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Home > Community Development > Community Profiles > Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) > Community Organizations

Community Profile: Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Community Organizations

This section provides information about affordable housing, social service, economic development, and community revitalization organizations in the area whose interests, activities, and initiatives improve the housing conditions and employment opportunities of residents. These groups represent potential partners for bankers seeking to more fully address the credit needs of each region’s low- and moderate-income people and communities.

The information in this section is obtained directly from the websites of the community organizations.

• Atlantic Human Resources, Inc.
• Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch
• Habitat for Humanity Cape May County
• Housing and Economic Opportunities, Inc. (HEO)
• Ocean City Community Food Cupboard
• Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern New Jersey (PRAC)
• The United Methodist Homes of New Jersey, Wesley by the Bay
• Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc.

Mission

• To strengthen community capabilities for planning and coordinating federal, state, and other assistance programs
• To better organize services related to the needs of the poor and make them more efficient and effective
• To make greater use of the new type of services and innovative approaches in attacking the causes of poverty
• To develop and implement all programs and projects with the maximum feasible participation of residents of poor or low-income areas
• To broaden the resource base of programs directed to eliminate poverty

Year of Origin

1964

Core Programs 

• Rehabilitates properties for low- and moderate-income individuals
• Provides housing counseling services, including pre-purchase, default, and risk loss mitigation counseling, as well as home improvement and rehabilitation education
• Provides weatherization and day-care services
• Provides tax counseling for the elderly

• Operates a Head Start early-childhood development program, foster-grandparent program, retired and senior volunteer program, ministers home detention program, and a child and adult food program

Service Area

Atlantic and Cape May counties, New Jersey

Contact Information

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc.
One South New York Ave., Suite 303
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Telephone: (609) 348-4131
Fax: (609) 345-5750
Website: none

Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch

Mission

To fight hunger and poverty by distributing food and grocery products, educating and training the public and policymakers, and creating model programs.

Year of Origin

1987

Core Programs

• Stores and distributes donations of food and grocery products
• Offers emergency food assistance to disaster victims
• Conducts food drives

Service Area

Southern NJ

Contact Information

Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch
6735 Black Horse Pike
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Phone: (609) 383-8843
Fax: (609) 383-0474
E-mail: southernbranch@njfoodbank.org
Website: http://www.okus.com/foodbank/

Habitat for Humanity Cape May County

Mission

Habitat for Humanity is an interfaith ministry that works through partnerships to eliminate substandard housing and homelessness by building houses and renovating donated units.

Year of Origin

1991

Core Programs

• Builds houses through volunteer labor and donated materials and money
• Seeks assistance from area local organizations, businesses, schools, churches, and municipal governments in the area

Service Area

Cape May County, NJ

Contact Information

Cape May County Habitat for Humanity
DN 3020, 4 Moore Road
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Phone: (609) 463-0244
Fax: (609) 390-5135
E-mail: habitatcapemay@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.habitatcapemay.com/

Housing and Economic Opportunities, Inc. (HEO)

Mission

HEO is dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income families and individuals find affordable housing and appropriate employment

Year of Origin

1992

Core Programs 

• Purchases and rehabilitates foreclosed and abandoned homes and then markets those homes to low- and moderate-income families at an affordable price or rent
• Offers homeownership counseling, long-term credit/budget counseling and home maintenance/repair education
• Offers environmental testing services
• Manages affordable rental housing properties for seniors  
• Sponsors the Mortgage Readiness Initiative--a financial/ homeownership counseling program that includes an IDA (Individual Development Account) program

Service Area

Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Cape May and Atlantic Counties in New Jersey

Contact Information

Housing and Economic Opportunities, Inc.
600 Cuthbert Blvd.
Westmont, New Jersey 08108
Telephone: (856) 858-0303
Fax: (856) 858-0163
Email: shelia@njhousing.net
Website: http://www.njhousing.net/index.html

Ocean City Community Food Cupboard

Mission

To furnish emergency food supplies to needy Ocean City residents.

Year of Origin

1976

Core Programs

• Collects nonperishable foods and paper products
• Seeks volunteers to assist in the Food Cupboard

Service Area

Ocean City, NJ

Contact Information

Ocean City Community Food Cupboard
501 E. 8th Street
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Phone: (609) 398-3191
E-mail: N/A
Website: N/A

Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern New Jersey (PRAC)

Mission

PRAC identifies and addresses the needs of Hispanic and low-income people by developing strategies and programs to facilitate socio-economic growth and self-sufficiency.

Year of Origin

1971

Core Programs

• PRAC services 10,000 clients annually for the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) with transportation and supervised visitation services for its offices in Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Burlington, Gloucester, and Salem counties, and the Southern Region Adoption Resource Center.
• Employment services are provided to TANF participants in Cape May, Salem, Cumberland, and Atlantic counties, per referrals from county boards of social services. 
• "EASY" (Employment Access for Southern Youth) is a job-readiness training program for 14- and 15-year-old students conducted in collaboration with the Spanish American Services Cultural Association (SASCA) of Burlington County.
• Outreach services are extensive and specific to each respective market. Domestic abuse outreach is provided in conjunction with CARA, the Coalition Against Rape and Abuse. Outreach to Salem County’s senior community in Salem County is provided in collaboration with the county’s Department on Aging.
• Partnering for Safety provides workshops on safely transporting children in an automobile. This is a collaboration between the NJ Division of Highway Traffic Safety and the DCA’s Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development.
• Even Start provides Cape May-area residents with GED programs while offering free on-site child care. Cape May County Vocational School is its collaborator.
• PRAC provides multiple services to clients with a variety of needs, including emergency response, transitional housing, employment, information and advocacy, health, translation, legal mediation, cultural observances, and the food pantry.

Service Area

Principally the southern New Jersey counties of Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester, Cape May, Atlantic, Burlington, and Camden.

Contact Information

Cape May Headquarters
604 Franklin Street Street
Woodbine, New Jersey 08270
Phone: (609) 861-5800
Fax: (609) 861-1239
Website: http://www.pracnj.com/default.html

The United Methodist Homes of New Jersey, Wesley by the Bay

Mission

To provide affordable housing to low- and moderate-income seniors who qualify under the guidelines of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Year of Origin

1907

Core Programs

• Residential living
• Assisted living
• Skilled nursing
• Memory support care
• Hospice services
• Affordable housing

Service Area

State of New Jersey

Contact Information

Wesley by the Bay
2201 Bay Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Phone: (609) 399-8505
Fax: (609) 391-8411
Website: http://www.umh-nj.org/wbb

Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County

Mission

To understand and serve the health and wellness needs of the medically uninsured or underserved population living and working in Cape May County.

Year of Origin

N/A

Core Programs

• Free medical, pediatric, and eye-care services to financially eligible individuals and families who otherwise have no access to health care.
• Seeks and support volunteers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, ophthalmologists, and nurses as well as administrative volunteers.

Service Area

Cape May County, NJ

Contact Information

Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County
423 Route 9 North
Cape May Court House, NJ 08243
Phone: (609) 463-2846
Website: http://www.vimi.org/index.shtml

• Last updated: Monday, June 2, 2008