Mental Health, Food Insecurity, & Other Resources
Mental Health, Food Insecurity, & Other Resources For Students

WCCC has resources available for current students experiencing food insecurity through our Golden Eagle’s Safety Nest Program.
We know that if you’re hungry, you can’t learn.
1. ShopRite gift cards are available to students every 30 days. Please see or email Lisa Stoll, the Librarian at [email protected], or Karen Hillyer, Associate Professor at [email protected]. A current WCCC ID card is required.
2. Students can get vouchers for the Café on campus during the week. To get a Café voucher, please go to Student Services. Again, a current WCCC ID card is required.
These resources are made available through support and funding of the WCCC Foundation, the WCCC Board of Trustees, and fund raising. If you’d like to contribute to this effort, please contact Associate Professor Karen Hillyer at [email protected].
To see a list provided by the county of local food pantries and their hours, contact information, and restrictions, please see this site Food Pantries – Warren County
See below for additional information regarding applying for food assistance through the state of New Jersey.
Hotlines
All hotlines are confidential and available 24 hours a day.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
- NJ Hopeline: 1-855-654-6735
- Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor
- Mental Health Crisis Hotline (Warren County): 908-454-5141
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
- 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
General Warren County Resources
Food Resources
Grief Counseling Resources
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.
Substance Abuse Resources
- Community Prevention Resources: 908-835-1800
- Dedicated to building a safe, healthy, drug-free Warren County.
- Family Guidance Center: 908-689-1000
- Freedom House: 908-537-6043
- Provides a full spectrum of addiction services to adult men and women suffering from substance use and co-occurring disorders.
- 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
- Hackettstown Medical Center, Counseling & Addiction Center: 908-441-1558
- The Counseling and Addiction Center offers outpatient care to those affected by addiction, five minutes from Hackettstown Medical Center.
- Sunrise House Treatment Center: 973-346-9670
- Sunrise House is located amid twenty-two acres in the serene mountains of Sussex County, New Jersey, and provides research-based programs and services for adults struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
- 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.
Temporary Housing/Homelessness
Utility Assistance
- NJ SHARES – energy, telephone, broadband (internet), and water bills (State program)
Veteran/Military Resources
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

Changes this year to the NJ SNAP benefits program means that some college students are now eligible to receive food assistance through the NJ Department of Human Resources.
To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a CTE (Career & Technical Education) program at WCCC.
Click here for a list of all CTE programs at WCCC.
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]