Senior, Disability Services, & Veterans’ Affairs 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. Medicare 2010 Information Medicare 2010 Information (Spanish)   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) 256-5190 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) 256-5190     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, 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   Charles J. Smith Senior Center Shirley McGowan, Site Manager 271 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 (973) 423-1027   Annabelle Shimkowitz Senior Center Wilma Kaminsky, Site Manager 330 Passaic Street Passaic, NJ 07055 (973) 881- 4988   West Milford Senior Center  Elizabeth Riggio, Site Manager 1810 Macopin Road West Milford, NJ 07480 (973) 728- 2547   Totowa Senior Center Stacey Ugliono, Site Manager 930 Riverview Drive - Suite 200 Totowa, N.J. 07512 973-569-4088   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 St. Stephen’s Julio Fierro, Site Manager 90 Martin Street Paterson, NJ 07501 (973) 345- 5411 South Paterson Callie Simmons, Site Manager 930 Main Street Paterson, NJ 07503 (973) 881- 3888   Paterson Kosher Nutrition Site Gloria Nadell, Site Manager 510 East 27th Street Paterson, NJ 07503 (973) 881- 3843         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 930 Riverview Drive-Suite 200 Totowa, NJ 07512 Phone (973) 569-4080   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