Resources and Links

Bergen County & Family Support Organization of Bergen County 

Bergen County Stigma Free Website

The Bergen County and the Family Support Organization of Bergen County websites offer various information, resources, guides, programs, and events throughout the Bergen

County area for parents, students, families, and communities on various topics, including but not limited to mental illness, domestic violence, and substance abuse.  

New Jersey Department of Education Resources

To support schools in their efforts to promote suicide prevention, the NJDOE developed and continuously maintains the Suicide & Other Traumatic Loss Events webpage. Schools and districts may visit this page to explore tools, approaches and best practices when preparing to address this sensitive topic. The following resources may be helpful in developing materials and activities, communicating with parents and delivering trainings:  

-The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) offers a free toolkit entitled Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools  

-Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (SPTS)  

-Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth (TLC) at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care  

-American Association of Suicidology (AAS) offers prevention-week information and media kit 

As a reminder, the New Jersey Hopeline at (855) 654-6735 and the National Suicide Prevention Helpline at (800) 273-TALK (8255) are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to offer support if someone is considering suicide.

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Care Plus of NJ

Care Plus NJ, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which provides comprehensive, recovery-focused mental health and substance abuse services on a voluntary outpatient basis to adults and children.  They provide a wide-array of services and programs for a comprehensive approach to aid in recovery from substance abuse and mental illness. They have a total of 23 sites, including 10 residential facilities, offices at 3 hospitals, and 7 community offices throughout the state of NJ.  They offer acute care services, sub-acute and community services, client support services, and children and family services.  

Hearts and Crafts Counseling  

Hearts and Crafts Counseling is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which provides individual and group counseling services to children, teens, and adults dealing with the challenges associated with, but not limited to, bereavement, illness, divorce., school issues, abuse, diabetes. anxiety, depression, parenting, bullying, eating disorders, or men’s issues. 

The National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH) mission is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illness through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.  

PerformCare

Founded in 1994, PerformCare is a member of AmeriHealth Caritas- the nation’s leader in health care solutions for the underserved.  PerformCare is a full-service behavioral health managed care company, supporting members in the public and private sectors.  They are committed to providing superior, innovative solutions in behavioral health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, human services, and integrated health programs for: Medicaid and Medicare plans, commercial health plans, wellness, employee assistance and specialty products, and programs to support human services management challenges.    

West Bergen Center for Children and Youth

West Bergen Center for Children and Youth is full-range community mental health center.  With offices in 4 different towns in Bergen County, this center consists of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and LCSW’s.  They offer their services on a sliding scale basis and can accommodate families with limited financial means.  They provide individual, group, and family counseling and have groups tailored for anger management, anxiety, social skills, divorce, Asperger’s, ADHD, depression, and substance abuse.