Middle Earth administers several different programs that serve over a thousand youth every year from all over Somerset County, New Jersey. 

While we have many programs at Middle Earth, we have one overarching principle: to guide youth towards responsible adulthood. Toward that end, every program at Middle Earth incorporates the following services:

• community service (the opportunity to make a difference)
• character development, such as:
  • respect for self and for others
  • responsibility and accountability
  • trustworthiness, honesty, and loyalty
  • leadership skills
  • anger management
  • refusal skills to combat peer pressure
  • gang prevention
  • substance abuse prevention
  • positive decision-making and problem-solving
• life skills education, such as:
  • cooking and other independent living skills,
  • obtaining a driver’s license,
  • understanding budgeting and gaining financial literacy,
  • applying and interviewing for a job
• career exploration, college preparation, and employment readiness
• crisis intervention (we help our youth when they are in need 24 hours a day)
• information about and referral to other community programs that could be helpful
• recreation/socialization with their peers
• tutoring to improve academics
• transportation to our centers or programming