Nestled amidst the largest metropolitan area in the U.S., Jersey City is one of the country’s most densely populated cities. A port city located on the Hudson River and New York Bay just across from Manhattan, it’s a landing place for a steady stream of immigrants, including significant communities from Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Many of these immigrants struggle to find housing and employment, and the city’s poverty levels are well above the national average.

According to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey on Jersey City:

• Jersey City is diverse: 35.4% of the population is White, 28.8% Hispanic, 25.4% Asian and 24% African-American.
• 18.7% of the city’s population lives below the poverty level, with significant racial disparities. 
• 25.3% of the African-American population and 23.5% of the Hispanic population live in poverty.

Family-to-Family works with the immigrant aid organization Church World Service (CWS) in Jersey City, with CWS recommending refugee families in need to our refugee sponsorship program. The organization focuses on welcoming refugees and asylees to northern New Jersey and enabling them to become self-sufficient members of the community. Last year CWS Jersey City served more than 200 refugees and asylees with everything from home and community orientation, application assistance for public benefits and healthcare, job preparation, job placement, and basic needs support.

Jersey City refugee families sponsored through Family-to-Family receive a monthly grocery store gift card to a store near their home.

Community Contact:
Courtney Madsen
Church World Service
26 Journal Square, Suite 600
Jersey City, N.J. 07036

Yes, I’d like to sponsor a refugee family!