Resources
Here are helpful web links offering a variety of resources for members and families with disabilities in New Jersey. These resources cover education, employment, healthcare, social services, and community programs, providing support, guidance, and opportunities to lead fulfilling lives.
PPE
We have personal protective equipment for those who need it most. FCCS provide PPE at no cost to all members as well as under-resourced people; with a sense of urgency and a focus on equity.
Please call 973-436-4704 Ext 1003 for more information.
- Social Security www.ssa.gov
- Create a my Social Security Account www.ssa.gov/myaccount
- Social Security Disability Insurance www.ssa.gov
- Medicare Getting started with Medicare www.medicare.gov
- New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities www.nj.gov
- DDD Services and Supports www.nj.gov
- DDD Supports Program www.nj.gov
- DDD Community Services Offices www.state.nj.us
- Department of Children and Families www.state.nj.us
- New Jersey Department Of Health www.state.nj.us
- Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services NJ Family Care www.state.nj.us
- Division of Disability Services www.state.nj.us
- Division of Family Development www.state.nj.us
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services www.state.nj.us
- Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities www.state.nj.us
- New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development lwd.dol.state.nj.us
- Atlantic County www.atlantic-county.org
- Bergen County www.co.bergen.nj.us
- Essex County www.essexcountynj.org
- Hudson County www.hudsoncountynj.org
- Hunterdon County www.co.hunterdon.nj.us
- Mercer County www.mercercounty.org
- Middlesex County www.middlesexcountynj.gov
- Monmouth County www.co.monmouth.nj.us
- Morris County www.hs.morriscountynj.gov
- Passiac County www.passaiccountynj.org
- Somerset County www.co.somerset.nj.us
- Sussex County www.sussex.nj.us
- Union County ucnj.org
- Warren County www.warrencountyny.gov
Hotlines and Information Helplines (toll-free)
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, please call
+1-877-294-4356 TTY
To access any hotline:
(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay)NJ 2-1-1
New Jersey ‘s Community Resource Phone or Website Guide
Just dial – 2-1-1
http://www.nj211.org/Addiction Services
http://www.southjerseyrecovery.com/friends-family/
https://www.graniterecoverycenters.com/resources/how-isolation-impacts-your-mental-health/
Addictions Hotline of NJ
+1-877-844-276-2777
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
+1-800-335-FUND
(+1-800-335-3863)Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
(CBVI) Hotline
+1-877-685-8878Child Care Help Line
+1-800-332-9227
Child Support Hotline
+1-877-NJ KIDS1
(+1-877-655-4371)Disaster Mental Health
+1-877-294-HELP
(+1-877-294-4357)
+1-877-294-4356 TTY
(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay)Division of Aging Services (DoAS)
SHIP Medicare Counseling at +1-800-792-8820
Aging and Disability Resource Connection at +1-877-222-3737
PAAD and Senior Gold at +1-800-792-9745
AIDS Drug Distribution Program at +1-877-613-453
Hearing Aid Assistant to Aged and Disabled at +1-800-792-9745
Lifeline Utility Assistance Program at +1-800-792-9745Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH)
+1-800-792-8339 V/TTY
Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
+1-800-832-9173
Division of Disability Services ( DDS )
+1-888-285-3036
+1-609-292-1210 TTYDivision of Family Development (DFD)
+1-800-792-9773
Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS)
+1-800-356-1561
Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMAHS)
+1-800-382-6717
Domestic Violence
+1-800-572-7233
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Federal: +1-800-929-1040
State: +1-888-895-8179Food Stamps
+1-800-687-9512
Gambling Addiction
+1-800-GAMBLER
(+1-800-426-2537)Good Neighbors – Community Living for People with Disabilities
+1-877-DHS-LINE
(+1-877-347-5463)Health Benefits Identification (HBID) Card Unit
Call if your plastic HBID card is lost or stolen
+1-877-414-9251Kinship Navigator Program
(raising relatives’ children)
2-1-1Legal Services of NJ
www.lsnj.org
Legal Services of NJ coordinates the statewide Legal Services system, which provides free legal assistance to low-income New Jerseyans.
You can apply for legal help online through their website or call their Toll-Free Statewide Legal Hotline at 1-888-LSNJ-LAW.Low Income Home Energy Assistance
(LIHEAP)
+1-800-510-3102Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Hotline
+1-888-937-2835
NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid Call Center
+1-800-356-1561
NJ Disaster Mental Health Helpline
+1-877-294-HELP
(+1-877-294-4357)
+1-877-294-4356 TTY
(voice callers use 7-1-1 NJ Relay)NJ FamilyCare
+1-800-701-0710
+1-800-701-0720 TTYNJ Housing Resource Center (HRC)
(for accessible, affordable housing)
+1-877-428-8844
www.njhousing.govNJ MentalHealthCares (NJMHC)
+1-866-202-HELP (4357)
TTY: +1-877-294-4356
www.njmentalhealthcares.orgNJ WorkAbility – DiscoverAbility
+1-888-285-3036
(from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mondays thru Fridays)PPMD
(Postpartum Mood Disorders) Hotline
+1-800-328-3838Special Savings
State Disability Insurance
(Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development)
+1-609-292-7060
TDD – +1-609-292-8319
NJ Relay for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or
Speech-Impaired Text Telephone User
+1-800-852-7899Traumatic Brain Injury Fund
+1-888-285-3036
TDD – +1-609-292-1210
(from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mondays thru Fridays)Universal Service Fund (USF)
(Help with utility bills for low-income families and individuals)
+1-866-240-1347Work First NJ
(Welfare for Families and Individuals)
+1-800-792-9773The following Helplines and Hotlines are now part of the Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Adoption Information
+1-800-99-ADOPT
(+1-800-992-3678)Child Abuse/ Neglect Hotline
(State Central Registry Hotline)
+1-877-NJ ABUSE
(+1-877-652-2873)Child Behavioral Health Services
+1-877-652-7624
Division of Youth and Family Services
(DYFS) Action Line
+1-800-331-DYFS
(+1-800-331-3937)Family Help Line
(for stressed parents)
+1-800-THE KIDS
(+1-800-843-5437)Foster Care Information
+1-877-NJ FOSTER
(+1-877-653-6783)Safe Haven for Infants
+1-877-839-2339
Teen Pregnancy Hotline
+1-800-THE KIDS
(+1-800-843-5437)