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Career Services

Looking for in-person career services support? Walk into any One-Stop Career Center or request an appointment here.

Displaced Homemaker Services

a newly single mother with her two teenaged daughters

Displaced homemakers are individuals who have worked in the home for a number of years and suddenly find that they are the primary source of household income. This situation may be a result of divorce, separation, death, or the disability of a spouse or partner. In many cases, displaced homemakers are underemployed and unable to support themselves or their children. After losing a primary source of income, displaced homemakers often need to return to the workforce.

Displaced homemaker programs help these individuals learn or update skills for today's job market. The goal is to help them become financially self-sufficient by providing education, job readiness training, network coaching, outreach, referrals to social services, and emotional support.

Local displaced homemaker programs draw on a wide range of community contacts to best serve individuals in need of services. Services at local programs include:

  • Job counseling, training, and placement assistance
  • Career development services
  • Educational information and services
  • Computer literacy training
  • Financial management assistance
  • Legal information
  • Life skills development
  • Referrals to social services within the community
  • Workshops on relevant topics

Atlantic County

Avanzar Displaced Homemaker Program

Bergen County

Displaced Homemaker Program at the Bergen County Job Center

 

Women's Rights Information Center

Burlington County

Women's Opportunity Center

Camden County

Center for Family Services Displaced Homemaker Program (ReStart)

Cape May County

Center for Family Services Displaced Homemaker Program (ReStart)

Cumberland County

Rowan College South Jersey-Displaced Homemaker Program

Essex County

National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section: The Linda & Rudy Slucker Center for Women

Gloucester County

Rowan College South Jersey-Center for People in Transition

Hudson County

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark Displaced Homemakers Program

Hunterdon County

NORWESCAP Career and Life Transitions Center for Women

Mercer County

Avanzar Displaced Homemaker Program

Middlesex County

The Women's Center at Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County

Monmouth County

Brookdale at Long Branch: Displaced Homemakers Services

Morris County

The Women's Center at County College of Morris

Ocean County

Displaced Homemakers Program of Ocean County

Passaic County

Women in Transition: Wayne Counseling & Family Services

Salem County

Center for Family Services Displaced Homemaker Program (ReStart)

Somerset County

NORWESCAP Career and Life Transitions Center for Women

Sussex County

Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County

Union County

Union County College, Center for Economic and Workforce Development

Warren County

NORWESCAP Career and Life Transitions Center for Women