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New Jersey's Displaced Homemaker Centers provide job counseling and other supportive services for women who have been dependent on the income of another household member; but due to the death, disablement, or divorce of their spouses, must now support themselves. The program aims to develop and offer technical assistance to expand existing programs to include: Job counseling services specifically designed for displaced homemakers
  • Job counseling services specifically designed for displaced homemakers
  • Job training and placement sources
  • Job development services with identification of community needs
  • Financial management services; and educational need


  • Atlantic County
    Home To Work Program
    Atlantic County Women's Center
    1201 New Road
    Cornerstone Commerce Center
    Linwood, NJ 08221
    Displaced Homemakers Services
    Phone: (609) 601-9925
    Fax: (609) 601-2975
    Web: www.acwc.org

    Unified Child Care Services
    Child Care Network
    PO Box 311
    Northfield, NJ 08225
    Office: (609) 646-1180
    Fax: (609) 645-8877
    E-mail: acwcdsl@verizon.net
    Web: www.acwc.org
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  • Bergen County
    Career & Life Counseling Center
    The Bergen One Stop Career Center
    60 State Street, 2nd Floor
    Hackensack, NJ 07601
    Office: (201) 329-9600 x5552
    Fax: (201) 488-2742
    Web: www.onestopbwc.org/careerlife.htm 

    Women's Rights Information Center
    Women's Center Building
    108 W. Palisade Avenue
    Englewood, NJ 07631
    Office: (201) 568-1166
    Fax: (201) 568-0762
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  • Burlington County
    Women’s Opportunity Center
    YMCA of Burlington County
    59 Centerton Road
    Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
    Office: (856) 234-6200 x224
    Fax: (856) 234-6560
    Web: www.woc-bc.org
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  • Camden County
    There is no Displaced Homemaker Center (DHC) program in Camden County; please contact the DHC program in Gloucester County and/or Burlington County.
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  • Cape May County
    There is no Support, Employment, Education, & Training (SET) program in Cape May County; please contact the SET program in a neighboring county.
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  • Cumberland County
    There is no Support, Employment, Education, & Training (SET) program in Cumberland County; please contact the SET program in a neighboring county.
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  • Essex County
    The Linda & Rudy Slucker
    NCJW Center for Women
    513 W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Suite 325
    Livingston, NJ 07039
    Office: (973) 994-4994
    Fax: (973) 994-7412
    Email: centerforwomen@ncjwessex.org
    Web: www.CENTERFORWOMENnj.org
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  • Gloucester County
    The Center for People in Transition
    Gloucester County College
    1400 Tanyard Road
    Sewell, NJ 08080
    Office: (856) 415-2222 or 2256
    Fax: (856) 468-7381
    Email: peopleintransition@gccnj.edu
    Web: http://www.gccnj.edu/general_information/People_In_Transition/index.cfm
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  • Hudson County
    Hispanic Women’s Resource Center
    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
    2201 Bergen Lane Ave, 3rd Floor
    Union City, NJ 07087-2501
    Office: (201) 325-4806
    Fax: (201) 601-0492
    Web: www.ccannj.com/displaced_homemaker.php
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  • Hunterdon County
    Career & Life Transitions Center for Women
    NORWESCAP
    84 Park Avenue
    Empire Building
    E-103
    Flemington, NJ 08822
    Office: (908) 788-1453
    Fax: (908) 788-1485
    Web: http://www.norwescap.org/programdetails.asp?ID=16
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  • Mercer County
    There is no Displaced Homemaker Center (DHC) program in Mercer County; please contact the DHC program in Burlington County, Hunterdon County, Middlesex County and/or Monmouth County.
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  • Middlesex County
    Women In Transition at JFVS
    Jewish Family & Vocational Services of Middlesex
    32 Ford Avenue
    Milltown, NJ 08550
    Office: (732) 777-1940
    Fax: (732) 777-1889
    Web: http://www.jfvs.org/
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  • Monmouth County
    Brookdale Community College - Displaced Homemakers Program
    Northern Monmouth Higher Education Center - Main Site
    1 Crown Plaza
    Hazlet, NJ 07730
    Office: (732) 739-6020
    Fax: (732) 739-8541
    Web: www.brookdalecc.edu


    Brookdale Community College - Displaced Homemakers Program
    Eastern Monmouth Higher Education Center
    60 Neptune Boulevard
    Neptune, NJ 07753
    Office: 732-625-7053
    Fax: (732) 988-3543
    Web: www.brookdalecc.edu 


    Brookdale Community College - Displaced Homemakers Program
    Long Branch Higher Education Center
    213 Broadway
    Long Branch, NJ 07740
    Office: (732) 625-7053
    Fax: (732) 229-9283
    Web: www.brookdalecc.edu 


    Brookdale Community College - Displaced Homemakers Program
    Western Monmouth Campus at Freehold
    3680 Route 9 South
    Freehold, NJ 07728
    Office: (732) 625-7053
    Fax: (732) 625-0425
    Web: www.brookdalecc.edu

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  • Morris County
    The Women’s Center at County College of Morris
    214 Center Grove Road SCC115
    Randolph, NJ 07869
    Office: (973) 328-5025
    Fax: (973) 328-5146
    E-mail: womenscenter@ccm.edu
    Web: http://www.ccm.edu/studentLife/CampusServices/WomensCenter
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  • Ocean County
    Displaced Homemakers Program of Ocean County
    Ocean County College
    Career, Employment and Counseling Services
    College Drive, P.O. Box 2001
    Toms River, New Jersey 08754-2001
    Phone: 732-255-0400 Ext. 2297
    Fax: 732-255-0444
    Web: www.ocean.edu/career.htm
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  • Passaic County
    Women in Transition
    Wayne Counseling Center, Inc.
    1022 Hamburg Turnpike
    Wayne, NJ 07470
    Office: (973) 694-9215
    Fax: (973) 633-0992
    Web: www.waynecounselingcenter.org
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  • Salem County
    There is no Support, Employment, Education, & Training (SET) program in Salem County; please contact the SET program in a neighboring county.
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  • Somerset County
    There is no Support, Employment, Education, & Training (SET) program in Somerset County; please contact the SET program in a neighboring county.
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  • Sussex County
    Displaced Homemaker Program
    Project Self-Sufficiency
    127 Mill Street
    Newton , NJ 07860
    Phone: 973-940-3500
    Fax: 973-940-3501
    Email: pss@garden.net
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  • Union County
    There is no Support, Employment, Education, & Training (SET) program in Union County; please contact the SET program in a neighboring county.
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  • Warren County
    Career & Life Transitions Center for Women
    NORWESCAP
    108 East Washington Avenue
    Washington, NJ 07882
    Office: (908) 835-2624
    Fax: (908) 835-8104
    Web: http://www.norwescap.org/programdetails.asp?ID=16
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