Topics |
Telephone Numbers |
Description |
Translation Services |
| AIDS/HIV |
1-877-613-4533 |
AIDS Drug Distribution Program (ADDP) –- Information and help applying for ADDP, which provides life-sustaining and life-prolonging medications to low-income persons with no other source of payment for the drugs. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| 1-800-624-2377 |
AIDS/Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Hotline -- Information and referral services for HIV and STD prevention and treatment services. |
Multilingual Services |
1-800-353-3232
|
Health Insurance Continuation Program -- Information and help applying for the insurance continuation program for people with HIV/AIDS who are unable to maintain their private insurance because of their illness. |
Spanish Translators Available |
1-866-HIV-CHECK
(1-866-448-2432) |
Rapid HIV testing –- Information on the rapid HIV test and help finding a testing site. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| Black Infant Mortality |
1-800- 328-3838 |
Information on Black infant mortality and available prevention services. |
Language Line Services |
| Charity Care |
1-866-588-5696 |
Hospital Care Payment Assistance Program (Charity care) -– Information on New Jersey’s program providing payment assistance to hospitals offering inpatient and outpatient services to the poor. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| Complaints about Health Care Facilities |
1-800-792-9770 |
Complaint Hotline –- Members of the public – including patients and health care facility employees - may call to file complaints about hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, comprehensive personal care homes, adult medical day care, pediatric medical day care facilities, and a range of other licensed acute- and long-term care facilities. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| Consumer Reports on Health Care Quality |
1-800-418-1397 |
Call to obtain copies of two consumer reports produced by DHSS -- Cardiac Surgery in New Jersey and the New Jersey Hospital Performance Report. |
No Translation Services |
| Department of Health and Senior Services |
1-800-367-6543
|
Toll-free number to reach all DHSS offices. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| Early Intervention System |
1-800-322-8174 |
Project Child Find –- Information and referral service for children with developmental delays and disabilities, birth through 21 years of age. |
Spanish Translators Available |
| Environmental Health and Radon |
1-800-792-8831 |
Info Line -- Offers information on environmental health and radon issues. |
No Translation Services |
| Family Health |
1-800-328-3838 |
Family Health Line -- Information and referral to health screening and treatment services. Areas in which help is available include: addiction during pregnancy, prenatal care,
post-partum depression awareness and treatment,
child and adolescent services, family planning, WIC services, immunization, cystic fibrosis, cancer education and early detection, and finding a primary health care center. |
Language Line Services |
| Hepatitis B Information |
1-800-792-8831 |
Info Line -- Offers information on Hepatitis B. |
No Translation Services |
| Immunization Information |
1-800-792-8831 |
Info Line -- Offers information on immunization in New Jersey. |
No Translation Services |
Nursing Home Ombudsman
(Department of the Public Advocate)
|
1-877-582-6995 |
Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly Hotline -- Concerned persons may file complaints about abuse, neglect or exploitation of persons age 60 or older in long-term care facilities. Callers may remain anonymous. |
No Translation Services |
| Poison Control |
1-800-222-1222
(Emergency Line) |
New Jersey Poison Information and Education System Emergency Hotline –- The public can access immediate information and emergency treatment in case of poisoning. |
|
| Postpartum Depression |
1-800-328-3838 |
Information on post-partum depression (PPD) as well as treatment and referral services for women experiencing PPD. |
Language Line Services |
| Quit Smoking Services |
1-866-NJSTOPS
(1-866-657-8677) |
New Jersey Quitline -- Information, free individual counseling in 26 languages by trained counselors at the Mayo Clinic, and referral services for people who want to quit smoking. |
Multilingual Services |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) |
1-800-624-2377 |
STD/AIDS Hotline -- Information and referral services for STD and HIV prevention and treatment services. |
Multilingual Services |
|
Senior Services and Benefits |
1-877-222-3737 |
NJ EASE (New Jersey Easy Access, Single Entry) -- Find out about and access important federal, state and local senior services, through the state’s senior service delivery system. |
Language Line Services |
| 1-800-792-9745 |
Information on benefits and eligibility requirements for four programs: PAAD and Senior Gold prescription assistance, Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled, and the Lifeline utility assistance program. |
An operator speaks English and Spanish |
| 1-877-856-0877 |
Community Choice -- Counseling service for nursing home residents wishing to explore other long-term care options. |
No Translation Services |
| 1-800-792-8820 |
Senior Information Line –- Helps individuals 60 and older learn about various federal, state and local service programs. |
Language Line Services |
| SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) |
1-800-792-8820 |
SHIP Information Center –- Help for New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries who have problems with, or questions about, their health insurance. This includes questions about benefits, claims, supplement policies, prescription coverage and long-term care insurance. |
Language Line Services |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
1-800-545-7437 |
Resource Center -- Support to grieving families, including direct counseling and home visits by specially trained nurses. |
Language Line Services |
| WIC |
1-800-328-3838 or call
1-866-44NJWIC
(1-866-446-5942) |
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children –- Information on the program and help finding a WIC agency. |
Language Line Services |
