Church World Services

Mission: To transform communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.

CWS’s vision is a world where everyone has food, voice, and a safe place to call home. Church World Service was founded in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II. Seventeen denominations came together to form an agency “to do in partnership what none of us could hope to do as well alone.” The mission: Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, comfort the aged, shelter the homeless. CWS Jersey City was opened in 2015 as a refugee resettlement site to serve northern New Jersey.

CWS Jersey City is an office of Church World Service Global. We are a federally accredited refugee resettlement agency and offer comprehensive case management to over 4000 clients a year.

Through hard work and a long-term commitment of support, we help our clients begin transforming their lives. These clients include refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees and Afghan Humanitarian Parolees. Our services include Refugee Cash Assistance, Refugee Support Services such as employment and English Language Teaching, Youth Mentoring, Services to Older Refugees, Financial Coaching, Refugee Health Promotion, School Enrollment, Emergency Housing Services, Home Study and Post Release Service for Unaccompanied Minors, Legal Services for Afghans, Ukrainians, and Unaccompanied minors and more evolving programs.