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Adult Learning
The New Community Adult Learning Center provides support for adults in need of resources, training and services. The center also offers a variety of bi-lingual courses.
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Centenarian Rehab
After 107 years, each day for Louise Fuller is something of a triumph. Having spent nearly three weeks in a hospital and a nursing home while recovering from a fall, Fuller went home.
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Visiting Nurse Association
The skilled nurses and therapists of EVVNA come to the home and provide care and education to assure each individual’s health care needs are met. Certified home health aides are available to assist with personal care needs.
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Shining Star on the Golden Path
Dr. Traymanesha Moore found the map and navigated to success. Her trip was not without hardship, but with guardian angels along the way, she too found her way back home.....
Workforce Development Center
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School of Licensed Practical Nursing
For Our Employment Partners
Course Disclosures
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Automotive Technician
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Culinary Arts Specialist
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Licensed Practical Nursing
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The New Community Workforce Development Center is a state-of-the-art, $4.5 million continuing education facility and New Jersey's premier one-stop Center. The three-story, 25,000 square foot center on Bergen Street in Newark's Central Ward is the result of a unique partnership between New Community, foundations, financial institutions and government agencies.
Our center offers highly qualified staff, educational and training courses, supportive services, career information, financial aid and job placement assistance. All Workforce Development programs provide graduates with marketable skills in fields where there is high demand and ample opportunity for professional growth.
The Workforce Development Center is committed to student success, both in the classroom and in the workplace. Its approach to education is career-focused. Whether you want to acquire skills to launch a new career or attain additional skills to advance professionally, The New Community Workforce Development Center should be your first stop.
At The Workforce Development Center, students choose from occupational programs developed in response to labor market research. They learn in the classroom and receive hands-on training through practical experience and internships. Our teaching curriculum is delivered by skilled staff and utilizes innovative, cutting-edge industrial tools.
Intensive training courses in the following professions:
Entrance Requirements
All students must be at least 17 years of age on or before the first day of class
Students can be admitted with one of the following:
State-of-the Art Workforce Development Center
The Center is minutes from Newark Penn Station and is available by NJ Transit buses. Also is handicapped accessible.
The Workforce Development Center is fully equipped to prepare you for the demands of today’s workforce, whether you are developing a new career or advancing in your current one.
New Community Mission
To help residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect individual God-given dignity and personal achievement.
973-639-5600
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Gateway-to-Work Brochure
School of Licensed Practical Nursing
For Our Employment Partners
Course Disclosures
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Automotive Technician
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Culinary Arts Specialist
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure: Licensed Practical Nursing
View Video: As seen on NewarkPulse.com
The New Community Workforce Development Center is a state-of-the-art, $4.5 million continuing education facility and New Jersey's premier one-stop Center. The three-story, 25,000 square foot center on Bergen Street in Newark's Central Ward is the result of a unique partnership between New Community, foundations, financial institutions and government agencies.
Our center offers highly qualified staff, educational and training courses, supportive services, career information, financial aid and job placement assistance. All Workforce Development programs provide graduates with marketable skills in fields where there is high demand and ample opportunity for professional growth.
The Workforce Development Center is committed to student success, both in the classroom and in the workplace. Its approach to education is career-focused. Whether you want to acquire skills to launch a new career or attain additional skills to advance professionally, The New Community Workforce Development Center should be your first stop.
At The Workforce Development Center, students choose from occupational programs developed in response to labor market research. They learn in the classroom and receive hands-on training through practical experience and internships. Our teaching curriculum is delivered by skilled staff and utilizes innovative, cutting-edge industrial tools.
Intensive training courses in the following professions:
- Licensed Practical Nurse Program (LPN)
- Automotive Technicians
- Culinary Arts Specialists
- GED Prep Course
Entrance Requirements
All students must be at least 17 years of age on or before the first day of class
Students can be admitted with one of the following:
- High School Diploma
- G.E.D. (General Education Development Certificate)
- Ability to Benefit – If a student has no high school diploma or G.E.D. they must take a pre-placement test with a minimum score of 6th grade level in reading and math. Students may be admitted provided they can demonstrate the “ability to benefit” from the education or training offered by successfully passing a nationally recognized admissions test administered by an independent test proctor before enrolling in school.
- Applicants must score 5.9 on the Test of Adult Basic Education or show the Ability to Benefit from the program
State-of-the Art Workforce Development Center
- Highly-qualified instructors and support staff
- On-site admissions and placement office
- Spacious, well-lit classrooms and study areas
- Six high-tech computer labs Distance learning lab
- Internet-ready resource lab
- On-site cafeteria
The Center is minutes from Newark Penn Station and is available by NJ Transit buses. Also is handicapped accessible.
The Workforce Development Center is fully equipped to prepare you for the demands of today’s workforce, whether you are developing a new career or advancing in your current one.
New Community Mission
To help residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect individual God-given dignity and personal achievement.