TWP has its roots in the waterfront city of Hoboken in Hudson County, New Jersey, where Monsignor Robert Meyer (affectionately known as “Father Bob”), pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Parish saw the development of high-rises, brownstones, and condos in stark contrast with a growing homeless population.
 

 When parishioners learned that Father Bob was also an attorney (he received his civil law degree from Seton Hall University), some asked him for legal advice. He says, “I began to wonder how many people don’t come forward and ask. And I thought, maybe we should be more proactive about this.” So began the process of opening a legal center right in the church basement with funds generously given by the parish.

Father Bob reached out to friends and parishioners who were also attorneys to serve on the TWP Board. TWP was incorporated in 2013 and for the first three years operated out of the church basement with their first part-time Executive Director, Elizabeth Caraballo, Esq., screening all the clients and doing her best to find pro bono legal counsel for them. TWP expanded to a satellite office in Weehawken and, in 2016, signed a lease for offices in Jersey City generously provided by Hudson County.
 

At the same time, TWP broadened the scope of the services offered to include housing counseling, assisting  low and moderate-income tenants as a participating agency of the HUD-certified housing counseling program. Today, The Waterfront Project proudly supports families and communities across Northern New Jersey.