Community Resources
Information & Referral Resources
PRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER
PSRC has up-to-date information about all programs and services in the wider Mercer County area. If we cannot answer your question, we will find the information for you or refer you to someone who can help you. Call or stop by.
- 45 Stockton St, Princeton NJ 08540 (609) 924-7108 (9-5:00 weekdays )
- Spruce Circle, Princeton NJ 08540 (609) 252-2362 (9:30 - 4:00 weekdays)
- Web site: www.princetonsenior.org
2-1-1 New Jersey
Funded by United Way, 2-1-1 creates one easy access point to the health, human services, community resources, and government assistance people need every day as well as in times of crisis. You may search their database on line, call 2-1-1 from your telephone, or chat LIVE with a 2-1-1 specialist. Callers can find assistance for everything from healthcare to housing, shelters to food banks, legal aid to counseling. Multilingual.
- call 211 or 888 908-4636
- Web site: www.nj211.org
For information about resources in Mercer and Middlesex Counites, go to InfoLine of Central New Jersey,
To find 211 services in other states, go to www.211.org
AARP NEW JERSEY-STATE OFFICE
Provides a number of services such as health insurance, life insurance and long term care insurance.
- Forrestal Village,101 Rockingham Row, Princeton, NJ 08540
- 866-542-8165
- Web site: www.aarp.org/states/nj/
COUNTY OFFICES ON AGING
County offices on aging exist throughout the country. Those in the central New Jersey area are:
- HUNTERDON COUNTY (908) 788-1363
- MERCER COUNTY (609) 989-6661
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY (732) 745-3293
- MONMOUTH COUNTY (732) 431-7450
- SOMERSET COUNTY (908) 704-6346
ELDERCARE LOCATOR
A nation-wide service to help families and friends find information about state and local resources for the elderly.
- 800-677-1116
- Hours of operation: Mon-Fri 9 am - 8 pm
- Web site: www.eldercare.gov
MERCER COUNTY HISPANIC ASSOCIATION (MECHA)
Information and assistance for Spanish speaking individuals
Information y assistencia en Espanol
- 18 E 6th avenue, Hamilton NJ 08619
- (609) 392-2446
NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC CENTER ON AGING
- 800-582-4218
NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON LGBT AGING
- Information and referral for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults.
- (212) 741-2247
- Web site: http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SENIOR SERVICES
- Information and referral for seniors in all 21 counties in New Jersey
- 877 222-3737
- Web site: www.state.nj.us/health
NEW JERSEY SELF-HELP CLEARINGHOUSE
- Current listings of self-help groups in New Jersey
- 800 367-6274
- Web site: http://www.njgroups.org/
OTHER SENIOR CENTERS
See Senior Centers
SENIORS A2Z
A web site for senior resources:
SILVER PLANET
Eldercare help resource:
WIREDSAFETY.ORG
Cyber Safety through Information Literacy:
The Princeton Senior Resource Center does not endorse any of the resources listed on these pages. We collect and provide information from many sources as a service to those seeking services in the Princeton area. No listed provider pays to be in our directory.