Behavioral Health Referral and Resource Guide: Greater New Brunswick and Middlesex County (NJ)

This guide is designed to assist community-based and faith-based organizations as they help their clients and parishioners with behavioral health resources. The online version of the Guide contains a comprehensive list of resources offering support and services for behavioral health and substance use issues. This paper version of this Guide was conceived of and developed by the Alliance for a Healthier New Brunswick sponsored by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Healthier Middlesex (a joint project of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter’s University Hospital), and approximately 20 community-based and faith-based organizations. The online directory was developed by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Healthier Middlesex.  Please send all edits to the Guide to Maria Pellerano. 

The editors gratefully acknowledge RWJMS IT personnel for all their help and time spent developing the online database.

The resource guide is divided into the following sections:

  • Organizations, Support Groups, Helplines, and Trainings
  • Mental Health Counseling and Addiction Service Centers
  • Physical Health Facilities
  • Housing and Homelessness
  • Immigration Assistance
  • Transportation Services

For all the sections, please note the following:

All services are provided in English. If an organization provides services in other languages besides English, the authors noted this information in the entry under “Additional Languages.” If the organization only provides services in English, the authors have noted “None” under “Additional Languages.”

About the icons (pictures):

Support Resources Support – This icon indicates that the organization provides support groups for people with a health condition in common.
Training Resources Training – This icon indicates that the organization provides trainings.
Helpline Resources Helpline – This icon indicates that the organization sponsors a helpline or a hotline phone number. If known, hours of operation for the helpline or hotline are provided.
Directory Resources Directory – This icon indicates that organization’s website includes a directory of healthcare providers or referrals to other organizations for assistance.





Referral Directory

 

Referral Directory

2NDFloor Youth Helpline

This NJ Statewide youth helpline, 2NDFLOOR, is available 24-hours, seven-days-a-week, to children and young adults aged 10-24. It is a confidential and anonymous helpline to help youth find solutions to the problems they face. For those who would rather type than talk, 2NDFLOOR has an anonymous online message board. The message board is a place where you can talk about whatever is on your mind—stuff like problems at home or school, issues with friends, and even topics like stress, anxiety, sexuality, drugs, violence or abuse—basically, whatever is on your mind.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Youth, Adolescents (see Youth)
Contact Information:
Text or Call
 Phone: 888-222-2228 (text or call)
TTY: 732-264-1703

http://www.2NDFLOOR.org

Online Message Board https://www.2ndfloor.org/message-board/


Helpline Available

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for any people in distress, including prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States. Assistance is available for anxiety, Coronavirus (COVID-19), depression, eating disorders, emotional abuse, gun violence, loneliness, self-harm, and suicide.


Lifeline Crisis Text Line


Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool moment.


Via text: Text HOME to 741741


Keywords: Depression and Mood Disorders, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), Suicide, Youth
Contact Information:
Phone: 988 or
1-800-273-TALK (8255)

988lifeline.org


Helpline Available

Al-Anon Family Support Groups

Al-Anon is a mutual support group of peers who share their experience in applying the Al-Anon principles to problems related to the effects of a problem drinker in their lives. Support meetings are held in-person, by telephone, and through multiple electronic media. It is not group therapy and is not led by a counselor or therapist. This support network complements and supports professional treatment. Al-Anon also hosts Alateen meetings for teens struggling with the effects of another person's problem drinking.


Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (see also Substance Abuse), Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction, Youth
Contact Information:
https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/


Support Available

Alcoholics Anonymous Chapter Finder

Provides support for people with alcohol use disorder (AUD)


Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (see also Substance Abuse), Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction
Contact Information:
Online directory https://www.aa.org/find-aa/north-america


Support Available

ARC of Middlesex County

ARC of Middlesex County (ARC) serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. ARC provides comprehensive quality-of-life supports and services for a culturally diverse population of people with developmental and other disabilities and their families.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
219 BlackHorse Lane, #1
North Brunswick, NJ, 08902

Phone: 732-821-1199

http://www.arc-middlesex.org/


Autism New Jersey

Through clinical expertise, awareness, education, and public policy initiatives, Autism New Jersey leads the way to lifelong individualized services provided with skill and compassion. Autism New Jersey works to enhance resilience, abilities, and quality of life for those with autism and to connecting the community to referrals, services, and the latest information about autism. In addition, Autism New Jersey provides education, training, and support to parents and professionals.


Additional Languages: None for office or support; uses Google Translate on website for most languages
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Parents and Parenting
Contact Information:
500 Horizon Drive, Suite 530
Robbinsville, NJ, 08691

Office
 Phone: 609-588-8200
Helpline: 800-4-Autism

http://www.autismnj.org


Support Available Training Available Helpline Available

Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support—increasing understanding and acceptance of autism spectrum disorder.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
1060 State Road, 2nd Floor
Princeton, NJ, 08540

Phone: 609-228-7324

http://www.autismspeaks.org/


Support Available Training Available

Catholic Charities - Domestic Violence Counseling for Men and Women

Catholic Charities provides counseling for individuals in domestic violence situations who are court ordered or self-referred.  Services are also available for victims of abuse. Residents of Middlesex County or Franklin Township who are impacted by domestic violence are eligible for these services. Clients are usually seen for intake within 3-4 weeks. 

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Anger Management, Domestic Violence
Contact Information:
       
 Phone: 732-324-8200

Payment: Flat rate fee for services

http://www.ccdom.org/middlesex-domestic-violence


Support Available

Catholic Charities – Parent Education and Anger Management

Catholic Charities provides training and education services for parents in a 12-week group counseling setting. Residents of Middlesex County or Franklin Township are eligible for these services. The minimum age to participate is 18. If need arises, clients will be placed on a waiting list and assigned to the next scheduled group; each rotation is every 12 weeks.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Anger Management, Parents and Parenting
Contact Information:
Phone: 732-324-8200

Payment: Flat rate fee is charged per session

http://www.ccdom.org/parent-education


Support Available

Center for Great Expectations Roots To Recovery Outpatient Services

Roots To Recovery, an outpatient program provides personalized, impactful care in a safe, dignified environment for adults struggling with substance use and its related trauma so they can work toward lasting success. This program, specializing in treatment based on one’s gender identification with substance use and or co-occurring disorders, has a strong emphasis on trauma informed care. The program is uniquely focused on serving underserved populations, providing bilingual treatment as well as a welcoming environment for the LGBTQI community. Additional services provided at Roots To Recovery include: psychiatric care, medication management, family services, parenting education, relapse prevention skills, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, group counseling, and individual therapy.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Co-Occurring Disorders, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), Parents and Parenting, Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction, Women
Contact Information:
984 Bergen Avenue
Suite 104
North Brunswick, NJ, 08902

Phone: 732-993-6403

https://www.cge-nj.org/programs/roots-to-recovery-outpatient/


Central Jersey Family Health Consortium (CJFHC)

CJFHC is a leading private nonprofit 501(c)3 organization licensed by the N.J. Department of Health and part of a regionalized maternal and child health system. Its mission is to improve the health of women of childbearing age, infants, and children in the region through the collaborative efforts of member hospitals, providers, and consumers.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Anxiety/Stress, Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postpartum Women
Contact Information:
300 Silverline Drive
2nd Floor, Suite 1
North Brunswick , NJ, 08902

Phone: 732-937-5437

http://www.cjfhc.org/


Support Available Training Available

CHOICES—Consumers Helping Others Improve their Condition by Ending Smoking

CHOICES is an exciting consumer-driven program for smokers with mental illness in New Jersey. Its goal is to increase awareness of the importance of addressing tobacco use and to create a strong peer support network that encourages mental health consumers to make a positive healthy lifestyle change by addressing smoking and tobacco use.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Smoking
Contact Information:
317 George St.
Suite 105
New Brunswick , NJ, 08901

Phone: 732-235-8232

http://www.njchoices.org/


Support Available

Connecting NJ (formerly Family Connection Central Intake)

Connecting NJ provides women and families in Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset counties with information and referral to a variety of resources within their communities. The program assists women in accessing the most appropriate services for their needs. Family Connections Central Intake will help you find resources and services in your area such as behavioral health, transportation, housing, health insurance, child care, early childhood services, smoking and addiction services, parenting education and support, WIC, and nutrition. These services are provided to address individual needs and promote healthy lifestyles.

Additional Languages: Spanish for some programs
Keywords: Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment), Families, Homelessness and Housing, Parents and Parenting, Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction, Women
Contact Information:
30 Silverline Drive
2nd floor, Suite 1
North Brunswick , NJ, 08902

Phone: 888-551-6217

https://cjfhc.org/what-we-do/community/connecting-nj-formerly-central-intake.html


Helpline Available

Department of Children and Families (DCF) Family and Community Partnerships

DCF’s Family and Community Partnerships promotes the health, well-being and personal safety of New Jersey’s children and families by working together with parents, caregivers, organizations, and communities to ensure an effective network of support services, public education, and community advocacy to prevent maltreatment.

Additional Languages: Some documents on website translated into Spanish; Google Translate is available on website
Keywords: Parents and Parenting, Youth
Contact Information:
Phone: 609-888-7400

http://www.nj.gov/dcf/about/divisions/dfcp/


Support Available

Depression Bipolar Support Alliance NJ

This organization is a mood-disorder self-help support group affiliated with the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). The mission of DBSA is to improve the lives of people living with a mood disorder, and their loved ones. People who are living with depression or bipolar disorder (manic depression), and their families and friends, are welcome. The goal is to help support group participants towards wellness.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Depression and Mood Disorders, Suicide
Contact Information:
Phone: 908-672-9250

http://dbsanewjersey.org/middlesex-county/


Support Available

Disaster Distress Help Line

The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster. Call or text 1-800-985-5990 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.


Keywords: Anxiety/Stress, Disasters (Natural or Man-Made)
Contact Information:
Phone: 800-985-5990

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline


Helpline Available

Division of Developmental Disabilities

The Division of Developmental Disabilities provides public funding for services and supports that assist New Jersey adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, age 21 and older, to live as independently as possible. Services and supports are available in the community from independent providers and in five state-run developmental centers.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
222 South Warren Street
Trenton , NJ, 08608

Phone: 800-832-9173

http://www.nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/home/


Support Available

Easter Seals

Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work, and play in our communities. From child development centers to physical rehabilitation and job training for people with disabilities, Easter Seals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life’s challenges and achieve personal goals.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
25 Kennedy Boulevard,
Suite 600
East Brunswick, NJ, 08816

Phone: 732-257-6662

http://www.easterseals.com/nj/our-programs/camping-recreation/


Support Available

Elijah’s Promise

Elijah’s Promise strives to break the cycle of poverty in the community. Elijah’s Promise’s Homeless Empowerment Action Response Team (HEART) program brings food, blankets, hygiene products, and service referrals to homeless men and women across Middlesex County. From help finding shelter and housing, to help getting into treatment for substance abuse or mental illness, staff and peer workers outreach to help homeless people get off the streets. Living with a substance use or mental disorder often is associated with homelessness. HEART will connect individuals who experience homelessness to mental health counselors, drug-abuse counselors, and in-treatment programs.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment), Homelessness and Housing, Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction
Contact Information:
211 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Phone: 732-545-9002

https://elijahspromise.org


Support Available

Family Support Organization of Middlesex County

Family Support Organization of Middlesex County provides support to families of children with behavioral or emotional challenges and developmental disabilities. The Family Support Organization provides high-quality, family-friendly, child-centered services, including support groups.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
1 Ethel Road
Suite 108
Edison , NJ, 08817

Phone: 732-287-8701

http://www.middlesexresourcenet.org/search/the-family-support-organization-of-middlesex-county/


Support Available

Garden State Equality

Garden State Equality lifts the diverse voices of LGBTQ+ communities through education and advocacy to advance the movement for equality in New Jersey and nationally. The organization works tirelessly to ensure the communities we serve experience lived equality. Garden State Equality is New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization. Garden State Equality’s services include advocacy, policy work, and trainings. The organization works to address safe environments for youth, improvement of health services that meet LGBTQ+ community needs, and respectful treatment of seniors. The organization supports New Jersey’s activist community by bringing an LGBTQ+ lens to the shared struggle for justice.


Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), Youth, Adolescents (see Youth)
Contact Information:
1408 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ, 07712

Phone: 973-509-5428

https://www.gardenstateequality.org


Training Available

GLMA

GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.  GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research. GLMA hosts an online Provider Directory that includes information on primary care providers, specialists, behavioral health therapists, dentists and other health professionals.

Additional Languages: None
Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ)
Contact Information:
http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?nodeid=1

Website (provider directory) https://glmaimpak.networkats.com/members_online_new/members/dir_provider.asp


IME Addictions Access Center (formerly New Jersey Addiction Services Helpline)

The New Jersey Addiction Services Helpline provides information and referral to substance abuse treatment agencies statewide. This free service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and all information shared is confidential.

Additional Languages: Bilingual staff for Spanish, and language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment), Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction
Contact Information:
Phone: 844-276-2777

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/home/hotlines/IME%20Addictions%20Access%20Center%20flyer.pdf


Helpline Available

LGBT National Help Center

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center, provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The organization operates three national hotlines, the LGBT National Hotline, the LGBT National Youth Talkline, the LGBT National Senior Hotline, and a private one-to-one online chat for youth and adults with coming-out issues, safer-sex information, school bullying, family concerns, relationship problems and a lot more. The organizations also runs weekly moderated chat rooms for LGBT youth and teens to find support, acceptance and community.

Additional Languages: None
Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), Seniors, Youth
Contact Information:
LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 | LGBT National Senior Hotline: 888-688-5428
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LGBT National Youth Talkline
 Phone: 800-246-PRIDE (7743)

https://www.lgbthotline.org


Support Available Helpline Available

Manavi

Manavi is dedicated to ending all forms of violence and exploitation against South Asian women living in the United States. Manavi provides advocacy and direct services to victims of intimate violence. Manavi organizes support groups for South Asian women once a month in New Brunswick. These sessions, run by trained facilitators, are completely confidential, and childcare is provided.

Additional Languages: Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Telagu, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Kannada, Farsi, French, Swahili, Kikuyu
Keywords: Domestic Violence
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 3103
New Brunswick, NJ, 08903

Phone: 732-435-1414

http://manavi.org


Support Available

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid is an in-person training that teaches one how to help people who may experience signs of mental illness or are in a crisis. It teaches signs of addictions and mental illnesses, impact of mental and substance use disorders, local resources and where to turn for help, and includes a five-step action plan to assess a situation and help.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Mental Health Training, Mental Health Support
Contact Information:
http://www.Mentalhealthfirstaid.org


Training Available

Middlesex County Center for Empowerment: Sexual Violence Services

The state-designated sexual violence program for Middlesex County. The Center for Empowerment supports survivors, and significant others, affected by sexual violence and seeks to eliminate all forms of sexual violence through community awareness and education. Services include crisis intervention, information and referral via a 24-hour hotline, forensic evidence collection, and counseling for current or past sexual abuse.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Sexual Abuse and Violence
Contact Information:
29 Oakwood Avenue
Edison , NJ, 08837

Phone: 877-665-7273 or 732-321-1189

https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/government/departments/department-of-public-safety-and-health/office-of-health-services/center-for-empowerment


Training Available Helpline Available

Mom2Mom HelpLine Program

Mom2Mom is a 24/7 support helpline accessible to mothers and caregivers of children with special needs throughout the state. The helpline and other programs are staffed by mothers of children with special needs who have been trained as counselors with the support of mental health clinicians.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
151 Centennial Avenue
Piscataway, NJ, 08854

Phone: 877-914-6662

http://mom2mom.us.com


Helpline Available

Moving Forward Community Wellness Center

The Moving Forward Community Wellness Center is a place where adult mental health consumers gather in a warm, safe, supportive, and friendly environment—an environment designed to empower consumers to realize a lifestyle centered on wellness and recovery.

Additional Languages: None
Keywords: Mental Health Training
Contact Information:
25 Elizabeth Street
2nd Floor, Suite H
New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Phone: 732-317-2920


Support Available

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI offers peer-led programs to community settings such as churches and schools. With the unique understanding of people with lived experience, these programs and support groups provide outstanding free education, skills training and support. Programs include educational classes, presentations, support groups, and outreach & advocacy. As a self-help organization, NAMI NJ is especially sensitive to the concept of mutual caring and responsibility implicit in family relationships and reaching out in that context to families from various cultures that are affected by serious mental illness.

Additional Languages: Spanish, Chinese and a variety of South Asian languages
Keywords: Anxiety/Stress, Self Help and Peer Support, Suicide, Mental Health Support
Contact Information:
1562 Route 130
North Brunswick, NJ , 08902

Phone: 732-940-0991 

All Services http://www.naminj.org/programs/

African-American services http://www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/aactnow/

Chinese-American services http://www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/camhop/

Spanish http://www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/nami-nj-en-espanol/

South Asian sercices http://www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/samhaj/


Support Available Training Available

New Jersey Disaster Mental Health Helpline (NJ Disaster Mental Health Helpline)

NJ Disaster Mental Health Helpline provides public access to targeted mental health services in case of natural or man-made disaster or terrorist attack. The helpline is equipped to quickly develop resources to better assist New Jersey’s affected populations. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Additional Languages: Language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment), Disasters (Natural or Man-Made)
Contact Information:
Phone: 877-294-HELP (4357)

https://www.njmentalhealthcares.org/disaster-services/


Helpline Available

New Jersey Hopeline (NJ Suicide Prevention Hopeline)

Available through a hotline, chat, email, and text services, the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline’s goal is to lessen the amount of distress you or your loved one are currently experiencing and work collaboratively to develop a resolution to the stressors you or your loved one are experiencing.


Text: njhopeline@ubhc.rutgers.edu (expect a reply within 24-hours, any day of the year)


Keywords: Suicide
Contact Information:
Phone: 855-654-6735

Website https://njhopeline.com


New Jersey Veterans Helpline (NJ Vet2Vet)

New Jersey Vet2Vet is a 24-hour/7-day-a-week helpline coordinated by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. The free, confidential helpline features peer counseling for veterans, members of the Air/Army National Guard, and family members. In addition, services include providing this population access to a support network of mental health professionals. Also offer services via LiveChat and email.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Veterans
Contact Information:
Phone: 866-838-7654

http://ubhc.rutgers.edu/vet2vet/

Live Chat https://www.njvet2vet.com/live-chat/

Email support https://www.njvet2vet.com/email-support/


Helpline Available

NJ Children’s System of Care Administered by PerformCare

Register, authorize, and coordinate services for children, youth, and young adults who are experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, are impacted by substance use treatment needs, or have an intellectual/developmental disability.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction
Contact Information:
Phone: 877-652-7624

http://www.performcarenj.org/


NJ Family Health Line (formerly the Perinatal Mood Disorders (PMD) and Postpartum Depression (PPD) helpline)

The Family Health Line (formerly the Perinatal Mood Disorders (PMD) and Postpartum Depression (PPD) helpline) is available to provide resources and information to women and their families regarding general questions, treatment services, support groups, and referrals to counseling for PMD and PPD. The toll-free helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Additional Languages: Language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Depression and Mood Disorders, Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postpartum Women
Contact Information:
Phone: 800-328-3838

https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/primarycare/family-health-line/


Helpline Available

NJ211

NJ 211 is a free, confidential information and referral service that connects people to resources such as day care centers, shelters, affordable housing units, social services, training programs, and medical insurance.

Additional Languages: Language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction, Youth
Contact Information:
Phone: 211

https://www.nj211.org


Helpline Available

NJMentalHealthCares

NJMentalHealthCares is a phone line and online directory staffed by behavioral care specialists who use their experience and understanding of the behavioral health system to connect people to the services and information they need. The online directory holds information on more than 3,400 services. This service is free. The phone line is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Additional Languages: Language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment)
Contact Information:
Phone: 866-202-4357 or TTY 977-294-4356

http://www.njmentalhealthcares.org/

Online directory https://njmentalhealthcares.communityos.org/zf/taxonomy/directory


Helpline Available

NJMentalHealthCares Help Line

Behavioral health staff specialists offer help to people dealing with anxiety and worry related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and other mental health concerns. New Jerseyans may call for free, confidential support. The help line is answered by trained specialists from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.


Keywords: Anxiety/Stress
Contact Information:
Phone: (866) 202-HELP (4357)

https://www.njmentalhealthcares.org/


Helpline Available

PerformCare NJ

PerformCare is a full-service behavioral health managed care company, supporting members in the public sector. Committed to providing superior, innovative solutions in behavioral health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, human services, and integrated health programs. PerformCare New Jersey utilizes significant expertise and integrated technologies to register, authorize, and coordinate services for children, youth, and young adults who are experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, are impacted by substance use treatment needs, or have an intellectual/developmental disability. PerformCare administers the publicly funded developmental disability service delivery system for children under 21, including application for Developmental Disability Services, which can provide respite care, therapy, recreational activities, and assistive devices, and offers behavioral health care, which includes counseling and mentoring for all children experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, as well as Mobile Response and stabilization services for urgent and crisis situations.

Additional Languages: Language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Developmental Disabilities
Contact Information:
300 Horizon Drive
Suite 306
Robbinsville, NJ, 08961

Phone: 877-652-7624

http://www.performcarenj.org/


Helpline Available

Pride Center of New Jersey

The Pride Center of New Jersey provides comprehensive programming which fosters the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ) community. The Center increases public acceptance and champions social change for the LGBTIQ community through education and outreach. The Pride Center of New Jersey offers a number of support groups.

Additional Languages: The Centers offers a Spanish-speaking social/support group.
Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ)
Contact Information:
85 Raritan Avenue
Suite 100
Highland Park, NJ, 08904-2701

Phone: 732-846-2232

https://www.pridecenter.org

Website for support groups https://www.pridecenter.org/support-groups.html


Support Available

Puerto Rican Action Board (PRAB) New Brunswick

The Puerto Rican Action Board, Inc. (PRAB) addresses community needs by coordinating available community resources and administrative programs that improve the quality of life of the low-income community of the central New Jersey area. PRAB hosts the Harmony Family Success Center (FSC), a neighborhood gathering place where any Middlesex County resident can go for support, information, and services. The FSC provides services directly, collaborates with community agencies to provide services on site, and helps arrange access to off-site resources where necessary. The Harmony Family Success Center uses a collaborative approach to service provision where local residents serve as mentors and decision makers, and families use strengths/skills to problem solve. All activities and programs are designed and developed to ensure sensitivity to the values and cultures of the community and the families being served.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Families, Homelessness and Housing
Contact Information:
71 Brunswick Woods Drive
East Brunswick, NJ, 08816

Phone: 732-832-7535

https://prab.org


Support Available Training Available

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, RWJBarnabas Health

Self-help and support groups that meet at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital provide individuals and family members with information, education, and assistance in learning to cope with the emotional and practical aspects of an illness and other health-related conditions. These groups are also a wonderful opportunity to meet others and share information, experiences, strengths, and hopes.

Additional Languages: Interpreters for some languages; language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Hospitals, Self Help and Peer Support
Contact Information:
https://www.rwjbh.org/rwj-university-hospital-new-brunswick/treatment-care/support-services/


Support Available

Safe + Sound Somerset

Safe + Sound Somerset (formerly the Resource Center of Somerset) is the Domestic Violence Resource Center for Somerset County. It provides a safe and supportive environment that promotes healing and assists individuals as they engage in their journey from victims to survivors.  Services include emergency shelter, legal advocacy, outreach counseling, community education, volunteer Domestic Violence Response Teams, and transitional housing. Services are open to survivors of domestic abuse, including women, men and children, and are confidential, free and available in English and Spanish.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse and Violence
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 835
Somerville, NJ, 08876

24-Hour Toll-Free Hotline (call or text)
Phone: 866-685-1122

https://www.safe-sound.org


Support Available Helpline Available

Saint Peter’s University Hospital

Saint Peter’s University Hospital (SPUH) sponsors free support groups for those who seek emotional or spiritual comfort in the company of their peers. All programs are open to the public and meet at Saint Peter’s University Hospital unless otherwise indicated on the hospital’s website. See the SPUH’s Events page for more information.

Additional Languages: Interpreters for some languages; language line service available for most languages
Keywords: Hospitals
Contact Information:
https://www.saintpetershcs.com/Events


Support Available

Somerset County Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS), Safe + Sound Somerset

Somerset County Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) program is a free service available to anyone who has been impacted by rape, sexual assault, incest, or any type of sexual violence. The program offers a confidential 24-hour hotline; crisis counseling with trained, licensed clinicians for survivors, families, and loved ones; support groups for adult survivors based on an empowerment model; and survivor accompaniment to the police station, hospital, or court.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Sexual Abuse and Violence
Contact Information:
Call / text 24 hour helpline
 Phone: 866-685-1122

https://www.safe-sound.org


Support Available Helpline Available

Teen PEP

The Teen Prevention Education (Teen PEP) is a comprehensive, sexual health program that utilizes peer-to-peer education to increase students´ knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors associated with healthy decision-making. Teen PEP is implemented in high schools and in organizations as an after-school program. Locally, this program is hosted by high schools in Franklin, Highland Park, Middlesex, Monroe Township, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and South Brunswick.

Additional Languages: Unknown
Keywords: Youth
Contact Information:
http://www.teenpep.org/index.cfm


Support Available Training Available

Trans Lifeline

Trans Lifeline offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis by trans people.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ)
Contact Information:
Hotline
 Phone: 877-565-8860

https://www.translifeline.org


Helpline Available

Trevor Project

Crisis counselors are trained to answer calls, chats, or texts from LGBTQ young people under 25 who reach out on the organization’s free, confidential and secure 24/7 service when they are struggling with issues such as coming out, LGBTQ identity, depression, and suicide.


Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), Suicide
Contact Information:
Phone: 866-488-7386
Text: START to 678678

Access Chat: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/


Helpline Available

Wellspring Center for Prevention

Wellspring Center for Prevention is a nonprofit, community-based health organization providing prevention, education, information, and referral services to county residents, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations, municipal alliances, and social service agencies. In addition, Wellspring offers an ever-expanding array of professional development courses for addiction counselors, prevention specialists, and school faculty and staff. All courses are approved for initial or renewal credits toward multiple state and national credentials. Courses are available in traditional classroom and e-Learning formats.

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (see also Substance Abuse), Directory Services (provides referrals to other agencies for treatment), Substance Abuse/Substance Use Disorders/Addiction
Contact Information:
620 Cranbury Road
Suite 105
East Brunswick, NJ, 08816

Phone: 732-254-3344

General services http://www.WellspringPrevention.org/

Training courses http://www.WellspringPrevention.org/training


Training Available

Women Aware

Provides emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, 24-hour crisis intervention and hotline counseling, legal information and advocacy, and support groups for women in two locations throughout the county.

Toll-free number: 833-249-4504

Additional Languages: Spanish
Keywords: Domestic Violence
Contact Information:
250 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Office
 Phone: 732-249-4900
Hotline: 732-249-4504

https://www.womenaware.net/


Support Available Helpline Available