Helpful Information

Counseling Agencies
Cape Assist

609-522-5960 - Family, individual & group counseling, IOP, IDRC, Relapse Prevention substance abuse, mental health, anger management
Cape Counseling

609-465-4100 - Family, individual & group counseling, IOP, Relapse Prevention, IDRC, youth/adults, substance abuse, mental health, anger mgmt.
Family Matters Inc.

609-886-8666 - Family, individual & group counseling, IOP, Relapse Prevention, IDRC, youth/adults, substance abuse, mental health, anger mgmt.
Nancy Crafts

609-465-7788 - Family, marriage and individual counseling, substance abuse, eating disorders, domestic violence, anger management

Community Services
CMC Coalition Against Rape and Abuse
1-877-294-2272 or 609-522-6489
Mental Health Crisis Screening
609-465-5999
Mental Health Crisis Youth
877-652-7624
Suicide Hotline
1-855-654-6735 or visit http://njhopeline.com
Child Protection and Permanency
1-800-531-1259, 609-463-9652
Addiction Hotline of New Jersey
1-800-238-2333

General Help
NJ211
Dial 211 on your cell or visit www.nj211.org
Family Success Center
609-778-6226

Housing Issues
Homeless Hotline
609-886-1325 or 1-877-886-1325
Family Promise
609-846-7862
Social Services
609-886-6200

Information & Helpful Tips

Register Ready- NJ Special Needs Register for Disasters

“Register Ready – New Jersey’s Special Needs Registry for Disasters” allows New Jersey residents with disabilities or access and functional needs and their families, friends, caregivers and associates an opportunity to provide information to emergency response agencies so emergency responders can better plan to serve them in a disaster or other emergency. The information collected here is confidential and will not be available to the public. The information will be held securely and only used for emergency response and planning.

Click the link for more information: www.registerready.nj.gov

Project CHILD FIND 1-800-322-8174 Project CHILD FIND is a free referral service and public awareness campaign to assist in the identification of unserved/underserved youth with a delay or disability from birth through twenty-one years of age. In addition, Project CHILD FIND develops and distributes information to the public about early intervention services and special education programs throughout New Jersey.

Project CHILD FIND's comprehensive efforts include:

1. Assisting families of infants and toddlers, birth through two, concerned about their child’s development by directing all requests regarding early intervention to the family’s local Special Child Health Case Management Unit. If you need the number for your Special Child Health Case Management Unit, call: Project CHILD FIND 1-800-322-8174 2. Assisting families of preschoolers, three through five, concerned about their child’s development by directing requests to their local school district.

3. Helping families access community services through referral.

4. Promoting community and public awareness of all children with disabilities by providing information.

5. Assisting local school district boards of education to identify unserved children from age three through twenty-one who are in need of special education and related services.

Information through Project CHILD FIND may be obtained by calling the toll-free number, 1-800-322-8174, which is in service 7 days a week, 24-hours a day. All calls received are confidential. Project CHILD FIND was established by the New Jersey Department of Education through I.D.E.A., Part B funds from the U.S. Department of Education.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?
INFANTS and TODDLERS
For more information for accessing help for Infants and Toddlers (Birth to Three)

How to make a Referral
For further information on New Jersey’s Early Intervention System:
http://www. state.nj.us/health/fhs/eiphome.htm.
For further information on your Regional Early Intervention Collaborative
For further information on transition at age three http://njeis.org Order form for available brochures

PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AND STUDENTS

For more information for accessing help for Preschool Children and Students (Three through Twenty-one)
How to make a Referral
Child Development Checklist (print or order)
List de Verificacion del desarollo del nino (print or order)
Child Development Poster
Order form for available materials