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Site Visits - Human Services
April 9-10, 2008
Paterson and New Brunswick
 
Site Visit Itinerary - Wednesday, April 9
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TEAM 1: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
To get to your site visits:
please follow directions below using the maps in your folders.
STOP #1: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Planned Parenthood
Conference Room, 171 Market Street

Mark Virden RN, Center Manager

Please ask at Planned Parenthood for bus #s and directions to St. Joseph's Hospital.

STOP # 2: 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
SWITCH Program, Hispanic Multi-Purpose Center
911 East 23rd Street (973) 684-3320

Evelyn Ayala, SWITCH Program Director

Lisa Torres, Deputy. Dir;
Rev. Naftali Encarnacion, Pastor

SWITCH will provide lunch for you at their center

Directions to the Hispanic Multi-Purpose Center from St. Joseph's: take bus #74 across from St. Joseph's down Main St. to Market St. Walk one block to bus stop in front of McDonald's. Take bus #703 or #712; ask bus driver for Hispanic Center on East 23rd between 19th and 20th Aves.

STOP # 3: 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
St. Joseph's Hospital
703 Main Street, Teen OB Office, Administration Two (2nd Floor)
Hospital Contact: Ken Morris, LNJ '01 (973) 754-2873
Department Contact: Teen OB Receptionist (973) 754-2720

Linda Locke RN, Director, Teen OB Program and Midwifery Services

Yvette Figueroa, Social Worker, Teen OB Program and Midwifery Services

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(remain at the Hispanic Multi-Purpose Center)
Team Debriefing
discussion of the day's team assignment without guest speakers

You may want to seek bus transportation back down Market, in which case the folks at SWITCH will know how to direct you to the Paterson Museum from the SWITCH program.

If you decide to walk: start south 2 blocks on East 23rd St. to 10th Ave. and turn right. Walk 2 blocks to Madison and turn left. Go four blocks to Martin Luther King Way/Broadway and turn right. Go seven blocks, turn left onto Memorial Drive, then three blocks to Market St. and turn right. Take Market St. to the end. The PATERSON MUSEUM gates will be on your left.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE GOING TO THE PATERSON MUSEUM THE TEAM SHOULD FIND A GROCERY STORE FOR THE FOOD STAMP ACTIVITY. Be at the museum by 5:30 PM.

 
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TEAM 2: CHILD PROTECTION
To get to your site visits:
please follow directions below using the maps in your folders.
STOP #1: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Division of Youth and Family Services
Conference Room, 10th Floor, 100 Hamilton Plaza
DYFS Contact: Jean Marimon (201) 342-4397
Miriam Aponte (973) 523.6090, x251

DYFS Resource Development; with add'l Passaic Co. DYFS staff

NOTE: buffet lunch will be ready during the 45-minute interval between Stops # 1 and # 2 at: LA Pupusa LOCA of Paterson Restaurant, 197 Market St. (973) 742-6711 (across from 100 Hamilton Plaza, 1 block from the Co. Admin. Building).

STOP #2: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Passaic County Administration Building
Room 220, Large Freeholder Room, 401 Grand St., Second Floor
Contact: Lisa at Freeholder Office 973-881-4402

Debra, Executive Director, Prevent Child Abuse-NJ
Karen Andrade-Mims, LNJ '07, Deputy Director of Programs, Prevent Child Abuse-NJ

STOP #3: 2:30 - 4:00 PM
Superior Court of NJ, Passaic County Family Part
Children in Courts Unit, 8th Floor, 401 Grand Street, Passaic County Administration Building
Note: you will go through security to enter this building.
Contact: Kira Strubel, Attorney (973) 247-8472

Judge, Superior Court of NJ, Passaic County Family Part

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
(remain at County Court House)
Team Debriefing
discussion of the day's team assignment without guest speakers
Large Freeholders Conference Room, Second Floor, Passaic County Administration Building

To get to the PATERSON MUSEUM go west on Grand. Take a right onto Mill and then left on Market. Take Market St. to the end. The Museum gates will be on your left.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE GOING TO THE PATERSON MUSEUM THE TEAM SHOULD FIND A GROCERY STORE FOR THE FOOD STAMP ACTIVITY. Be at the museum by 5:30 PM.

 
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TEAM 3: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
To get to your site visits:
please follow directions below using the maps in your folders.
STOP #1: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Emergency Department, St. Joseph's Hospital
703 Main Street
Ken: (973) 754-2873

Ken Morris LNJ '01, Director of Urban and Community Health

Jim Pruden, ER Physician; with staff Social Worker

STOP #2: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Getty Conference Room, St. Joseph's Hospital

Contact for Sophie Robinson: Passaic Co. Women's Center (973) 881-0725

Note: Please buy your lunches from the hospital cafeteria and take them to the Madison conference room. Sophie Robinson will meet you there for a working lunch after your meeting with hospital staff.

Take bus #74 across from St. Joseph's down Main St. to Grand Street. Proceed three blocks east on Grand to the Court House.

STOP #3: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Superior Court of NJ, Passaic County Family Part
Children in Courts Unit, 8th Floor, 401 Grand Street, Passaic County Administration Building
Note: you will go through security to enter this building
Contact: Kira Strubel, Attorney (973) 247-8472

Susanna Ramalho, Team Leaders

Hon. Stephen Woolmack, JSC, Judge, Superior Court of NJ, Passaic County Family Part

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
(remain at County Court House)
Team Debriefing
discussion of the day's team assignment without guest speakers
Large Freeholders Conference Room, Second Floor, Passaic County Administration Building

To get to the PATERSON MUSEUM go west on Grand about 4 blocks, then right on Mill and left on Market. Take Market St. to the end. The Museum gates will be on your left.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE GOING TO THE PATERSON MUSEUM THE TEAM SHOULD FIND A GROCERY STORE FOR THE FOOD STAMP ACTIVITY. Be at the museum by 5:30 PM.

 
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TEAM 4: HOMELESS FAMILY
To get to your site visits:
please follow directions below using the maps in your folders.
STOP #1: 11:00 AM - NOON
Passaic County Board of Social Services
80 Hamilton Street, Board Room, Third Floor Floor (973) 278-6565
Contact: Carl Bachman, Administrator, Social Work Department (973) 881-2630

Beverly Pawlowski, Social Work Supervisor (973) 881-2695

NOTE: buffet lunch will be ready during the 45-minute interval between Stops # 1 and # 2 at: LA Pupusa LOCA of Paterson Restaurant, 197 Market St. (973) 742-6711 (across from 100 Hamilton Plaza, 1 block from the Co. Admin. Building).

To Stop #2 from lunch: Go south on Clark about 2 blocks, around the County Admin. Bldg. to Spring.

STOP #2: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Eva's Family Shelter, Msgr. Vincent E. Puma Center for Women and Children
16 Spring Street (973) 754-6780, x323

Ms. Bonnie Willis, Director, Family & Women's Shelters

To Stop #3: Go back to Grand and turn right. Go 3 blocks and then left on Railroad Ave. Turn right on Market and left on Straight. Go 2 blocks and then turn right on Van Houten. Church is at corner of 18th and Van Houten

STOP #3: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
451 Van Houten Street (973) 278-7900

Iris Lopez-Maldonado, Next Step Director

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
(remain at St. Paul's)
Team Debriefing
discussion of the day's team assignment without guest speakers

To get to the PATERSON MUSEUM go back to Market and west, crossing Main. Take Market St. to the end. The Museum gates will be on your left.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE GOING TO THE PATERSON MUSEUM THE TEAM SHOULD FIND A GROCERY STORE FOR THE FOOD STAMP ACTIVITY. Be at the museum by 5:30 PM.

 
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TEAM 5: ENDING WELFARE AS WE KNEW IT
To get to your site visits:
please follow directions below using the maps in your folders.
STOP #1: 11:00 AM - NOON
Preparation for Work
George Williams Room, Paterson YMCA, 128 Ward Street (corner of Prince)
Larry Gutlerner, Executive Director (973) 684-2320 x22

Robert Mason, Project STRIVE, First Baptist CDC, Somerset

Jack McElligott, Asst. Administrative Supervisor (973) 881-2600

Training Unit, Passaic Co. Board of Social Services

Carol Ann Wilson, Director, Hudson County Dept. of Human Services

NOTE: buffet lunch will be ready during the 45-minute interval between stops # 1 and # 2 at: LA Pupusa LOCA of Paterson Restaurant, 197 Market St. (973) 742-6711 (across from 100 Hamilton Plaza, 1 block from the Co. Admin. Building).

To Stop #2: Cross Market St., jog left & turn right onto Church St: go ½ block to the OIC at #52.

STOP #2: 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC)
4th Floor, 52 Church Street (973) 881-0540
(will also tour the One Stop Career Center on the first floor of this building)

Harvey Nutter, OIC Executive Director

To Stop #3: Continue north on Church, 2 blocks to Broadway. Turn right and go about 6 blocks, just past Carroll St., to #370.

STOP #3: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Work Force NJ (Employment Service Office)
2nd Floor, 370 Broadway (973) 977-4359

Carlos DelValle, Supervisor, Work First Unit
Marcia McNeel, Work First Unit

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
(remain at Work Force NJ)
Team Debriefing
discussion of the day's team assignment without guest speakers

To get to the PATERSON MUSEUM go back to Church and after about 4 blocks go right on Market. Take Market St. to end. The Museum gates will be on your left.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE GOING TO THE PATERSON MUSEUM THE TEAM SHOULD FIND A GROCERY STORE FOR THE FOOD STAMP ACTIVITY. Be at the museum by 5:30 PM.

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