> Represent Yourself Community Resources
Many people with legal problems need other types of non-legal help as well. The resources listed on this site provide a wide range of aid and information to people in need. They are broken down into three categories: Emergency Resources, Aid and Services, and Information Only. Some of the links will take you away from LSNJ's website, and you will access an external website that LSNJ does not control. LSNJ cannot attest to the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of the information provided by these outside links. Linking to a website does not constitute an endorsement of any of the products or information presented on the site by LSNJ or any of its employees.
EMERGENCY RESOURCES
New Jersey Office of Emergency Management - This site provides advice and resources for people with disabilities and their families to help them plan to meet special needs during emergencies.
Domestic Violence Emergency Resources: Comprehensive list of programs, organized by county, that provide emergency services, including shelter and counseling for victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families
Rape Care Programs: List of rape crisis programs by county.
Code Blue: New Jersey Emergency Cold Weather Shelters (from NJ-211)
NJ Cooling Centers (from NJ-211)
- Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
- The Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
- LGBT National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564
- LGBTQI+ Resources (from the NJ Department of Children and Families)
AID AND SERVICES
Division of Deaf and the Hard of Hearing: This site provides information and referral services, technical assistance, advocacy and much more to the deaf and hard of hearing community in New Jersey.
Division of Disability Services: Information and referral assistance for people with disabilities (from the New Jersey Department of Human Services)
Job Accommodation Network - This site provides free information, advice and assistance on job accommodations to help people with disabilities get and maintain employment.
New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (from Jobs4Jersey/The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development) - This New Jersey state agency site provides information on services available to help people with disabilities get and keep jobs. Its sister agency for people with visual impairments is Vocational Rehabilitation (from the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired).
Mental Health
- Directory of Mental Health Services (from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services)
- Mental Health Association of New Jersey: Nonprofit that provides education, support, and advocacy; can refer to the nearest mental health facility
- Mental Health Resources: List of services available for people in crisis
- National Alliance on Mental Illness, New Jersey (NAMINJ): Offers referrals and resource information in many languages
- NJ Psychological Association: Statewide referral service
- Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH Program): List of organizations that provide services for the PATH program, which assists people with mental illness who are at risk of homelessness
- Psychology Today: Site includes a search engine to find a therapist
Guide to Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: List of services with links to other websites; includes a wallet card with important phone numbers, addiction hotline numbers.
New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence: The statewide domestic violence agency who can assist with resources and information related to a domestic violence situation.
Family Success Centers (from the NJ Department of Children and Families): “One-stop” shops that provide wrap-around resources and supports for families. Services include child abuse prevention services; information about child, maternal, and family health services; information and referral services; life skills training; advocacy; and housing-related services.
Resources for homeless clients with pets:
- Safe Escape Grants (from Red Rover) - Helps families with pets safely escape domestic violence together. Funding is mainly provided to help with the cost of temporary pet boarding while a client is in a domestic violence shelter, though other costs associated with boarding (like vaccinations) can be considered.
- St. Hubert's Temporary Crisis Care
Social Security Office Locations (searchable by state or zip code)
Food Programs
- Community Food Bank of New Jersey (CFN-NJ)
- Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens (from 2-1-1)
- New Jersey Food Pantries (from FoodPantries.org)
- Fulfill - Monmouth and Ocean counties.
- Hunger Free New Jersey
- Food Pantry Listings by County (from Rutgers)
- National School Lunch Program (from the Food Research and Action Center)
- Salvation Army: Phone numbers and addresses for Salvation Army programs that provide emergency assistance
- School Breakfast Program (from the Food Research and Action Center)
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services)
- WIC, Frequently Asked Questions (from the US Department of Agriculture)
- Medical Assistance Customer Center - MACCs (from the NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services)
- New Jersey Medicinal Marijuana Program (from the New Jersey Department of Health) - Information for Patients
- New Jersey Dental Clinic Directory: List of clinics for low-income, uninsured people, published by New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Family Health Services
- New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
- NJ Helps: Screens people for eligibility for social services programs
- New Jersey Federally Qualified Health Centers (from the NJ Department of Health)
- NJ Save (from the NJ Department of Human Services) - Medicare premiums, prescription costs, living expenses.
- Over-the-counter Products: Types of over-the-counter medicines and information about how they work (from the American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Alzheimer’s Adult Day Services Program: Provides subsidies for adult day services (from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services)
- Alzheimer’s Association: Provides advocacy, education, funding for research, and support for families
- Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center: General information from the Department of Health and Human Services
- Autism New Jersey: Provides advocacy, information, services and support
- Division of Disabilities: DDD coordinates and provides services for eligible persons with disabilities.
- Family Support Center of NJ: Clearinghouse for support services, education, and advocacy for families with children with disabilities
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN): Parent advocacy organization that provides training, information, resources, and support to parents of children with special needs
- Cancer Search: Search engine for cancer resources (from the Department of Health and Senior Services)
- Cancer: The New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection Screening Program (CEED): Provides free screening and other services for income-eligible people.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center: Contains an extensive list of internet sites on related topics
- 2014-15 NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook: Contains guidelines and recommendations for institutions to protect the health and safety of student athletes
- HIV, STD, and TB Services: Lists information about New Jersey agencies that provide HIV prevention services, care and treatment, and other support services; searchable by agency and by county (from the NJ Department of Health)
- AIDSinfo: Information from the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Common Patient Assistance Program Application Tool (from NASTAD) - A single application for individuals, who are uninsured and living with HIV, to apply for multiple assistance programs to provide complete antiretroviral therapy.
- Free Medications for Individuals with HIV/AIDS (from the NJ Department of Health): Describes the federal Ryan White Part B AIDS Drug Distribution Program (ADDP), which funds prescription and insurance programs in all 50 states for eligible people living with HIV or AIDS
- Hyacinth AIDS Foundation: Nonprofit that provides education, support, and advocacy
- Co-Pay Relief: Provides co-payment assistance to insured patients who are financially and medically qualified.
- Diabetes Foundation Medical Assistance Program: The Diabetes Foundation’s Medical Assistance Program provides short-term emergency support to patients who are unable to pay for diabetes medications or supplies.
- Needy Meds: A prescription discount card that can be used at participating pharmacies, but cannot be used in combination with insurance. There are no income, residency, or insurance requirements for this program.
- National Organization of Rare Disorders: NORD is a not-for-profit coalition that focuses on helping people with “rare orphan” diseases. Their website links to their patient assistance program to help uninsured and under-insured individuals afford the life-sustaining medications they cannot afford.
- NJ Save (from the NJ Department of Human Services) - Medicare premiums, prescription costs, living expenses.
- Retail Stores/Pharmacy programs
- RX Assist
- RX Outreach
- Rx Savings Plus: This discount card can be used any time your prescription is not covered by insurance. It can be used at CVS/pharmacy, Target, Rite Aid, and 60,000 participating pharmacies.
- Traumatic Brain Injury Fund: The Fund allows New Jersey residents who have survived an acquired brain injury to obtain the services and supports they need to live in the community, when insurance, personal resources and/or public programs are unavailable to meet their needs.
- Goodwill Home Medical Equipment: Provides gently used, durable medical equipment at a greatly reduced rate. There are no income or insurance eligibility requirements.
- Directory of Services for Pregnant and Parenting Women: Publication compiled by the Northern New Jersey Maternal/Child Health Consortium
- Treatment Directory: Directory of Programs available for addiction services (from the New Jersey Department of Human Services)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Information and links to federally sponsored mental health and substance abuse programs throughout the country
- Homelessness and Addiction (from AddictionCenter.com)
- Treatment Services: DHS site that provides information about addiction services in New Jersey
Homelessness, Shelters, and Emergency Housing
- Directory of Homeless Service Organizations (from the National Coalition for the Homeless)
- Homelessness Prevention Program Contact Information (from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs): Contact numbers by county
- PATH Program: List of organizations that provide services for the PATH program, a program that assists people with mental illness who are at risk of homelessness
- Rooming and Boarding homes in the state of New Jersey:
- Bureau of Rooming and Boarding House Standards - Licensed Facilities Inspection Reports (from the NJ Department of Community Affairs)
- Find a Hospital or Acute Care Facility (from the New Jersey Division of Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing)
- Search for Long-Term Care Facilities (from the New Jersey Division of Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing)
- Shelters and Emergency Housing (from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- Salvation Army: Phone numbers and addresses for Salvation Army programs that provide emergency assistance
- Shelters and Emergency Housing: Organized by county (from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
NJ Department of Housing and Community Resources Screening Tool: Allows you to go through a screening process to see if you are eligible for NJ assistance programs, such as rental assistance, homelessness and eviction prevention, and home energy assistance.
Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs
Federally Qualified Health Centers (from The New Jersey Primary Care Association)
Resource Guide for Adult English: English as a Second Language Programs (from the New Jersey State Library)
Ask VetsFirst: National Service Officers and paralegals answer questions about veterans benefits and resources
Give an Hour: A state and national network of mental health providers dedicated to speaking with military and personnel and families affected by conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan
Military OneSource: Crisis assistance for military families
National Center for PTSD: Research, education, and training on trauma and PTSD (from the US Department of Veterans Affairs)
National Veterans Foundation: Nationwide hotline for veterans and their families
New Jersey Veterans Helpline: 1-866-838-7654
Free, confidential helpline
The Soldiers Project: Licensed mental health professionals offer free psychological treatment to military service members
Veterans Crisis Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK, Veterans Press 988 then press 1
(sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs)
Wounded Warriors Project: Peer support for severely injured service members
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
Adult Protective Services: Programs that investigate suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, listed by county (from NJ Department of Health and Senior Services)
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Universal Application for PAAD, Senior Gold and other Special Benefit Programs (from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services)
AARP Tax-Aide: Free tax services for low and moderate-income people, with special attention give to people age 60 and over
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA): Provides free tax services, staffed by volunteers (from the Internal Revenue Service)
Covenant House: Largest privately-funded childcare agency in the US providing shelter and service to homeless and runaway youth
New Jersey Youth Resource Spot (NJ.Gov)
National Runaway Switchboard: Gives help and hope to youth and their families by providing non-judgmental, confidential crisis intervention and local and national referrals through a 24-hour hotline
INFORMATION ONLY
Auto Insurance Buyers Guide (from the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance)
Auto Insurance Consumer Bill of Rights (from the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance)
Free Annual Credit Reports (from the Federal Trade Comission)
Shopping for Auto Insurance in New Jersey: (from the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance)
Reentry Coalition of New Jersey
Reentry (from the New Jersey Association on Corrections)
Mental Health
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Psychiatric Advance Directives: Searchable online site developed by Duke University.Medical Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Receiving Child Support (from NJ Child Support)
Eight Major Steps to Calculating Child Support in New Jersey (from NJ Child Support)
Parenting programs:
- Parenting 101 (from state of New Jersey Parent Link)
- Parenting Programs (from NJ 211)
Teen Parent Residential Resources: List of resources with links to residences that have websites
Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (from the New Jersey Division of Family Development)
New Jersey State Licensed Child Care Centers: Searchable online database from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Boys and Girls Clubs of America: BGCA has more than 25 national programs in the areas of education, environment, health, the arts, careers, alcohol/drug and pregnancy prevention, gang prevention, leadership development and athletics.
Voting in New Jersey
- New Jersey Division of Elections
- Vote By Mail (from the New Jersey Division of Elections)
- Where to Vote: Polling Place Search (from the New Jersey Division of Elections)
Health Insurance
- Commercial Health Insurance Coverage in New Jersey: Warns of scams and offers descriptions of various types of plans (from the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance)
- GetCoveredNJ (from NJ.Gov)
- NJ FamilyCare
- NJ Individual Health Coverage Program Buying Guide (from the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance)
- NJ Medicaid and Managed Care: List of Medicaid HMOs with links to participating HMOs (from the NJ Department of Human Services)
Lead Poisoning
- CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: Information about lead poisoning, with links to many prevention programs
- Lead Hotline: EPA site that describes how to contact a specialist on lead poisoning and prevention
- Lead Poisoning Information Packets in Multiple Languages: PDF documents in different languages provided by the the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS)
- National Lead Information Center: EPA site with information about lead poisoning and prevention, including federal requirements for lead abatement and repair
Medical Conditions
- Lupus Foundation of America: National non-profit that provides education and support
- National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD): NORD is a not=for-profit coalition that focuses on “rare orphan” diseases
- Living Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis (from RheumatoidArthritis.org)
- Women’s Health Information: This government site contains information on a list of health topics that are important to women and a link to the CDC’s extensive list of other important health topics. (from the Centers for Disease Control)
HIV and AIDS
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Information: This federal website contains up-to-date information and fact sheets on HIV/AIDS-related topics. It links to recent journal articles and other relevant publications as well as current key developments in the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS. (from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/CDC)
Substance Abuse
- Directory of Services for Pregnant and Parenting Women: Publication compiled by the Northern New Jersey Maternal/Child Health Consortium
- Treatment Directory: Directory of Programs available for addiction services (from the New Jersey Department of Human Services)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Information and links to federally sponsored mental health and substance abuse programs throughout the country
- Homelessness and Addiction (from AddictionCenter.com)
- Treatment Services: DHS site that provides information about addiction services in New Jersey
Miscellaneous Health and Safety
- Agent Orange: Diseases Related to Agent Orange Exposure (from the US Department of Veteran Affairs)
- A Guide to Bed Safety Bed Rails in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care (from the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Reporting Serious Problems to FDA: How to report a serious bad reaction from a drug or medical device to the Food & Drug Administration
- National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Federal government fund that compensates for injury or death due to vaccines (from the US Department of Health & Human Services)
- NJ Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES): The only state-certified poison center in New Jersey (NJ Poison Control)
- Vaccine Safety: Mercury and Vaccines (Thimerosal) (from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Guide to Affordable Housing in NJ: A list of affordable housing in New Jersey by county (from the NJ Department of Community Affairs)
New Jersey Housing Resource Center: A free and anonymous online tool to search for affordable housing, housing options for people with disabilities, and other housing information and links
Public Housing Authority Contact Information: Lists of public, low-income, and affordable housing, and applications for Section 8 vouchers (from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Application for Employment Authorization (from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Q&A for Asylees and Refugees (from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Roster of Federally Qualified Health Centers (from the New Jersey Department of Health)
Facts on Other Leave: Information about taking leave time for funerals, jury duty, holidays, vacations, sick, personal, and government holidays (from the US Department of Labor)
Family and Medical Leave Act Poster (from the US Department of Labor)
Family and Medical Leave Fact Sheets (from the US Department of Labor)
State Employment Training Commission (SETC)
New Jersey Career Connections (from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development)
Recovery Courts: Adult Drug Court Programs (from the NJ Judiciary)
AA meetings in Northern New Jersey
Al-Anon and Alateen meetings in NJ
Casey Life Skills: Casey Family Programs website for youth transitioning out of foster care
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN): A network of parents, students, educators, and others to end discrimination
International Children’s Digital Library
Kids Health (from Nemours)
Loveisrespect.org: Web Search for Kids about healthy dating and relationships.
Narcotics Anonymous of New Jersey
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): A national non-profit that promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons
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Edison, NJ 08818-1357
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