St. Paul's Community Development Corporation was founded in 1990 as the outreach mission of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the City of Paterson, New Jersey. Today we are a separate, secular, not-for-profit organization guided by a diverse and voluntary board of directors that bridges racial, economic, geographic, and religious boundaries.
Our purpose is to alleviate the conditions of hunger, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy in the City of Paterson. We do this by providing emergency services to all in need and by designing long-term approaches to achieving social and economic improvement at the grassroots level.
Food Pantry· We provide emergency food support to those in need. We distribute turkeys during the holidays, provide food to our Emergency Men's Shelter, Partnerships for Healthy Living Program, and the after-school program at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. More...
Emergency Men's Shelter· We provide emergency shelter, clothing, and food to as many as 50 homeless men at a time. Our staff helps our clients to find housing, employment, and health and rehabilitation services. More...
Next Step· We teach self-sufficiency through literacy and job readiness training, career development, life skills training, adult basic education (ABE), ESL, GED, and case management services. More...
Partnerships for Healthy Living· We go into the community to provide supportive services to at-risk men and women through substance abuse counseling, rehabilitation, HIV/AIDS testing and prevention education, and emergency services. More...
Housing and Neighborhood Development· We are rebuilding St. Paul's 5th Ward Neighborhood though rehabilitation, construction of multi-family dwellings, and creating Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) spaces for women. More...
AmeriCorps· We host and sponsor AmeriCorps Members who serve as tutors, mentors, food pantry workers, shelter aides, case management aides, volunteer recruiters, and as operations support to St. Paul's CDC and our community partners. More...
St. Paul's Community Development Corporation 451 Van Houten Street Paterson, NJ 07501
