Agency Timeline

• 1904: Visiting Nursing Association established in Bernardsville with one nurse.
• 1908: (September) Woman’s Literary Club of Bound Brook investigates need for a District Nurse in Bound Brook.
  • Nurse is hired “for as long as the funds held out” and temporary office set up in the West End of Bound Brook.
• 1909: First dental clinic in the county established.
• 1912: A series of social workers are sent out from New York to supplement the work of the District Nurse.
  • A second nurse is added.
• 1914: Bound Brook Welfare Society formed.
• 1915: Miss Caroline LaMonte builds house at 339 West Second Street and gives it to the Bound Brook Welfare Society.
• 1920: First social worker employed by the Bound Brook Welfare Society.
• 1924: Community Chest is organized and funds the Bound Brook Welfare Society.
• 1937: Visiting Nurse Association employs one supervisor and five nurses making over 10,000 visits in eight municipalities.
  • The Visiting Nurse Association employs a full-time social worker.
• 1940: (March 15) The Social Service Bureau of Somerset Hills is established.
• 1946: The Social Service Bureau of Somerset Hills adds a part-time caseworker to the staff.
• 1948: (May 11) Bound Brook Welfare Society becomes The Community Service Society of Bound Brook.
  • The Community Service Society of Bound Brook employs a social worker and two nurses.
• 1950: The Social Service Bureau of Somerset Hills converts the part-time caseworker to full-time staff.
• 1959: The Social Service Bureau of Somerset Hills changes its name to the Family Counseling Services of Somerset Hills.
• 1960: (January 5) The Community Service Society of Bound Brook and the Family Counseling Service of Somerset Hills merge to create Family Counseling Service of Somerset County.