Warning Signs of Serious Emotional Stress
COVID-19
Youth Suicide Prevention
If your life or someone else’s is in imminent danger, call 911. If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call:
- The New Jersey Suicide Prevention HOPEline 1-855-654-6735 website
- National Suicide Prevention Life Line website
- New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention website
- Jersey Cares NJ Community Service Portal website
- Youth Employment Pathways Program website
- New Jersey Strategy for Youth Suicide Prevention PDF
- Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools Toolkit
LGBTQI
- NJ LGBTQI Resources website
- Safe Space Directory PDF
- Union County Office of LGBTQ Affairs website
- Union County Pride website
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: LGBT Youth Resources website
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC): Advocating for LGBTQ Equality website
- HRC 2018 LGBTQ Youth Report PDF
- Stop Bullying.gov: Information for LBGT Youth website
- Tips for Parents of LGBTQ Youth website
- Supporting Your LGBTQ kids and Yourself During Coming Out Process website
Abuse
Department of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP)
For reporting allegations of abuse and neglect
1-877-NJ-ABUSE (1-877-652-2873)
DCPP Union County Office – town of Elizabeth
65 Jackson Drive
Cranford, NJ 07016
908-939-8700
Serving Hillside, Winfield, and Union
DCPP Union County Office – town of Plainfield
200 West 2nd Street, 4th Floor
Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-754-0952
Serving Berkeley Heights, Clark, Garwood, Fanwood, Mountainside, New Providence, Rahway, Scotch Plains, Springfield, Summit, and Westfield
DCPP Union County Office – town of Cranford
65 Jackson Dr.
Cranford, NJ 07016
908-374-3800
Serving Kenilworth, Linden, Roselle, and Roselle Park
DCPP SPRU (After 5 pm and the weekends for open DCPP cases)
1-800-792-8610
Union County Family Court
908-787-1650 ext. 21310
Food Pantries
- List from the Division on Aging Web page