Mental Health, Food Insecurity, & Other Resources

CTE Programs

Click here for a list of all CTE programs at WCCC

SNAP/Food Pantry

  • For more information about SNAP benefits for students, click here.
  • To complete your SNAP benefits packet from the NJ Department of Human Resources, please see Jacqueline Daly, Director of Financial Aid, in Student Services, or contact her at 908-835- 2309 or [email protected]
  • Students are encouraged to use local food pantries if they are food insecure.  To see a list provided by the county of local food pantries and their hours, contact information, and restrictions, please click here

Hotlines

All hotlines are confidential and available 24 hours a day.

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
  • NJ’s Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: dial 988
  • National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
  • Mental Health Crisis Hotline (Warren County): 908-454-5141
  • Alcohol (Ala-call): 1-800-322-5525
  • NJ Addiction Services Hotline: 1-844-276-2777
  • REACH NJ (addiction services): 1-844-732-2465
  • AIDs: 1-800-624-2377
  • Gamblers Anonymous: 1-800-425-4837
  • Nicotine: 1-516-665-0527
  • Nar-Anon Family Group: 1-800-322-5525
  • Heroin Hotline: 1-855-652-3737

Self-Help Groups with Local Chapters

  • NJ Self-Help Clearinghouse: 1-800-367-6274
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics: 973-744-8686
  • Alcoholics Anonymous: 908-668-1882
  • Al-Anon Family Group and Aleteen: 973-744-8686
  • Cocaine Abuse: 1-800-262-2463
  • CO-DA (Codependents): 908-689-8952
  • Narcotics Anonymous: 1-800-992-0401
  • Gamblers Anonymous: 1-800-425-4837
  • Nicotine: 1-516-665-0527
  • Nar-Anon Family Group: 1-800-322-5525
  • Heroin Hotline: 1-855-652-3737

The following are resources available in and around Warren County.

Temporary Housing/Homelessness

  • Family Promise of Warren County: 908-453-2194
    • This program is generally for housing families, but may have resources for individuals; best option is to call to see what help might be available.
  • Third Street Alliance Woman & Children: 610-258-6271
    • This is the nearest homeless shelter. It’s located in Easton. Third Street Alliance for Women & Children inspires and equips women, children, and families to live, learn, and thrive.

Utility Assistance

  • NJ SHARES – energy, telephone, broadband (internet), and water bills (State program)
    • 1-866-657-4273

Mental Health Resources

To find a mental health professional in your area, use Psychology Today‘s “Find a Therapist, Psychologist, Counselor” and enter your zip code.

  • Catholic Charities: 908-454-2074
    • Provides mental health counseling for adults and children.
  • Community Hope: 973-463-9600
    • Helping individuals, including veterans, and their families, overcome mental illness, addiction, homelessness, and poverty by providing housing and support services.

Substance Abuse Resources

  • New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health: 732-946-3030
    • Dedicated to the treatment of adults and adolescents affected with alcohol, drug, gambling, and other co-occurring mental health disorders.
  • Turning Point: 973-239-9400
    • Turning Point is a New Jersey drug and alcohol addiction treatment center that helps more than 3,000 people every year.
  • CARES – Center for Addiction Recovery Education & Success – Warren County: 908-835-1800
    • The Center for Addiction Recovery, Education & Success works to engage and organize the recovery community by helping individuals find, maintain, and enhance their recovery experience through peer support, educational and volunteer opportunities, and sober recreation, as well as working to reduce stigma associated with substance abuse through advocacy, education, and service.
  • Parent to Parent, Inc.
    • Education, support, advocacy for families/community at large, and assistance in finding detox, treatment, and aftercare for those struggling with substance abuse. They meet the first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Washington, NJ. Email them at [email protected]. Call Debi at 908-619-9252 or Helen at 908-391-4159.