The Mercer County Department of Human Services cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by the following links. Linking to these sites does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of Human Services or any of its employees of the sponsors or information and products presented on the following sites or at the following phone numbers.   

Addiction Resources 

Al-Anon and Alateen of New Jersey
Al-Anon and Alateen of New Jersey's website is intended for members of Al-Anon or Alateen, those who are troubled by someone’s drinking, health care professionals who treat families of alcoholics, or anyone interested in Al-Anon or Alateen. 

Central Jersey Intergroup
Central Jersey Intergroup is an Alcoholics Anonymous service entity made up of the Alcohol Anonymous groups in Trenton, N.J., and its surrounding areas. Central Jersey Intergroup provides local services to alcoholics in the area, such as meeting lists and maintenance of a 24-hour emergency hotline, 609-586-6900. Its office number is 609-586-6902.

Children's System of Care
The New Jersey Department of Children and Families' Children's System of Care serves children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral health care challenges and their families; children with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families; and children with substance use challenges and their families. This division, formerly the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services, offers substance use treatment services including detoxification, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, partial care, short-term residential care, and long-term residential care. For questions about or to access substance use treatment services for children and youth, call the 24-hour, toll-free access line at 877-652-7624. 

Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey
The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey Inc. provides information, education, and referral services for people affected by a gambling problem. The Council’s mission is to educate the public that compulsive gambling is a treatable illness. It can be reached at 800-426-2537 (800-GAMBLER) or by texting 800GAMBLER.  

County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and County Mental Health Administrators
The New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services provides contact information for all County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and County Mental Health Administrators. 

Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
The Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA) is an active and collaborative participant in the planning and coordination of New Jersey's addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services through the development of a Comprehensive State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Master Plan, submitted annually to the governor and state legislature, and its Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Program, a network of community-based anti-drug coalitions. 

Hyacinth Foundation
The Hyacinth Foundation offers Syringe Access Programs (SAP), which are community-based programs that provide access to sterile syringes, needles, and other injection equipment and facilitate safe disposal of used needles and syringes. Syringe Access Programs provide a comprehensive approach to harm reduction by integrating behavioral interventions and access to services to prevent and reduce the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases. In addition to Syringe Access Programs, Hyacinth provides free and confidential health services, including naloxone training and distribution.    

Institute for Prevention and Recovery Quit Center
RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery (IFPR) Quit Center is a resource for those thinking of quitting tobacco or nicotine products. If you or a loved one is struggling with tobacco addiction, their certified tobacco treatment specialists are available to help you quit. The Quit Center also hosts free Nicotine and Tobacco Recovery virtual support meetings. For more information, review their brochure in English or Spanish or contact them at 833-795-7848 (QUIT) or quitcenter@rwjbh.org. 


Medication-Assisted Treatment
According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. These medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medication-assisted treatment programs are clinically driven and tailored to meet each patient’s needs. Research shows that a combination of medication and therapy can treat these disorders, and for some people struggling with addiction, medication-assisted treatment can help sustain recovery. Medication-assisted treatment also is used to prevent or reduce opioid overdose. 

The Office on Addiction Services has created a list of outpatient treatment agencies that offer medication-assisted treatment in Mercer County.

Naloxone/Narcan (Opioid Antidote) Training
The New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services provides an instructional video on the use of Narcan (naloxone) for those looking to learn how to help overdose victims. The site also provides information on free, in-person trainings on how to use Narcan.

Nar-Anon of New Jersey
Nar-Anon of New Jersey is a resource for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction problem of someone near to him or her. Its group hotline number is 877-424-4491.

Narcotics Anonymous in New Jersey
Narcotics Anonymous in New Jersey provides information on self-help meetings in New Jersey. For meetings and information, call 732-933-0462. For its helpline, call 800-992-0401. To contact NANJ via email, please send correspondence to recovery@nanj.org.  

New Jersey Addiction Services Hotline
To access treatment services for adults statewide through New Jersey FamilyCare/Medicaid or funding through the fee-for-service system at the New Jersey Department of Human Services, call the New Jersey Addiction Services Hotline at 844-276-2777. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers are screened for financial eligibility and clinical need; if the caller is eligible for services, he or she will be given a referral for treatment.

New Jersey Reentry Corporation
If you know anyone being released from prison in need of food, shelter, or medicine, please direct them to a New Jersey Reentry Corporation reentry site listed on this flyer. New Jersey Reentry Corporation will have food, church shelter, and medical supplies for all who are referred to the agency. For anyone in need of addiction treatment and/or medication assisted treatment, contact Robert Carter at 732-948-5880 or rcarter@njreentry.org. 

New Jersey Substance Abuse Treatment Directory
The New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services provides a county-by-county directory of licensed addiction service treatment facilities.

New Jersey Vet2Vet
The mission of New Jersey Vet2Vet is to provide support to New Jersey National Guard members, active military personnel, veterans, their families, and caregivers statewide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its phone number is 866-838-7654 (866-VETS-NJ4). 

NJ Connect for Recovery Call Line
NJ Connect for Recovery is a free, confidential call line focused on helping family members and friends coping with a loved one’s substance use disorder that provides a safe, nonjudgmental place for individuals and family members to get counseling, and assistance from professional staff members on substance use issues. Calls are answered weekdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends, and from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on holidays. The call line's phone number is 855-652-3737 (TTY: 877-294-4356).

Prevention Coalition of Mercer County
The mission of the Prevention Coalition of Mercer County is to reduce substance abuse across the lifespan by collaborating resources and coordinating planning to offer opportunities for building a healthy mind, body, and spirit for all residents of Mercer County. 

Resources provided by the coalition include a fact sheet regarding the proper disposal of medication, a Tackling Opioids Through Prevention for Athletes toolkit, and a video with a prevention message for families and doctors. 

ReachNJ
ReachNJ is a 24-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week addictions hotline where people who have substance use disorder (SUD) or friends and family of people with substance use disorder can get immediate assistance and support from live, New Jersey-based, trained addiction counselors. Anyone who calls the program’s toll-free number, 844-732-2465 (844-ReachNJ), will reach a staff member who will help connect them to treatment. ReachNJ will assist callers regardless of their insurance status. 

SMART Recovery
SMART Recovery is a self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Its four-point program helps people recover from addiction and addictive behaviors, including drug abuse/drug addiction, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, sexual addiction, and problem addiction to other substances and activities. SMART Recovery can be reached at 866-951-5357.

Insurance

NJ FamilyCare
NJ FamilyCare is New Jersey's publicly funded health insurance program that includes Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid, and Medicaid expansion populations. Qualified New Jersey residents of any age may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance that covers doctor visits, prescriptions, vision, dental care, mental health and substance use services, and hospitalization. To reach NJ FamilyCare, visit its website or call 800-701-0710 (TTY 800-701-0720).
 

Although these above are outside agencies and are not under the purview of the County of Mercer, you can contact the Mercer County Office on Addiction Services at 609-989-6897 with any questions.

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