The Displaced Homemaker Programs provide training and employment-related services for individuals who worked in the home for many years and through the death, disablement, or divorce of a spouse finds themselves as the primary source of household income. Displaced Homemakers programs are designed to enhance employability and create new job opportunities. DOW administers 22 Displaced Homemaker (DH) programs in 21 counties throughout the state. DOW also funds Hispanic Women’s Resource Centers (HWRCs) to provide similar services to Hispanic and Latina women. This funding is passed through the Latino Action Network to six (6) HWRCs.
Services
- Educational and vocational counseling, short term certificate/education funds, interest and aptitude testing, information on financial aid for education, job readiness training and computer training.
- Resume writing, interviewing skills, referrals and job search assistance.
- Life skills workshops in self-confidence and self-esteem, assertiveness, goal setting, career development, financial planning and the legal implications of separation and divorce.
Legislation: 52:27D-43.19 et seq.
AVANZAR
Displaced Homemakers Program
927 North Main Street
Heritage Square (Bldg. D)
Pleasantville, NJ 08232
(609) 601-9925
Victoria Pender | victoria.pender@avanzarnow.org
Bergen County Technical Schools
Displaced Homemaker Program
540 N Fairview Ave.
Paramus, NJ 07652
Bergen County Job Center
60 State Street Hackensack NJ, 07601
201-343-6000 - X5533
Orysia Rozenkova | oryroz@bergen.org
Displaced Homemaker Program
Women's Rights Information Center
108 W. Palisade Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201)568-1166
Lesley Greenblatt | lgreenblatt@womensrights.org
Displaced Homemaker Program
Women's Opportunity Center
Greater Philadelphia YMCA
8008 Route 130 N, Suite 216
Delran, NJ 08075
(856) 231-9622, ext. 3918
Karen Vitulli | karen.vitulli@philaymca.org
Center for Family Services, Inc.
Displaced Homemaker Program - Restart
400 Mt. Veron Ave
Camden, NJ 08103
(609) 610-3642
Cydnee Phoenix | cydnee.phoenix@centerffs.org
Center for Family Services, Inc.
Displaced Homemaker Program - Restart
601 South Main Street
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
(609) 238-0704
Cydnee Phoenix | cydnee.phoenix@centerffs.org
Melissa Barron | melissa.baron@centerffs.org
Rowan County College of South Jersey
Community & Technical Education
Displaced Homemaker Program
321 North High St.
Millville, NJ 08332
(856) 776-2385
Janae Walters | Jwalte13@rcsj.edu
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
Center for Women
5 Becker Farm Road, Suite 404
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-994-4994 ext. 280
Patty Kremen | pkremen@ncjwessex.org
Rowan County College of South Jersey
Center for People in Transition
1400 Tanyard Road
Sewell, NJ 08080
(856) 415-2222
Elizabeth Finn | Efinn@rcsj.edu
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
Displaced Homemaker Program
2201 Bergenline Avenue, 3rd Floor
Union City, NJ 07087
(201) 325-4800
Wanda Febles | wfebles@ccannj.org
NORWESCAP Career & Life Transitions Center
84 Park Avenue, Suite E 104
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 788-1453
Cecilia Genao | 908.900.0060 x1501
AVANZAR
Displaced Homemakers Program
424 Riverview Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08611
(609) 601-9925 ext. 1001
Rasheed Kolewole | kola.rasheed@avanzarnow.org
Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County, Women's Center
219C Blackhorse Lane
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(732) 777-1940
833-JFS-HELP (537-4357) Toll Free
Lisa Balewitz | lisab@jfsmiddlesex.org
Brookdale Displaced Homemaker Services
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
(732) 224-2162 (732) 739-6020
Jennifer Murad | jmurad@brookdalecc.edu
The Women’s Center at County College of Morris
214 Center Grove Road SCC115
Randolph, NJ 07869
(973) 328-5025
JoAnn Whetsell | joann.whetsell@gmail.com
Displaced Homemakers Program of Ocean County
Ocean County Community College
College Drive, P.O. Box 2001
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732) 255-0400 Ext. 2297
Stacy West | Swest278@ocean.edu
Women in Transition, Wayne Counseling Center, Inc.
Displaced Homemaker Program
1022 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
(973) 694-9215
Shealine Black | blacks@wcfservices.org
Center for Family Services, Inc.
Displaced Homemaker Program - Restart
5 Salem Woodstown Rd, Suite 201
Mannington Township, NJ 08079
(609) 206-0669
Julie Agnew | julie.agnew@centerffs.org
Cydnee Phoenix | cydnee.phoenix@centerffs.org
NORWESCAP Career & Life Transitions Center
Presbyterian Church
170 Watchung Avenue
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
(908) 900-0060
Cecilia Genao Morillo | genaomorilloc@norwescap.org
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County
Displaced Homemaker Program
127 Mill Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 940-3500
Deborah Berry-Toon | dberry-toon@projectselfsufficiency.org
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
Displaced Homemaker Center
40 West Jersey Street, Lessner Bldg.
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 659-5190
Rocio Morales | rocio.morales2@ucc.edu
NORWESCAP Career & Life Transitions Center
88-90 South Main Street
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 788-1453
Gail Furey | fureyg@norwescap.org
Cecilia Genao | 908.900.0060 x1501
