Garden State Community Development Corporation

The mission of Garden State Community Development Corporation (GSCDC) is to create healthy neighborhoods through community development initiatives that cultivate the resources of residents, businesses, government and the faith-based community in serving those most vulnerable in our society.

Garden State Community Development Corporation (GSCDC), founded in 1986, has grown from a small, volunteer-based organization redeveloping a vacant schoolhouse, into a sophisticated, neighborhood-based community development and social services organization, providing smart, effective, and compassionate programs that target underserved people in under-invested locations.

For over 40 years, Garden State Community Development Corporation (GSCDC) has provided housing opportunities to a broad spectrum of Hudson County residents from Bayonne to Weehawken. From sheltering chronically homeless individuals to offering hard-working low-and moderate-income families a chance to purchase a home that fits their budget to developing affordable rentals and beyond, GSCDC houses Hudson County with a continuum of options no other agency offers. To date GSCDC has developed over 300 units of safe, decent, affordable housing and provides 200 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals and families that include comprehensive case management wrap around services to ensure continued housing stability.

GSCDC is also committed to building better communities, and spearheaded the implementation of the “I Love Greenville” Neighborhood Partnership that empowers the residents, businesses, and stakeholders, to improve their own community as well as bring in new financial resources through a state tax credit program to accomplish this.

GSCDC is dedicated to ending homelessness in Hudson County and is the lead agency in this effort. In 2014, GSCDC implemented the Hudson CASA Coordinated Entry Program for homeless individuals and families in the County, and serves over 3500 homeless persons annually. Partnering with the Hudson County, Jersey City, Union City, City of Bayonne, and the City of Weehawken administrations, the program is able to provide street outreach, immediate emergency shelter, food, clothing and hygiene needs through PERC Shelter (a subsidiary of GSCDC) and our Jersey City based Drop In Center, Rapid Re-housing financial assistance, linkages to Permanent Supportive Housing Programs, medical and mental health services, and Mainstream Resources, all with the end goal of obtaining safe, decent, and affordable permanent housing.