Resources
Organization Descriptions
Student Health Services: Access medical care, learn about health insurance coverage, find important forms, and make healthcare appointments.
Office of Disability Services: Request accommodations for all forms of disability (medical, physical, mental).
Counseling Center: Provides a number of counseling and consultative services to enrolled and eligible undergraduate and graduate students.
Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance: Raising awareness about sexual violence and encouraging bystander support. It is a confidential office.
pantryRUN: All RU-N community members have access to this completely free resource for groceries, including dairy, grains, fresh produce, and more.
Immigrant Rights Clinic: Serves immigrants who need individual client representation and broader advocacy.
Rutgers Immigrant Community Assistance: All students currently enrolled at Rutgers are eligible for a free and confidential legal consultation.
DACA Resources: Dedicated to our DACAmented and undocumented students. Here you can find Student Support Services and Financial Aid and Scholarship opportunities.
Undocumented Student Services: Strives to empower undocumented students, mix-status families, and allies to navigate higher education.
Office of Financial Aid: Focuses on establishing aid eligibility, awarding scholarships, grants, loans, and employment to eligible students as well as providing financial aid counseling to students and families.
Intercultural Resource Center: Where you can explore your multiple identities within the Rutgers University-Newark community.
LGBTQ Student Services: Strives to create an inclusive and safe, but brave campus for students, faculty, and staff.
CARE Team: Assess and respond to student concerns on campus through collaborative efforts; assist students who may be in crisis.
La Casa de Don Pedro, Inc.: A resident-centered agenda empowers people and builds their self-sufficiency.
ICNA Relief Food Pantry – Newark: Newark branch of Islamic Circle of North America.
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc: Provides affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare.
Essex County Food Pantries PDF: Comprehensive list of Essex food pantries.
UCC Newark Food & Clothing Pantry: Food and clothing pantry that offers one monthly food package, containing non-perishable groceries and fresh produce to eligible individuals and families.
Newark LGBTQ Center: Offers the Newark LGBTQ community a safe space, especially for people of color.
African American Office of Gay Concerns: Committed to delivering quality HIV/AIDS services to the Gay community in the Greater Newark Area
Project WOW – NJCRI: Provides HIV/AIDS care and treatment to individuals in Northern New Jersey
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark – Immigrant and Refugee Services: Provides low cost and pro bono legal assistance in all phases of immigration and naturalization proceedings.
AFSC – New Jersey Immigrant Rights: Provides legal representation and information to immigrant communities.
Newark Public Library COVID Resources: Comprehensive resource for navigating COVID, including how to get testing, reliable news, emergency care, and financial assistance.
City of Newark COVID Resources: The official Newark resource for all things COVID.