Office of Eviction Prevention (OEP)
The Office of Eviction Prevention oversees programs and services in eviction prevention and diversion, including rental assistance programs, social services support, and expanding access to counsel to low-income tenants facing or threatened with eviction. The Office also handles general inquiries about landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities, and publishes the bi-annual Truth in Renting Guide. The Office works closely with non-profit community-based organizations in disseminating information about resources and providing direct outreach to at-risk tenants
Eligible low-income households facing or threatened with eviction are provided free and quality access to both an attorney, who can best advocate for them in court to prevent their eviction and negotiate settlements with their landlords, and with an experienced case worker called a resource navigator who can best connect them to necessary resources including to rental assistance and relocation support. Together, resource navigators and attorneys coordinate their efforts to prevent lockouts by the courts. CEDD is available in every county throughout NJ.
County | CEDD (resource navigator agencies) | Contact Information |
Atlantic/Cape May | Jewish Family Services | Office: 609-822-1108 Email: evprevention@jfsatlantic.org |
Bergen | The Watefront Project | Office: 551-256-7578 Email: intake@thewaterfrontproject.org |
Burlington | Family Promise of Southwest New Jersey |
Office: 856-243-5971 |
Camden | Camden Coalition | Email: cedd@camdenhealth.org |
Camden | New Jersey Association on Correction | Website: http://www.njaconline.org/ Office: 609-396-8900 |
Cumberland | Family Promise of Southwest New Jersey |
Office: 856-243-5971 |
Essex | Justice Innovation | Office: 833-434-0881 Email: edi@innovatingjustice.org |
Gloucester | Family Promise of Southwest New Jersey | Office: 856-243-5971 Website: www.familypromiseswnj.org Email: info@familypromiseswnj.org |
Hudson | The Watefront Project | Office: 551-256-7578 Email: intake@thewaterfrontproject.org |
Hunterdon | Garden State Home | Office: 732.532.6865 Email: cedd@gardenstatehome.org |
Mercer | Homefront | Office: 609-989-9417 x 141 Email: homefront@homefrontnj.org |
Middlesex | Garden State Home | Office: 732.532.6865 Email: cedd@gardenstatehome.org |
Monmouth | Community Affairs and Resource Center | Office: 732-774-3282 Extensions: 201, 203, or 103 Email: stopeviction@carcnj.org |
Ocean | Community Affairs and Resource Center | Office: 732-774-3282 Extensions: 201, 203, or 103 Email: stopeviction@carcnj.org |
Passaic | Catholic Family and Community Services | Office: 973-279-7100 Extension: 2010 Email: aalonso@catholicharities.org or Email: nmansour@catholicharities.org |
Salem | Family Promise of Southwest New Jersey | Office: 856-243-5971 Website: www.familypromiseswnj.org Email: info@familypromiseswnj.org |
Somerset | Garden State Home | Office: 732.532.6865 Email: cedd@gardenstatehome.org |
Union | The Watefront Project | Office: 551-256-7578 Email: intake@thewaterfrontproject.org |
Warren | Garden State Home | Office: 732.532.6865 Email: cedd@gardenstatehome.org |
Warren | Family Promise of Warren | Office: 908-453-2194 Email: rachel.opdyke@fpowc.org or bob.frankenfield@fpowc.org |