Stories

VOADV is partnering with Hopeloft to open a new location in Bridgeton, N.J. The office will be called the Tri-County Navigational Resource Center and will provide a variety of direct, essential social services for residents in need throughout the tri-county region of Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties.

While celebrating Dad this week, you can help support the fathers in our programs as we give them the tools to continue doing the hard work to build better lives for their families long after they have graduated from our programs.

Our clients greatly benefit from a kind, helping hand on their journey towards independence – and we are so grateful for the generous support we receive from members of the community and local organizations looking to make a difference!

During the past year, Volunteers of America Delaware Valley witnessed firsthand the many challenges and struggles facing mothers and families. Learn more about how our family shelters adapted to meet the unique needs of the clients they serve.

We were founded on the ideal of going wherever is needed and doing whatever is needed to serve – our community partnerships have made that possible as we work with local organizations, agencies, law enforcement and more provide diverse programs and specialized assistance to our communities’ most vulnerable populations.

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley relies on the compassion and dedication of nearly 400 employees that care for over 13,000 people each year. Despite the variety of programs, clients, and staff – case managers are the backbone of the agency and for many of the clients we serve, case managers help build the foundation in which clients are then able to lead self-fulfilled, independent lives.

The women of Volunteers of America Delaware Valley continue to exemplify our co-founder, Maud Booth's, legacy 125 years later as they serve their clients with passion and dedication. As we celebrate Women’s History Month and look back at Maud’s accomplishments, we are also highlighting just a few of the incredible women making a difference in our programs everyday.

125 years ago, Volunteers of America was founded with the pledge to “go wherever we are needed, and do whatever comes to hand.” As our society has developed, VOA has also creatively adapted and spearheaded much-needed change, often ahead of the times – just as in the creation of the organization 125 years ago.

Providing immediate, direct services and much-needed stability, Safe Return has assisted more than 6,000 individuals since its inception in 2015 – and our impact and outreach is now expanding. Thanks to a generous grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Safe Return is poised for growth and will be able to assist an even greater number of individuals in need.

2020 has been a year unlike any other. But one thing that continues to overwhelm us during this very different, difficult year is the generosity of other – way it has brought people together and inspired them to give back to those in need.