Welcome to Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity (OEO)

Camden County OEO is a private, non-profit agency dedicated to serving and uplifting economically disadvantaged and moderate income individuals and families in Camden County, New Jersey since 1965.

Our dual purpose is arranging for or providing material assistance that gives immediate relief to economically disadvantaged persons in emergency circumstances. In addition, we provide programs and services to help clients achieve self-sufficiency.

Arnold N. Byrd

Executive Director

Faheem El Saleem

Board President

Our Mission Statement is our action plan for uplifting economically disadvantaged individuals and families in Camden County and providing programs and services to help them achieve self-sufficiency.

In the interest of the underprivileged, poor, handicapped, uneducated, unskilled, or otherwise disadvantaged persons, it is intended that through related efforts resources available from the Federal, State and Local sources be utilized in the making of a broad scale attack upon poverty with a view toward eliminating it as a destructive force on our society.

The Promise of Community Action

Community Action Partnership (CAP) programs are dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of people and communities. As a CAP organization, Camden County OEO provides opportunities and support for people in Camden County, New Jersey to learn and grow in self-sufficiency, and to become involved in helping their neighbors

and improving the conditions in their communities.

Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity, Inc.

538 S. Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103

Phone: (856) 964-6887 • Fax: (856) 365-2784