
930 Riverview Drive-Suite 200
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone (973) 569-4077
Fax (973) 278- 4373
The Passaic County Para Transit Program maintains a fleet of vehicles, which provide transportation for the county’s senior citizens and disabled residents in need of non-emergency rides to medical appointments, shopping centers, county run nutrition and adult day care sites, and for the disabled residents to attend group work programs. Special lift vans are available to accommodate non-ambulatory individuals.
John McGill,
Acting Para Transit Director,
Tel: 973-305-5763,
E-mail: johnm@passaiccountynj.org
To Call for Para Transit Service Please call the number for the Town In Which You Reside:
Clifton (973) 470-2235
Paterson (973) 881-0058
Passaic (973) 365-5754
West Milford (973) 728- 2863
For the towns of Bloomingdale, Haledon, Hawthorne, Little Falls, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Prospect Park, Ringwood, Totowa, Wanaque, Wayne, and West Paterson please call (973) 305- 5756.
All phone lines are open Monday- Friday from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Passaic County’s Division of Nutrition Services provides congregate meals, nutrition education, nutrition counseling and home delivered meals through the Meals on Wheels program for the residents of the county.
James Osgood
Director of Nutrition Services
JamesO@passaiccountynj.org
1310 Route 23 North
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone (973) 305- 5885
Fax (973) 305- 3672
Passaic County Nutrition Sites
Clifton Senior Center
Maria Millet, Site Manager
900 Clifton Avenue, Barn C
Clifton, NJ 07011
(973) 779- 2968
Annabelle Shimkowitz Senior Center
Wilma Kaminsky, Site Manager
330 Passaic Street
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 881- 4988
Totowa Senior Center
Stacey Ugliono, Site Manager
930 Riverview Drive - Suite 200
Totowa, N.J. 07512
973-569-4088
Charles J. Smith Senior Center
Shirley McGowan, Site Manager
271 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
(973) 423-1027
West Milford Senior Center
Elizabeth Riggio, Site Manager
1810 Macopin Road
West Milford, NJ 07480
(973) 728- 2547
Bloomingdale Senior Center
Theresa Super, Site Manger
101 Hamburg Turnpike
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403
(973) 835- 4433
Paterson Nutrition Sites
YWCA
Marion Simmons, Site Manager
185 Carroll Street
Paterson, NJ 07501
(973) 881- 3789
Paterson Kosher Nutrition Site
Gloria Nadell, Site Manager
510 East 27th Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973) 881- 3843
South Paterson
Callie Simmons, Site Manager
930 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973) 881- 3888
St. Stephen’s
Julio Fierro, Site Manager
90 Martin Street
Paterson, NJ 07501
(973) 345- 5411
The Passaic County Adult Day Care Center is a social program that provides supervision for adults in a protective setting that offers daily recreational and craft activities, educational and health programs. Breakfast and lunch are served daily and transportation is available.
Anne Badiner
Day Care Director
AnnB@passaiccountynj.org
Adult Day Care Center
Phone (973) 569-4080
930 Riverview Drive-Suite 200
Totowa, NJ 07512
The Division of Veterans’ Affairs offers a wealth of information and services to Passaic County’s Veterans and their families.
- Information on Free Medical Services, Education and Tuition
- Internment Services including distribution of flags to all Passaic County veteran groups for use in cemeteries and information on Survivor Benefits
- Service Medals and Outreach Programs
The newest service available to veterans in our area is The Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs Community Based Outreach Clinic. This medical clinic is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. If necessary, transportation to the facility can be arranged through the County’s Para Transit Program. Para Transit also provides transportation on Mondays and Tuesdays for county residents who are outpatients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in East Orange.
The Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs
Community Based Outreach Clinic
275 Getty Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07503
Phone (973) 247- 1666 or 247- 8903
Fax (973) 247- 7995
Thomas Miller
Internment Officer
Division of Veterans’ Affairs
TomM@passaiccountynj.org
930 Riverview Drive-Suite 200
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone (973) 569-4090
Fax (973) 925-8063
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