New Jersey Community Development Corporation Inc

Programs: Youth development programsnjcdc operates a number of youth development programs designed to provide young people with a variety of services to overcome obstacles and reach their full potential. This includes four school-based teen centers, initiatives to turn schools into neighborhood centers, and an americorps initiative that recruits individuals to commit a year of service to inner-city students.

supportive housing njcdc builds and operates residential programs for adults with developmental disabilities, homeless youth, youth aging-out of foster care, and people who are homeless with a mental illness. In providing supportive housing, our goal is to offer high-quality housing. At the same time we offer a range of services designed to help our residents overcome obstacles and live rich and fulfilling lives in the community.

educational services njcdc provides educational services to hundreds of young people each day through the operation of a preschool, by founding and supporting the community charter school of paterson, by partnering with the paterson school district to operate the garrett morgan academy high school, and operating a youthbuild program to give high school dropouts a second chance to earn a ged while learning construction skills. In providing educational services, our objective is to promote student achievement at the same time we offer services to promote individual and family well-being.

community developmentnjcdc seeks to improve the quality of life for paterson residents living in and around the great falls historic district and spruce street corridor. Our goal is to revitalize the greater spruce street neighborhood to improve the social, economic and physical elements ofthe area.