KEY PHONE NUMBERS – Toll-Free HELP LINES & HOTLINES
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 )
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
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)
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