Community Resources

Elections/Voting:

• Register to Vote
• Find Your Polling Location
• Find Upcoming Elections and Candidate Info
  

ESL:

• La Casa ESL Clases
• New Community Corporation
• Jewish Vocational Services
• Essex County College
• HARVEST English Institute 

Faxing is available at UPS Stores including the one across from the Main Branch on Lombardy Street.

You can send up to three pages by fax for free on FaxZero or GotFreeFax

Social Services / Homeless Resource Guides

• Essex County Housing Resource Guide (Spanish, compiled by the Housing and Community Development Network of NJ)
• Resources for the Homeless compiled by Bridges Outreach (Jan 2017)
• New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Newark Community Resource Guide (2017)
• Newark Public Schools Community Resource Directory 
• Reintegration Essex County Guide for fomer prisoners (2019)

Housing / Homeless:

Find Housing

• City of Newark Housing Search Portal
• Housing Resource Center: online searchable throughout NJ
• HUD Affordable Apartment Search , Newark HUD Office
• Craigslist, Zillow
• Essex County Affordable Housing Buildings 2022

Community Services:

• Bridges: housing counseling / intensive case management
• NJCRI: multi-services
• Rent Control Department , Affordable Housing Department, City of Newark

Public Housing:

• Newark Housing Authority Waiting List
• Section 8 (Housing Choice Voucher) Information
• Check status of rental assistance application: WaitListCheck

Homeless Resources

• Newark Warming Centers | Cooling Centers
• Newark Public Library Homeless Resources Web Guide
• Newark Public Library Housing Web Guide

Legal

• Tenant Rights [LSNJ book] – ICC’s Community Development Department can also help refer specific questions
• Rent Control Department , Affordable Housing Department, City of Newark
• Recent deeds: http://www.essexregister.com/
• Property tax records: https://taxes.ci.newark.nj.us/
• Emergency Housing, Newark Housing authority 

Get IDs:

• City of Newark: Apply online  | More info
• State ID
• Real IDs

Jobs:

• State of NJ Job Help Page
• Indeed Job Search
• New Jersey Career Connections

General Forms:

• Divorce forms  (Divorce in NJ Manual )
• Gale Legal Forms Database
  • Family Law: Divorce
  • Wills
  • Power of Attorney
  • Landlord/Tenant: Lease
• State of NJ Legal Self Help Guides / Forms

LSNJ Legal Guides

Includes tenant, domestic violence, expunging record, child abuse, sexual violence, terminating parental rights, SNAP, etc.

https://www.lsnj.org/publicationsvideos.aspx

Free Legal Help:

• Essex Legal Services
• Rutgers Law Library & Legal Clinics
• VLJ (Volunteer Lawyers for Justice) provides help with eviction, debt relief, veterans issues, and wills and estate planning. Here is an overview.
• Domestic Violence Help

Laws:

• NJ Statutes
• NJ Administrative Code / Register

Information/Other:

• Immigrant Rights
• Tenant Rights
• Your Rights in Police Encounters
• Divorce in NJ Manual
• City of Newark page on emergency legal assistance for housing
  
• Notaries

Phones:

• Payphones in Penn Station
• Assurance Wireless – free cell phone if qualified
• Safelink Wireless – free cell phone if qualified

• State Prisoners
• Essex County
• Other counties may need to contact county.

Individual tax forms are here! Information about getting paper forms is here!

You can easily get paper forms by calling the numbers provided or going to your nearest center. The nearest center to the Main Library is at 124 Halsey! There are FREE tax prep sites (income-eligible) in every ward of Newark during tax season.

The library can print up to one (1) tax form per person but cannot print instructions! Paper booklets will include instructions!

More information available in the Taxes Web guide

Check whether your home has a  lead service line here Find updates on Lead Service Line Replacement here.

The Newark Public Library is providing the following information about the City’s water.

• Facts Regarding Newark Water Filters and the Lead Issue- August 2019 
• Water- Public Notice August 2019- English
• Water- Public Notice August 2019- Spanish
• Water- Public Notice August 2019- Portuguese
• Water- Public Notice August 2019- French

Misc. Social Services:

• NJOneApp to apply for general social services
• NJHelps – guide and applications for services
• Newark Recreation and Senior Centers (scroll down)
• New Jersey Aging and Disability Resource Connection: Find Services and Providers
• Provider Search (Division of Developmental Disabilities)
• Adoption / Reunification Resources
• NJSNAP Food Assistance Program | NJSNAP programa de asistencia alimenticia

More Resources:

• Newark
• NJ