Update on the High School Equivalency Test: New Jersey has been approved for 3 tests to gain your state-issued high school diploma

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1 Revised 6/12/14 Adult Basic Education Funded Grants Program Classes in Adult Basic Education (ABE), English as a Second Language (ESL), Citizenship (Civics) and High School Equivalency-HSE (formerly GED) Test preparation. For more information, contact the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Adult Education & Literacy Services at (609) Call individual programs for information on classes offered, fees and/or time schedules. Update on the High School Equivalency Test: New Jersey has been approved for 3 tests to gain your state-issued high school diploma HSE Testing Service ETS HiSET TASC (Test Accessing Secondary Completion) The link below will take you to the Department of Education s website which lists the testing centers in New Jersey by county. When you click on the county, the information provided will indicate which test has been approved by that particular testing center. You will need to call the testing center in order to find out when they are scheduling the test. Atlantic County Atlantic Cape Community College Lead Agency 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, NJ (609) Fax: Program Director: Barbara Kozak bkozek@atlantic.edu Budget Coordinator: Alison Blizzard - (609) ablizzar@atlantic.edu Site Location: Atlantic Cape Community College Continuing Education 1535 Bacharach Blvd. - Room 252 Atlantic City, NJ Cape May County Technical School District - Test Provided (TASC) 188 Crest Haven Rd., Cape May Court House, NJ (paper & computer/in English) Phone: (609) , Ext. 642 Fax: (609) Program Director: Susan Jurusz sjurusz@capemaytech.com Literacy Volunteers / Cape-Atlantic, Inc. 743 North Main Street, Pleasantville, NJ Phone: (609) Fax: (609) Executive Director: Anne Osman lvaanneo@comcast.net

2 Pleasantville Board of Education - Test Provided at One-Stop 100 West Leeds Avenue, Pleasantville, NJ in Pleasantville (TASC/computer) Phone: (609) , Ext (leave message) in English Fax: (609) Program Director: Lisa Stuart-Smith Ext stuart-smith.lisa@pps-nj.us Bergen County Bergen County Technical Schools Lead Agency - Test Provided (TASC, paper & 327 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ computer) in English & Spanish Phone: (201) (main #) (all HSE classes are free) Fax: (201) Program Director: Paul Castiglia - Ext pcastiglia@bergen.org Program Manager: Ghazala Nomani, ghanom@bergen.org - Ext Grants & Contracts: Dian Scarangella, diasca@bergen.org - Ext Fiscal: Michael Zaberto, miczab@bergen.org Bergen County Community College Ciarco Learning Center 355 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ Phone: (201) (evening HSE classes are not free) 1-4 PM free classes only FAX: (201) Program Director: Sandy Sroka sroka@bergen.edu Project Director: Elizabeth DeFeo edefeo@bergen.edu Grants & Projects: William J. Yakowicz Phone: (201) wyakowicz@bergen.edu Greater Bergen Community Action, Inc. 263 Lafayette Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ Phone: (201) ext.2040 FAX: (201) Program Director: Figen Tabakci (973) ext tabakci.figen@bergencap.org Burlington County Burlington County Community College Lead Agency - Test Provided (TASC, paper & Willingboro Center and computer, English) 200 Campbell Street, Ste. 201, Willingboro, NJ Phone: (609) Ext (ABE/HSE) or press 0 for Operator Fax: (609) Program Director: Sharon Rogers Ext Program Coordinator: (Ruth) Valerie Hawkins - Ext or Jennifer Cleveland rhawkins@bcc.edu or jcleveland@bcc.edu

3 Burlington County Cont. Pemberton Township School District One Egbert Rd., Pemberton, NJ Phone: (609) ext Fax: (609) Program Director: Mary Hutchinson Ext (ABE/HSE/ESL/Civics) Willingboro Adult School Kennedy Center, 429 JFK Way, Willingboro, NJ Phone: (609) (ABE/ESL) Fax: (609) Program Director: Harold Shafer, Jr. (609) Bordentown Regional School District 318 Ward Avenue, Bordentown, NJ Phone: (609) (ABE/HSE/ESL/Civics) Fax: (609) Program Director: Sandy Ewell, Ext Literacy Volunteers of Burlington County POB 2746, Willingboro, NJ Phone: (609) (ABE/HSE/ESL) Fax: (609) Program Director: Cheryl Churchill or Camden County Camden County College Lead Agency - Test Provided (TASC, paper) 200 N. Broadway, Camden, NJ Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Carol Dann, cdann@camdencc.edu Phone: (856) Camden City Public Schools 201 N. Front Street, Camden, NJ Jerrothia Riggs Adult Education Center 1656 Kaighns Avenue, Camden, NJ Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Timothy Jenkins tljenkins@camden.k12.nj.us (ABE/ESL) Housing Authority of the City of Camden 721 Chelton Ave., Camden, NJ Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Gordon Palmer (856) gpalmer@camdenhousing.org Supervisor: Kathryn Blackshear, kblackshear@camdenhousing.org

4 Camden County Cont. Literacy Volunteers of America / Camden County (ABE/ESL/HSE) no Civics 203 Laurel Rd, Voorhees, NJ Phone: (856) , Ext Fax: (856) Program Director: Denise Weinberg dweinb@camden.lib.nj.us or dweinberg@camdencountylibrary.org Pennsauken Board of Education (ABE/ESL/HSE) no Civics Howard Philfer School 8201 Park Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ Phone: (856) (main) - Registration , Ext Fax: (856) Program Director: Martin Slater (856) mslater@pennsauken.net Hispanic Family Center of South Jersey South 29 th St., Camden, NJ Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Executive Director: Adonis Banegas abanegas@hispanicfamilycenter.com Respond, Inc. New Worker Center 8 th and Erie St., Camden, NJ (ABE/ESL/HSE) Executive Director: Wilbert Mitchell Phone: (856) Fax: (856) wmitchell@respondinc.com Program Director: John Randall, johnrandall7@aol.com Director of Adult Services: Judith Everts, jeverts@respondinc.com Cumberland/Salem County Salem County Vocational Technical School Lead Agency 880 Route 45, PO Box 350, Woodstown, NJ (ABS/ESL/HSE) Test Provided (TASC, paper & Phone: (856) computer) Fax: (856) Program Director: Jennifer Bates (856) Ext jbates@scvts.org Salem Community College 460 Hollywood Avenue, Carney s Point, NJ (ABS/ESL/Civics) Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Evern Ford (856) eford@salemcc.edu Bridgeton Public Schools 111 North West Avenue, Bridgeton, NJ (ABE/ASE/ESL) Phone: (856) , Ext Fax: (856) Program Director: C. Merriweather cmerriweather@bridgeton.k12.nj.us

5 Cumberland/Salem County Cont. Center for Human Services 22 Washington Street, Bridgeton, NJ (ESL/Civics) Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Ruth Marshall or Danielle Bailey Millville Public Library 210 Buck Road, Millville, NJ (ABE/ESL) Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Program Director: Irene Percelli Cumberland County College 3322 College Dr., Vineland, NJ (ABE/HSE) Test Provided (HiSET, paper & computer) Phone: (856) , Ext. 359 (in English) Fax: (856) Program Director: Patti Gilmore ext Essex County Essex County College Lead Agency Grants and Contract Office 303 University Avenue, Newark, NJ Phone: (973) (HSE/ABS) Fax: (973) Program Director: Judith Celestin (973) Test Provided (TASC, paper & computer) Literacy Volunteers of America Essex & Passaic Counties (Bloomfield Library) 90 Broad St., Bloomfield, NJ (ABE/ESL/Civics) Phone: (973) ext. 217 or 224 Fax: (973) Program Director: Christian Barcelos or New Community Corporation Adult Learning Center (ABE/ESL/Pre-HSE/HSE/Civics) 563 Orange Street, Newark, NJ Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Cristhian Barcelos (973) North Ward/ Newark Business Training Institute (ABE/ESL/Civics) 346 Mt. Prospect St., Newark, NJ (no HSE) Phone: (973) or (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Jorge Martinez rbobadilla@northwardcenter.org or jmartinez@northwardcenter.org

6 Essex County cont. Jewish Vocational Service 111 Prospect Street, East Orange, NJ Phone: (973) , Ext. 284 Fax: (973) Program Director: Nancy Fisher East Orange Board of Education (ABE/ESL/HSE) - Test Provided (TASC, paper & Bernie L. Edmonson Center computer/english) 74 Halsted St., East Orange, NJ Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Neville Matadin (973) n.matadin@eastorange.k12.nj.us Essex County Voc Tech Schools 91 W. Market St., Ste 425, Newark, NJ Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: John Dolan jdolan@essextech.org South Orange Maplewood Adult School 17 Parker Avenue, Maplewood, NJ Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Cathy Garea cgarea@somadultschool.org (ABE/ESL/HSE) FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc. (ABE/ESL/Civics) Broad Street, Newark, NJ Phone: (973) , Ext. 125 Fax: (973) Program Director: Piedad Vasquez pvasquez@focus411.org La Casa De Don Pedro, Inc. (ABE/ESL/Civics) 39 Broadway, Newark, NJ 0710 Phone: (973) or 4568 Fax: (973) Program Director: Rosalinda (Wendy) Melendez Ext wmelendez@lacasanwk.org Project Coordinator: Johanna Murphy ext jmurphy@lacasanwk.org 1199 SEIU Education Fund 117 Irvington Avenue (lower level), S. Orange, NJ Phone: (973) FAX: (973) Program Director: Ellen Ray ellen.ray@1199funds.org

7 Gloucester County Gloucester County College Lead Agency 1400 Tanyard Rd., Sewell, NJ Test Provided (TASC, paper & Phone: (856) , Press 3 for student services computer/english) Fax: (856) Program Director: Brigette Satchel Ext bsatchel@gccnj.edu Literacy Volunteers / Gloucester County 36 Carpenter St., Woodbury, NJ Phone: (856) Fax: (856) Executive Director: Trudy Lawrence exedir@literacyvgc.org Hudson County Union City Adult Learning Center Lead Agency 3912 Bergen Turnpike, Union City, NJ Test Provided at Hudson Co. Phone: (201) or (5658) for ABE/HSE classes School of Technology (TASC, English/Spanish) Fax: (201) (201) Program Director: Morayma Moreda - (201) mmoreda@union-city.k12.nj.us Jersey City Public Schools 346 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ Phone: (201) Day classes Fax: (201) *Spanish HSE (193 Old Bergen Rd.) Program Director: Paula Christen, (201) pchristen@jcboe.org Gilda Nicole Harris Head Teacher Adult Education Programs Phone: Evening classes - M, Tu, W (6:00-9:00 PM) gharris@jcboe.org Urban Workforce Advantage (Hudson) 66 Elmora Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ (ABE/ESL/Civics) Phone: (908) (no HSE prep) Fax: (908) Program Director: Julio Sabater jsabater@workforceadvantageusa.com Hunterdon/Somerset County Hunterdon County Education Service Commission Lead Agency 200 Main Street, Flemington, NJ Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Program Director: Fran Leddy (908) fleddy@hcesc.com

8 Franklin Township BOE 1755 Amwell Road, Somerset, NJ (ABE/ESL) Phone: (732) Fax: (732) Program Director: Doris Stevens The Jointure For Community Adult Education, Inc Route 202 South, Suite B-11, Raritan, NJ Phone: (908) or 0388 (ESL/Civics) Test is provided at Raritan Valley Fax: (908) Community College TASC (paper) in English & Spanish Interim Program Director: Erica Condon (908) ex Hunterdon Helpline 14 Mine St. - Highway 31, Flemington, NJ (ABE/Civics) Phone: (908) Fax: Executive Director: Susan Lax literacy@helplinehc.org Mercer County Mercer County Community College Lead Agency James Kearney Campus POB B / Adult Education Dept. North Broad and Academy Streets, Trenton, NJ Phone: (609) (press 2 for HSE) Fax: (609) Program Director: Rakima Stokes (609) stokesr@mccc.edu Test Provided (TASC, computer/english & Spanish) Mercer Street Friends 222 N. Hermitage Avenue, Trenton, NJ (ABE/HSE) Phone: (609) (no ESL or Civics) Fax: (609) Program Director: Gay Egan gegan@mercerstreetfriends.org Literacy Volunteers / Mercer County 3535 Quakerbridge Rd., Suite 104, Hamilton, NJ (ABE/ESL) Phone: (609) (no HSE or Civics) Fax: (609) Program Director: Cheryl Kirten lvmercer@verizon.net Latinas Unidas 140 East Hanover Street, Trenton, NJ Phone: (609) FAX: (609) Program Director: Cecy Jimenez Weeast Ext cweeast@ywcatrenton.org

9 Mercer County Cont. Princeton YWCA 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, NJ (ABE/ESL/Pre-HSE/Civics) Phone: (609) FAX: (609) Program Director: Paula Rossi, Ext Lutheran Social Ministries of NJ 189 S. Broad St. POB 30, Trenton, NJ (ABE/Civics/Citizenship) (no HSE) Phone: (609) Fax: (609) Program Manager: Jane Kleindienst, (609) , ext West Windsor-Plainsboro 500 Village Rd., Princeton, NJ (ABE/ESL/Civics) (no HSE) Phone: (609) Ext Fax: (609) 716- Program Director: Melissa Conklin NJ Department of Corrections-Office of Educational Services Lead Agency - Test Provided (TASC, paper) Whittlesey Road, PO Box 863, Trenton, NJ (English & Spanish) Phone: (609) Ext.5318 Fax: (609) Program Director: Hugh DeHaven hugh.dehaven@doc.state.nj.us Middlesex County New Brunswick Board of Education Lead Agency - Test Provided (TASC, paper 268 Baldwin St., 2 nd floor, New Brunswick, NJ *Spanish HSE English & Spanish) Phone: (732) (press 1 for English / 2 for Spanish) Then press 4 for ABE/HSE Fax: (732) Principal/Program Director: Timothy Timberlake - Ext (followed by # sign) timothy_timberlake@nbps.k12.nj.us East Brunswick Board of Education 760 Rt. 18 North, East Brunswick, NJ Phone: (732) ($10 registration fee) Fax: (732) Program Director: Scott Kominkiewicz skominkiewicz@ebnet.org Perth Amboy Board of Education 178 Barracks Street, Perth Amboy, NJ Phone: (732) , Ext Test Provided (TASC, paper Fax: (732) *Spanish HSE AM, PM & Sat. English & Spanish) Program Director: Senovia Robles senorobles@paps.net Coordinator: Fortunata Valenty , Ext fortvalenty@paps.net

10 South River Board of Education 3 Montgomery Street, South River, NJ Phone: (732) or (732) Fax : (732) Program Director: Nicole Selvaggio nselvaggio@srivernj.org (ABE/ESL/Civics) no HSE Monmouth County Brookdale Community College Lead Agency Long Branch Learning Center 213 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ Phone: (732) , Press 3 for ABE/HSE Fax: (732) Program Director: Carl DeJura - Ext cdejura@brookdalecc.edu - Tests Provided (HSE & TASC) (computer, paper) in English & Spanish) Community Affairs & Resource Center (ABE/ESL) 913 Sewall Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ (no HSE) Phone: (732) Fax: (732) Program Director: Beatriz Oesterheld boesterheld@harcnj.org Ladacin Network 1703 Kneeley Bouelvard, Wanamassa, NJ (ABE/ESL) Phone: (732) (no HSE or Civics) Fax: (732) Program Director: Celeste Smith celeste.smith@ladacin.org Monmouth County Vocational Board of Education (ABE/ESL) 400 Kozloski Rd., Freehold, NJ (no HSE) Phone: (732) or Fax: (732) Program Director: Dana Schaed dana_schaed@mcvsd.org Literacy Volunteers / Monmouth County (ABE/ESL) 213 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ (no HSE) Phone: (732) Ext Fax: (732) Program Director: Rebecca Lucas lvmonmouth@brookdalecc.edu Morris County Morris County Vocational School District Lead Agency Tests Provided HiSET, TASC 400 East Main Street, Denville, NJ (paper, computer/in English) Phone: (973) , (ABE/HSE Ext. 4) Fax: (973) Program Director: Mike Gowdy Ext gowdym@mcvts.org

11 Morris County Cont. Sussex County Community College - Test Provided (TASC/paper 1 College Hill, Newton, NJ and computer) Phone: (973) (2153 main #) (HSE ext. 2158) Fax: (973) Program Director: Jan Tensen jtensen@sussex.edu Warren County Technical School - Test Provided (TASC/paper 1500 Route 57 West, Washington, NJ and computer, English) Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Program Director: Maria Heaton mheaton@rcn.com Ocean County St. Francis Community Center Lead Agency 4700 Long Beach Boulevard, Brant Beach, NJ Test Provided (TASC/computer, Phone: (609) ext. 185 in English) Fax: (609) Program Director: Nancy Keogh-Chiorazzi ext nchiorazzi@stfrancislbi.org Agencies/Site Use Only Southern Regional School District (ABE/ESL/Civics) 105 Cedar Bridge Road, Manahawkin, NJ Lakewood School District 855 Somerset Ave., Lakewood, NJ (ABE/ESL) Toms River School District (ABE/ESL) 1144 Hooper Ave., Suite 206, Toms River, NJ Ocean County Lakewood Library 301 Lexington Avenue, Lakewood, NJ (ABE/ESL) Passaic County Paterson Public School Lead Agency 151 Ellison Street, Paterson, NJ *Spanish HSE Phone: (973) / HSE info. call (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Susan Ronga (973) sronga@paterson.k12.nj.us Passaic County Community College (ABE/ESL/Civics) One College Blvd., Passaic, NJ (no HSE prep) Phone: (973) or 6213 Fax: (973) Program Director: Jolynn Haley Parnham jparnham@pccc.edu

12 Passaic County Technical Institute (ABE/ESL/Civics) - Test Provided (HiSET/computer 45 Reinhart Road, Wayne, NJ (no HSE prep) in English & Spanish) Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: John DePalma jdepalma@pcti.tec.nj.us Passaic Board of Education (ABE/ESL/Civics) 101 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ (no HSE prep) Phone: (973) Fax: (973) Program Director: Greg Komeshok gkomeshok@passaic-city.k12.nj.us Literacy Volunteers / Passaic & Essex Counties (Passaic Public Library) 195 Gregory Avenue, Passaic, NJ Phone: (973) Fax: N/A Program Director: Christian Barcelos lvapassaic@verizon.net or lvanewark@verizon.net (ABE/ESL) Union County Union County College Lead) Agency 40 West Jersey St., Elizabeth, Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Program Director: Marlene Moreira-Loff mloff@ucc.edu Finance: Shirley Hollie-Davis (908) holliedavis@ucc.edu - Test Provided (TASC, paper/computer) Urban Workforce Advantage (Union) (ABE/ESL/Civics) 49 Broad St. 2 nd floor, Elizabeth, NJ (no HSE prep) Phone: (908) Fax: ((908) Program Director: Julio Sabater jsabater@workforceadvantageusa.com Elizabeth Board of Education (ABE/ESL/HSE) 500 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Program Director: Rosa Carbone carbonro@elizabeth.k12.nj.us Literacy Volunteers Union County Affiliate, Inc Chestnut St., Roselle, NJ Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Program Director: Elizabeth Gloeggler (908) , Ext elizabeth@lvaunion.org or headquarters@lvaunion.org

13 Linden Board of Education (ABE/ESL/HSE) 121 W. St. Georges Ave., Linden, NJ Phone: (908) ext or 3848 Fax: (908) Program Director: Jean Forstenhausler