Hotlines

Suicide

• National Suicide Hotline - 1-800-SUICIDE
• Guidelines (NJ Suicide Hotline) - 908-526-4100

Runaways

• National Runaway Hotline - 1-800-231-6946
• National Runaway Switchboard - 1-800-621-4000
• Covenant House - 1-800-999-9999
• NJ Youth Shelter - 908-526-6605

Drug or Alcohol Abuse

• Cocaine Helpline - 1-800-COCAINE
• Narcotics Anonymous - 1-800-992-0401
• Alcohol Hotline - 1-800-999-9951
• NJ Drug Hotline - 1-800-225-0196
• NJ Al-Anon/ Alateen Info - 201-744-8686
• Ala-Call - 1-800-322-5525

Pregnancy and Other Sexual Issues

• AIDS Hotline - 1-800-342-2437
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline - 1-800-227-8922
• Gay & Lesbian Youth - 1-201-285-1595
• America's Pregnancy Helpline - 888-672-2296

Issues Related to Violence

• Child Abuse - 1-800-792-8610
• Crime Victims Hotline - 1-800-242-0804
• Domestic Violence - 1-800-572-7233
• National Sexual Assault Hotline - 800-656-HOPE

Local Counseling Services

• Catholic Charities - 908-722-1881
• Richard Hall Community Mental - Health Center - 908-725-2800
• Family and Community Services of - Somerset County - 908-356-1082
• Jewish Family Services of Somerset - County - 908-725-7799

Parental Resources

• Parents Anonymous - 1-800-843-5437
• Tough Love - 1-800-333-1069
• Poison Control - 1-800-962-1253
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving - 1-800-438-6233
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - 1-800-843-6578
• Public Welfare/ Foodstamps - 1-800-792-9773
• Family Crisis Intervention Unit - 908-526-7424

Women's Resources

• NJ Battered Women's Service - 201-267-4763
• Planned Parenthood - 908-231-9230
• Rape Crisis Services - 908-526-7444
• Resource Center for Women & Their Families - 908-685-1122
• Self-Injury Prevention - 1-800-DONT-CUT
• Women's Health & Counseling Center - 908-526-2335
• Women's Referral Center - 1-800-322-8092

Local Community Resources

• New Jersey Connection to health, human services, community resources, and government assistance - Dial 2-1-1

Links to National Youth Resources

• America's Promise, Alliance for Youth
• Advocates for Youth
• Kids Peace (National Center for Kids Overcoming Crisis)
• National Institute on Out-of-School Time
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• Self-Injury Prevention

Links to Local Youth Services Organizations

• Somerset County Office of Youth Services
• 4-H Youth Development
• Family & Community Services of Somerset County
• Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
• United Family and Children's Society

Links to General Community Organizations

• Somerset County Business Partnership
• Somerset County Government
• Somerset County Parks Commission
• Somerset County United Way
• Somerset Medical Center
• NJ Community Resource (211)
• Raritan Valley Community College