Crisis support
https://www.crisistextline.org/
Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis
Dial 988 - Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
County/State Resources
Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (CMRSS)
To access the on-call number dial: 732-587-8944
Referrals: (877) 652-7624 (must go through PerformCare)
• Home, school or community field response available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to help children and youth who experience emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families’ safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation within the community.
• Responds to mental health/ behavioral crisis within 1 hour for children 3-21
• Stabilizes youth and family through linkage to formal (Intensive In-Community Clinician and/or Behavioral Assistant) and informal supports (up to 8 weeks of support from CIS and linkage to resources then transition out or to a different level of care as needed)
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Warren County
908-689-0436
908-454-2074
908-689-1000
Designated Screening Service (DSS) and Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU)
24 hour hotline: (908) 454-4151
FCIU provides immediate assistance to Warren County children ages 5-17 and their families experiencing serious problems with
child/parent relationships (e.g., truancy, runaway and family conflict) and:
• Offers short-term crisis stabilization, case management and linkage to other needed services
• Provides services in all 3 Family Guidance office locations, families’ homes and schools throughout Warren County
• Works through the Family Court to have services mandated when necessary
DSS provides round the clock response to Warren County adults and children experiencing a psychiatric emergency
Family Support Organization of Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren (FSO-HSW)
Office and Registration: (908) 223-1191
Referrals for Peer Support and Advocacy: (877) 652-7624
• Family-run, county-based organization that provides direct family-to-family peer support, education, advocacy and other services to family members of children with emotional and behavioral challenges.
• Provides free workshops on topics such as support for parents/caregivers, parenting skills, advocacy, special education, legal guidance and financial literacy
• Provides English and Spanish speaking support groups
• Provides a weekly youth advocacy support group known as the Youth Partnership (YP) program
New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permancy
1-877-NJ ABUSE
Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P)
NJ Child Abuse Reporting 24 hour Hotline:
(877) NJ ABUSE / (877) 652-2873
• Responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and assessing for child welfare concerns. If necessary, DCP&P arranges for the child's protection and the family's treatment needs.
• Provides services to families where the children remain in the home, as well as to families with children in out of home placement.
• Ensures permanency through intervention services, reunification with biological parents, adoption or other legal means.
• Provides services for children birth through 21 years old.
Tri County Care Management Organization (TCCMO)
Office: (908) 526-3900 Info Line: Option 8
Referrals: (877) 652-7624 (through PerformCare)
• Provides wraparound care management services to youth aged 5 to 21 with complex mental health, behavioral, emotional, developmental or intellectual disability or addiction challenges
• Access to formal (Intensive In-Community Clinician and/or Behavioral Assistant), informal supports
(mentoring, after school programs) and community resource linkage
• Informational presentations and collaboration opportunities in keeping our youth at home, in school and in community
Anxiety
Befriend Your Brain written by Faith G. Harper PhD, LCP-S, ACS, ACN
This book is written for teens, but it is an excellent read for parents as well. She goes over what is happening in the brain when an individual has anxiety in a easy to understand manner, and then connects it to strategies to help navigate the anxiety.
Current Events
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/news.html
- Tips on talking to children about what is going on in the world
Learning Disabilities
- Wealth of information on learning disabilities
Parenting
Homework Help
https://www.thepathway2success.com/20-homework-strategies-for-parents/
Helping our kids with homework
- This tip sheet focuses on math, but can be applied to all subjects
- https://mathgeekmama.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-the-child-who-struggles-with-math/
- Tips on parenting through the various developmental stages
- Provides educators and parents with information about cyberbullying
- Tips for parents in helping children through separation/divorce
- Site with parenting tips and can even sign up to receive a parenting tip daily
- Information and resources to address underage drinking
GuardingKids.com
- Great up-to-date site which provides information on bullying, digital citizenship, and other ideas designed to help us protect and guide our children
- Offers free online courses on parenting
https://mylifeisworthliving.org/
- Geared for parents of teenagers
- Different cartoon series offer perspectives of what our teens face in regards to mental health issues as they live in today's world
Social Skills
- Though geared to teachers, this site offers great tips on developing social skills and helping children through transitions.
Victories in Autism www.victoriesnautism.com
- Site geared to techniques and resourses to assist working with those on the spectrum
Grief
Lehigh Valley Bereavement Services
- 610-402-7491
St. Luke's Bereavement
- 484-526-2499
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice
- 800-882-1117
Good Grief
- 908-522-1999
- http://www.good-grief.org
St. Clare's Behavioral Health Services
- 973-989-1122
Online Safety
https://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz
https://www2.ed.gov/free/features/cybersecurity.html
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/things-every-parent-with-a-connected-kid-needs-to-know?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&utm_medium=title
https://cyberbullying.org/parenting-preventing-bullying-cyberbullying