The 30th annual Paterson toy drive was held Sunday afternoon by the New Jersey Community Development Corporation's AmeriCorps team to give to families in need.

NJCDC’s AmeriCorps members hosted the organization’s 30th Annual Holiday Party on Christmas Eve, welcoming more than 1,000 children from across Paterson and distributing over 7,000 gifts.

NJCDC's Barclay Place is the first project under the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency's Hospital Partnership Subsidy Program.

Community leaders on Tuesday celebrated the opening of a $3 million expansion of the Great Falls Youth Center, a project that’s supposed to increase by almost double the number of teens using the facility.

On Tuesday, New Jersey Community Development Corporation unveiled the expanded Great Falls Youth Center

Over the last year and a half, NJCDC expanded the space to double the number of young people it can serve. Programming in new spaces includes music, culinary arts, podcasting, and more.

View NJCDC's profile in the NJBIZ 2023 Giving Guide to learn more about our work and our goals for 2024!

Mayor Andre Sayegh and the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) distributed free turkeys to residents of Barclay Place Apartments

DoorDash will give $2,500 gift cards to 7 community organizations, including NJCDC, to enhance food access for the community.

The Community Charter School of Paterson (CCSP), founded and supported by NJCDC, celebrated its 15th anniversary, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to providing quality education to the local community.

NJCDC welcomed over 1,000 residents to its annual Great Falls Neighborhood Block Party, a vibrant celebration of community spirit.

The Paterson Family Center (PFC), run by the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC), celebrated it's 20th Anniversary on September 26. Over the past two decades, PFC has played a pivotal role in the community, providing quality education and support to the children and families of Paterson.

NJCDC has been selected by the New Jersey Department of Children & Families to serve as the Passaic County Hub for the new NJ4S program, providing mental health and intervention services to all Passaic County youth

The City of Paterson has awarded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to NJCDC for their Junior YouthBuild program, providing summer employment to Paterson teens revitalizing their neighborhood

Students entering a four-year college will be awarded tens of thousands of dollars in college scholarships

Four new affordable housing projects will provide nearly 500 affordable housing units for Paterson residents.

Officials conducted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Monday for Barclay Place, which is the state’s first hospital-based supportive housing project.

The 56 units will provide the resident families with clean and safe places to live the ancillary services that will be provided there, and its proximity just steps from St. Joseph’s Health, means that they will have the opportunity to meet many of their social service and medical needs as well.

NJCDC's newest affordable and supportive housing development, Barclay Place, is the inaugural development under the state's innovative new program that promotes hospital investment in their communities.

Support from the Regional Foundation will help NJCDC implement strategies in the new resident-driven plan to revitalize Paterson’s Great Falls Neighborhood

Funds will be used to support revitalization plans for distressed neighborhoods

NJCDC, a renowned place-based community development non-profit, has been awarded a generous $150,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation.

TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, awarded a total of $7 million to 37 non-profits across the bank’s footprint through the 17th annual Housing for Everyone grant program.

Paterson in Passaic County, in partnership with the New Jersey Community Development Corporation and the Open Space Land Institute Land Trust, Inc., would make multiple improvements to Westside Park.

A 10-year plan was unveiled to help Paterson's Great Falls neighborhood reach new heights.

On Thursday, the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) revealed its new Great Falls Neighborhood Plan to local residents and stakeholders.

Mayor Andre Sayegh and the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) came together to celebrate the birthday of one of Paterson’s most legendary figures, Lou Costello.

Paterson Family Charter welcomed volunteers on Thursday to celebrate Read Across America Day, an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss.

More than 30,000 Lives Lost in Earthquake that Rocked Turkey, Syria

At a City Hall press conference on Wednesday, reality television star Jennifer Aydin talked about watching personal videos taken by her family members in earthquake-ravaged Turkey.

On February 15, Jennifer, Dolores, and their respective partners, Bill and Paul “Paulie” Connell, attended a fundraiser event for the Turkey-Syria earthquake in Dolores’ hometown of Paterson, New Jersey.

The Turkish-American television star is partnering with Mayor Andre Sayegh to launch the NJ Earthquake Relief Fund to provide direct support to families affected by the disaster.

The New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announced Feb. 10 it awarded $1.8 million in grants to 10 nonprofits through the Financial Empowerment Pilot Program.

The Paterson FEC provides free one-on-one counseling to help residents obtain financial wellness

AT&T Foundation Grants $215,000 to Help Close the Digital Divide and Support Student Success in New Jersey

Nominations for the Annual Dr. MLK Youth Recognition Awards are due Friday. Awards will be given by the Paterson Youth Council on Monday, January 16 at the Brownstone at 11:00 a.m.