Official State Website: http://www.state.nj.us

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-792-8610 (nationwide, 24 hours)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Center for Children's Support
Contact: Esther Deblinger
Phone: (856) 566-7036
Email: deblines@umdnj.edu
Web: http://som.umdnj.edu/ctr_excellence/ctr_4_children.htm

Cultural Adjustment and Trauma Services
Contact: Mary Kay Jou
Phone: (201) 653-3888 X147
Email: mjou@iinj.org
Web: http://www.iinj.org

Shelters

Amazing Grace Mission
13 Woodland Road
Sussex, NJ 07461-1442
Phone: 973-875-6358
FAX: 973-875-5742

America's Keswick
601 Rt. 530
Whiting, NJ 08759-3748
Phone: (908)350-1187
FAX: (908)849-2926

The Bergen County Homeless Shelter
214 State Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: (201)488-5100

The Affordable Homes Group
96 Rancocas Rd
Mount Holly, NJ 08060-1353
Phone: 609-261-4571
FAX: 609-261-2147

Christian Caring Center
378 Lakehurst Road
Brown Mills, NJ 08068
Phone: 609-893-0700
FAX: 609-893-1880

Christian Caring Center
P.O. Box 385
Pemberton, NJ 08068
Phone: 609-893-0700
FAX: 609-893-1880

Goodwill Rescue Mission, Inc.
79 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07107-9815
Phone: 973-621-9560
FAX: 973-242-6517

Helping Hands Mission, Inc.
P. O. Box 504
Barnegat, NJ 08005
Phone: (809)978-0311

Market Street Mission of Morristown:
9 Market Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973-993-2880
FAX: 973-993-2877

Ozanam Family Shelter
89 Truman Drive
Edison, NJ 08817
Phone: 732-985-0327
FAX: 732-985-2449

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.njcbw.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
1670 Whitehorse Hamilton Square
Trenton, NJ 08690
(609) 584-8107 Fax: (609) 584-9750
(800) 572-7233 In State
Email: info@njcbw.org
Website: http://www.njcbw.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.norwescap.org/
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resourcekit/HeadStart/newjersy.html
http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/PB/dhscc.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Department of Law & Public Safety, OAG
Office of Consumer Protection
124 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ 07102
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/ocp.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/chartips.htm

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates