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
Parents in Action
Parent Support Guide A-Z website
Top Tips for You and Your Child website
The #Take20 Parents Hub website
What To Do If Your Child Is Refusing To Go To School website
Supporting Your Child with School Anxiety website