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Bergen County
Career and Life Counseling Center
Ms. Darlene Christmas, Coordinator
Bergen County Technical Schools
Bergen County Displaced Homemaker Career & Life Counseling Center
The Bergen One-Stop Career Center
60 State Street 2nd Floor
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Telephone: 201.329.9600 (ext. 5552)
Fax: 201.488.2742
Email: Darlene Christmas
www.onestopbwc.org/careerlife.htm
Ms. Diane Scarangella, Grant Manager
Bergen County Technical Schools
Bergen County Displaced Homemaker Career & Life Counseling Center
327 East Ridgewood Avenue
Paramus, NJ 07652
Telephone: 201.343.6000 (ext. 2213)
Diane Scarangella |
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About the Center
The Career & Life Counseling Center located at Bergen Workforce Center provides comprehensive
counseling, training, job placement and a range of critical support services, assists
displaced homemakers, single parents and economically disadvantaged women to achieve
self-sufficiency. The Center focuses on the transition of women from the home to work place.
Services include:
- Individual and group counseling with professional career counselors
- Vocational, aptitude testing and personality profiles
- Computerized career exploration programs
- Programs to encourage and support women through job training
Job training Programs are offered in:
- Electronics
- Computer
- Training for Trades
- Adult Basic Education for remediation
- GED, ESL(English as a Second Language) classes
The Center also provides Legal Seminars, Personal Growth Seminars, Career Exploration, Employment Readiness, and ongoing Support Groups.
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Women's Rights Information Center
Ms. Joan Grzenda, Executive Director
Ms. Suzan Grey Burr, Program Director
Displaced Homemakers Program
Women's Center Building
108 West Palisade Avenue
Englewood, New Jersey 07631
Telephone: 201.568.1166
Fax: 201.568.0762
Email: Suzan Grey Burr
Email: Joan Grzenda
info@womensrights.org
www.womensrights.org |
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Women's Rights Information Center helps women and their families become
self-sufficient by providing services which includes:
- Assistance with problem solving
- Linkage with resources
- Legal consultations
- Shared housing
- Employment services which includes:
- Computer Classes
- Career counseling
- Resume Consultation
- Interview Preparation
- Job/Talent Bank
- Occupational Training
- Workshops presented by expert female workers on professional, personal
and business issues |
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Emphasis is on the Hispanic population and the problems caused by language
barriers and adapting to a new culture. ESL classes are offered several times
a week in beginning, advanced and workplace levels. Workshops on employment,
career, job search skills, parenting, legal issues, life skills and confidence
are offered throughout the year, as are computer classes. |
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Copyright © Displaced Homemakers Network of New Jersey, 2007
Displaced Homemakers Network of NJ
PO Box 342
Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Site Maintained by: Manny Mesia |
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