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New Jersey domestic violence links

24 hours a day / 7 days a week. If you're feeling stressed out, call the Family Helpline and work through your frustrations before a crisis occurs. You'll speak to sensitive, trained volunteers of Parents Anonymous who provide empathic listening about parenting and refer you to resources in your community.

At the National Domestic Violence Hotline, we believe that every caller deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We believe that every family deserves to live in a world free from violence. We believe that safe homes and safe families are the foundation of a safe society.

People in crisis generally don't have the energy or ability to take on a long search for help. When those looking for support dial 1.800.SUICIDE, they are seamlessly connected to an available certified crisis center nearest to their calling location. While it’s seemingly a simple concept, the Network is elegant and effective when put into action. Behind the scenes there are significant computer and telephony infrastructures working in concert to provide help within 20 to 30 seconds of a call being placed.

Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home through our Home Free program. Call if you are a teacher looking for information to pass along to your students about alternatives to running from home. Call if you care about a youth and want information on how you can help someone who may be at risk of running from home.

NJ 211 is a free, confidential information and referral service that connects families and individuals in need of help to community resources. Areas of referral include financial assistance, emergency food and shelter assistance, affordable housing, abuse/neglect, childcare, disability, education, emergency services, employment, health/medical care, mental health, special transportation needs, substance abuse treatment and prevention services.

All reports of child abuse and neglect, including those occurring in institutional settings such as child care centers, schools, foster homes and residential treatment centers, must be reported to the State Central Registry (SCR). This is a toll-free, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week hotline.

The New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health Services (DCBHS)is the mental health system for children in NJ. The DCBHS System of Care is statewide with 15 local systems of care serving all 21 counties in New Jersey. Each local system is comprised of the same elements: a statewide Contracted System Adminstrator; a Care Management Organization; Youth Case Management; Mobile Response and Stabilization; a Family Support Organization; and, local providers of mental health/supportive services. DCBHS serves children and adolescents 5-21 with emotional and behavioral health challenges and their families. It is designed to build on the strengths of the child, the family, and the community and is family-driven, and focuses on keeping the child at home, in school and out of trouble. The Division of Child Behavioral Health Services is one of three core divisions of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) the others are: The Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS); and, The Divison of Prevention and Community Partnership (DPCP).

DHS hotline

Contact We Care is Central & Northern NJ's crisis listening line. If you are in crisis & need someone to listen, call 908-232-2880; 1-800-273-TALK; or 1-800-SUICIDE.   Teenagers can reach a Contact We Care volunteer also by texting "CWC" to 839863, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 4-6pm.