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KEY PHONE NUMBERS – Toll-Free HELP LINES & HOTLINES

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If you are deaf or hard of hearing, please call

1-877-294-4356 TTY

To access any hotline:

(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay )

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NJ 2-1-1

New Jersey 's Community Resource Phone or Website Guide

Just dial - 2-1-1

http://www.nj211.org/

 

Addictions Hotline of NJ

1-800-238-2333

 

Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund

1-800-335-FUND

(1-800-335-3863)

 

Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired

(CBVI) Hotline

 

1-877-685-8878

 

Child Care Help Line

1-800-332-9227

 

Child Support Hotline

1-877-NJ KIDS1

(1-877-655-4371)

 

Disaster Mental Health

1-877-294-HELP

(1-877-294-4357)

1-877-294-4356 TTY

(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay)

 

Division of Addiction Services

1-609-292-5760

1-609-292-6735 TTY

 

Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH)

1-800-792-8339 V/TTY

 

Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)

1-800-832-9173

 

Division of Disability Services (DDS)

1-888-285-3036

1-609-292-1210 TTY

 

Division of Family Development (DFD)

1-800-792-9773

 

Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services
1-800-356-1561

 

Division of Mental Health Services (DMHS)

1-800-382-6717

 

Domestic Violence

1-800-572-7233

 

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Federal: 1-800-929-1040

State: 1-888-895-8179

 

Food Stamps

1-800-687-9512

 

Gambling Addiction

1-800-GAMBLER

(1-800-426-2537)

 

Good Neighbors - Community Living for People with Disabilities

1-877-DHS-LINE

(1-877-347-5463)

 

Health Benefits Identification (HBID) Card Unit

Call if your plastic HBID card is lost or stolen

1-877-414-9251

 

Kinship Navigator Program

(raising relatives' children)

1-877-816-3211

 

Low Income Home Energy Assistance

(LIHEAP)

1-800-510-3102

 

Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Hotline

1-888-937-2835

 

NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid Call Center

1-800-356-1561

 

NJ Disaster Mental Health Helpline

1-877-294-HELP

(1-877-294-4357)

1-877-294-4356 TTY

(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay)

 

NJ FamilyCare

1-800-701-0710

1-800-701-0720 TTY

 

NJ Housing Resource Center (HRC)

(for accessible, affordable housing)

1-877-428-8844

www.njhousing.gov

 

NJ WorkAbility

1-888-285-3036

(from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ,

Mondays thru Fridays)

 

PAAD

(Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged & Disabled)

1-800-792-9745

 

PPMD

(Postpartum Mood Disorders) Hotline

1-800-328-3838

 

State Disability Insurance

(Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development)

1-609-292-7060

TDD – 1-609-292-8319

NJ Relay for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or

Speech-Impaired Text Telephone User

1-800-852-7899

 

Support for Working Families

(Transitional Supports Hotline)

1-877-951-9514

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Fund

1-888-285-3036

TDD – 1-609-292-1210

(from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ,

Mondays thru Fridays)

 

Universal Service Fund (USF)

(Help with utility bills for low-income families and individuals)

1-866-240-1347

 

Work First NJ

(Welfare for Families and Individuals)

1-800-792-9773

 

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The following help lines and hotlines are now part of the

Department of Children and Families (DCF)

 

Adoption Information

1-800-99-ADOPT

(1-800-992-3678)

 

Child Abuse/ Neglect Hotline

(State Central Registry Hotline)

1-877-NJ ABUSE

(1-877-652-2873)

 

Child Behavioral Health Services

1-877-652-7624

 

Division of Youth and Family Services

(DYFS) Action Line

1-800-331-DYFS

(1-800-331-3937)

 

Family Help Line

(for stressed parents)

1-800-THE KIDS

(1-800-843-5437)

 

Foster Care Information

1-877-NJ FOSTER

(1-877-653-6783)

 

Safe Haven for Infants

1-877-839-2339

 

Teen Pregnancy Hotline

1-800-THE KIDS

(1-800-843-5437)

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Additional Hotlines

The following numbers are for organizations that work in conjunction with or sometimes partner with the NJ Department of Human Services or the NJ Department of Children and Families; but they are not official government agencies. DHS and DCF are not responsible for the content of their publications or their services; but both departments feel that these organizations can provide valuable information and/or services for citizens.

 

NJ Self Help Group Clearinghouse

1-800-FOR-MASH

(1-800-367-6274)

 

Oxford House

1-800-689-6411

 

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