Primary Contact:

Phone: (973) 623-2800

Email: https://newcommunity.org/contact/

Website: https://newcommunity.org/

Description: New Community Corporation (NCC) in Newark, New Jersey, is one of the largest and most comprehensive community development organizations in the country. Founded in 1968 by Monsignor William J. Linder, then a young parish priest, and a group of community leaders, NCC was born out of the civil unrest that spread through inner cities like Newark during the late 1960s. The mission of New Community is to help residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect individual God-given dignity and personal achievement.

New Community’s programs include a Family Resource Success Center that serves clients with everything from emergency food assistance to help paying utility bills. Our 102-unit shelter, called Harmony House, serves hundreds of homeless families every year, most of them single mothers and children. Clients are provided with a host of on-site support services like child care, job search and workshops intended to help with goal-setting and activities of daily living. New Community also owns and manages about 2,000 units of housing for seniors and families in Newark, Orange and Jersey City, ranging from high-rises for the elderly to family townhouses.

Member Type: Housing Manager, Service Provider

Area Served: Essex County, Hudson County

Populations Served: Aging, Families, Mental Health, Homeless