We’re a non-profit Faith-Based Youth & Family Community Organization that has been serving 44,000 Newark’s South Ward & entire city since 1986. We provide social services to over 3,000 youth, adults & family members each year, reaching out to precious lives suffering from poverty, family instability, and/or exposure to negative influences. We help them thrive academically, socially, physically, spiritually/morally.
Our expert staff of professionals and volunteers knows this community well—many of us live here or have lived here!—and we offer a variety of programs designed to promote improved grades and behavior, physical & emotional health, social skills, family and community involvement, economic empowerment, entrepreneurial and leadership skills, and spiritual growth.
Operates daily to provide hundreds of youth, teens, and adults with a safe place to hang out and to interact with adult staff, volunteers, and peers.
Kidstitute Education Enrichment Program (KEEP) is a unique virtual and limited on-site programming targeting At-Risk, Overlooked, Underserved and Impoverished Children of Newark.
Family Resource Center LifeLine/Emergency Family Health Support designed to address food & health insecurity.
Senior Leadership, Board Members, and Contracted Service Professionals mentor & train College Students and High School Students.
Greater Life offers opportunities for youth to get out of the city through summer and school-year camping.
Every student who walks through Greater Life’s doors is assigned a mentor from our staff, senior interns, volunteers, or Board of Directors.
Greater Life works with Mr. Wilton Sherman, a long-term community organizer, and other community residents to implement the Weequahic Homeowners Coalition which offices at our Community Outreach Center.
