Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network, Inc.

Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network, Inc., a tax-exempt non-profit based in Belleville, New Jersey, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on expanding behavioral health and community nutrition services in Essex County. The organization holds no federal contracts but serves as a prime grant recipient on Department of Health and Human Services awards and as a sub-recipient on Department of Agriculture nutrition programs, with 67% of recent awards in a sub-recipient posture.

NW Essex has operated as a behavioral health and social services provider since 1958, with its recent federal footprint anchored to two grantor agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded NW Essex a four-year CCBHC Improvement and Advancement Program grant effective September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2026, under which NW Essex serves individuals with behavioral health needs in Essex County, prioritizing access for Black and Latino populations, uninsured or underinsured individuals, and children and families. The program targets 500 individuals annually with a four-year unduplicated client goal of 1,550. NW Essex also participates as a sub-recipient on three School Nutrition Program awards from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, each dated October 1, 2023, and as a sub-recipient on a facility rehabilitation award of unstated dollar magnitude dated June 1, 2023. Across all six awards in the source data, NW Essex has obligated $13.8 million total, with two distinct customer agencies represented. Activity has grown from one award in 2020 to four awards in 2023, though the most recent award in the source data is two years and nine months old. One award faces completion within the next twenty-four months.