Local Crisis Centers, Shelters, and Hotlines

Hope Pregnant Teens, Inc.

1455 Liberty Ave.

Hillside, NJ 07205

Phone: 926-5642

Provides individual, group and family counseling to all adolescents "at risk", young mothers, pregnant teens, teen father and all families.

Hotline

P.O. Box 101

Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Phone: 766-6200

Offers free, confidential telephone help to anyone who has problems, needs information, needs someone to talk to.

Mount Carmel Guild Mental Health Center

1238 St. George's Ave.

Linden, NJ 07036

Phone: 925-7980

Provides individual, group and family counseling services as well as psychiatric evaluations.

New Jersey Division of Youth And Family Services

208 Commerce Place

Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Phone: 820-3000

It is the state agency mandate to investigate allocations of child abuse and neglect.  The goal is to preserve and strengthen family life so that families are able to stay together and function smoothly on their own.

P.A.C.T.--Parent And Children Together

141 South Main Street

Manville, NJ 08835

Phone: 725-2266

A home-based intervention program for parents with developmental disabilities and their children.

Rescue Squad-Mountainside

1401 Route 22 East

Mountainside, NJ 07092

Phone: 232-8100

Emergency medical aid and transportation

Union County Board of social Services(Welfare)

80 Broad Street

Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Phone: 351-1112

Food Stamps; public assistance and non-public assistance.

Union County Children's Shelter

1052 Plainfield Ave.

Bekeley Hights, NJ 07922

Phone: 322-4628

24 hour emergency facility for the abused, neglected and abandoned children of Union County.

Union County Rape Crisis Center, Department of Human Services

Division of Planning

300 North Ave, East

Westfild, NJ 07090

Phone:233-7273

Individual and group counseling to victims of sexual assault, friends and families.

Union County Program for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Narcotic Addiction

1130 East St. George's Ave

Linden, NJ 07036

Phone: 925-6600

Provides information and referral services for drug users and their families.

Urban Women's Center

40 Fowler Street

Trenton, NJ 08618

Phone: 609-392-5959

Counseling;displaced homemaker services; information & resource center; job placements; mini-courses.

Self-Help Groups:

Child Abuse--800-843-5437

Sexual Abuse/Incest/Rape--908-464-9697

Spouse Abuse/Domestic violence--908-355-1995

Drug Abuse--800-736-9805