Get ready to apply
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Work First New Jersey Emergency Assistance
What you get
Help with overdue housing or utility bills, shelter, rent, deposits, moving costs, or essential furniture. Open now.
- Who starts it
- You
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Utility shutoff notice when emergency utility help is requested.
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What their form asks
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
Have ready
- Utility shutoff notice when emergency utility help is requested.
- Eviction or foreclosure notice when help is requested to prevent loss of housing.
- Information or verification showing current homelessness or imminent homelessness when shelter or temporary housing is requested.
After you send
Tell county staff about any immediate need and provide the matching shutoff, eviction, foreclosure, or homelessness evidence. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.