Mental Health and Social Services Resources
With high levels of anxiety, as well as the isolation that comes from social distancing, everyone will need to take care of themselves not only physically but mentally.
The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris Counties
The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris Counties (which serves all four counties in NJ-11) has information and helpful links for “Coping with COVID” on their website, https://www.mhaessexmorris.org/covid-19/, including resources for how to talk to your children about COVID-19 and links to virtual addiction recovery support groups.
Click here for MHA CEO Bob Davidson's presentation from our telephone town hall on March 27, 2020.
Some of the ways the MHA suggests you help cope during this time are:
- Connect with family and friends by phone, e-mail, or social media;
- Partake in activities that are soothing: take a warm bath; practice deep breathing; cook comfort foods;
- Distract yourself by doing activities that keep you busy: gardening; doing art work. Listen to music and watch comedy movies that will make you laugh and lighten your mood;
- Limit your news and media intake;
- Go out in the fresh air and take a walk. Walking is one of the best exercises to help mitigate anxiety;
- Keep a schedule and stay as close to your typical routine as possible. This will help you to have a sense of control and bring some normalcy to your day;
- Remember that THIS WILL COME TO AN END as every other pandemic that has ever happened in history has and that your lives will return again to normal.
New Jersey State Resources:
Crisis Text Line: Text “NJ” to 741741
Family Helpline
1-800-843-5437
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-572-7233
NJ Mental Health Support Hotline
1-866-202-4357
24 Hour NJ Sexual Violence Hotline
1-800-601-7200
Youth Behavioral Health
1-877-652-7624
Child Abuse Hotline
1-877-652-7624
Children’s System of Care
1-877-652-7624
2nd Floor Support for Youth
1-88-222-2228
Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris:
Monday-Friday: 11am-2pm, Sunday-Saturday: 5pm-10pm
877-760-4987, 866-445-3902, 800-381-2059
Mental Health and COVID-19 Information and Resources
NewBridge Services Inc.
Morris, Passaic, and Sussex.
Now providing Telehealth mental health services.
973-316-9333 https://newbridge.org/
Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Resources:
SAVE of Essex County
Sexual Violence Services
24 hour Hotline: 1-877-733-2273
https://familyserviceleague.org/save-of-essex-county
Start Out Fresh Intervention Advocates (S.O.F.I.A.)
862-251-6791
Start Out Fresh Intervention Advocates (fondly referred to as S.O.F.I.A.) is a non profit organization that provides advocacy, supportive services and referrals for temporary housing to “at risk” women and children of domestic violence.
SOFIA Organization - Start Out Fresh Intervention Advocates
Morris CARES
Sexual Violence Services
24 hour Sexual Assault Program Hotline: 973-829-0587
Sexual Assault Program - Atlantic Health
Rachel Coalition, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ
https://www.jfsmetrowest.org/domestic-violence-rachel-coalition/
Rachel Handbook Link: https://www.jfsmetrowest.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rachel-Coalition-Legal-Handbook.pdf
Rachel Handbook Link (Spanish): https://www.jfsmetrowest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Rev.SPANISH-FINAL-Rachel-Coalition-Legal-Handbook.pdf
Jersey Battered Women’s Services (JBWS)
24 Hour hotline: 1-877-R-U-ABUSED (1-877-782-2873)
Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Text 973-314-4192
JBWS is a private, nonprofit agency that provides safety, support and solutions for abuse for anyone who lives or works in primarily Morris County, NJ and faces the issues of intimate partner abuse.
JBWS | Safety, Support & Solution for Abuse
Passaic County Women’s Center
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Services
24 hour hotline: 973-881-1450
http://www.passaiccountywomenscenter.org/services/
Sussex County Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention Services (DASI)
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Services
DASI 24-hour hotline: 973-875-1211
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