HELPFUL RESOURCES

The information on this page has been compiled from local resources in many different areas of need. Although we are posting this information as a helpful resource, the details on this page has no affiliation with Oasis Christian Centre. It is our hearts desire that this page of public information will aid those in need of help. Please share with friends and family.

Mental Health and Wellness

Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Services

Trinitas Regional, Elizabeth

Phone: 908-994-7250

Mental Health Peer Recovery

Phone: 1-877-292-5588

Monday-Friday: 8am-10pm/Saturday and Sunday: 5pm-10pm

NJ Mental Health Cares

Phone: 1-866-202-4357

7 days a week: 8am-8pm

Union County Domestic Violence Hotline

Phone: 908-355-4357

Available 24/7

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Phone: 1-800-794-7233

Union County Family Justice Center

Phone: 908-527-4980

Union County Rape Crisis Center Helpline

Phone: 908-233-7273

Available 24/7

Justice Involved Services (for jail diversion in cases of mental-health related nonviolent offenses

Phone: 908-289-7330

Available 24/7

National Eating Disorders Hotline

Phone: 1-800-931-2237

Mon.-Thurs. 9am-9pm, Fri. 9am-5pm, closed holidays

Family Crisis

Division of Youth Services: Family Crisis Intervention Unit provides 24/7 accessibility.

Phone: 908-558-2520

Website: www.ucnj.org/youth

Family and Children’s Services, Inc. is a counseling service provided at no cost to eligible youth and families in Union County. Their mission is to build hope, heal trauma, and strengthen families and communities.

Main Office

40 North Ave.

Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Phone: 908-352-7474

Midtown Elizabeth

70 West Grand Street

Elizabeth, NJ 07202

Phone: 908-372-1007

Website: https://facsnj.org

Union County Family Crisis Intervention Unit is available 24 hours a day.

Phone: 908-558-2520

Website: www.ucnj.org/youth

Counseling

Individual and Family Counseling Services/Family and Children’s Services offers free counseling to anyone between the ages of 13 and 21.

Phone: 908-372-1007

Grief Counseling: Imagine-A Ctr for Coping w/Loss

Phone: 908-264-3100

Pregnancy

Gateway Pregnancy Center provides the following free services: pregnancy testing, counseling, material support, baby items, and ultrasound referral.

Elizabeth Office

Phone:908-353-0604

Mondays: 11-2

Tuesdays: 1-4

Thursdays: 1-4

Saturdays: 9:30-12:30

Union Office

Phone: 973-399-8378

Tuesdays: 9:30-12

Wednesdays: 9:30-12

Thursdays: 6:30-9

Email: Jackie@Gateway.org

Website: www.Gateway.org

Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center provides the following free services: pregnancy options consultation, pregnancy testing, and ultrasounds. This center serves those who encounter unplanned pregnancy or related concern. Lighthouse is at the following locations:

2025 Hamburg Turnpike

Wayne, NJ 07470

Phone: 973-238-9045

75 Ellison Street

Paterson, NJ 07505

Phone: 1-862-257-3820

297 Lafayette Ave.

Hawthorne, NJ 07506

Phone: 973-238-9045

Bridge Women's Center - We provide no-cost ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, counseling and encouragement. Our mobile pregnancy center meets you where you are and connects you with the resources you need.

127 White Oak Lane

Old Bridge, NJ 08857

(732) 588-0999

website: bridgewomenscenter.com

Legal Services

Bridgeway Justice Involved Services

Phone 908-289-7330 (#3)

Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc.

Phone: 908-354-4340

Community Health Law Project

Phone: 908-355-8282

Homelessness

City Relief is a mobile outreach whose mission is to provide hot meals, create connections, and community. Included are connections to benefits, rehab, ID cards, housing, legal services, employment, and clothing.

Weekly Outreach Schedule: New York City

Wednesdays: 11-1

Chelsea Park: 28th St. between 9th and 10th

Thursdays: 11-1

Sara D. Roosevelt Park

Delancey St.(between Chrystie and Forsyth St.)

Fridays: 11-1

14th Street/Salvation Army:

132 W 14th St. between 6th and 7th Ave.

Saturdays: 11-1

Harlem/Salvation Army Temple:

540 Malcolm X Blvd. @ 138th

South Bronx

148th St. and Brook Ave.

Weekly Outreach Schedule: New Jersey

Thursday: 11:30-1:30

Paterson, NJ

Eva’s Village, 370 Grand St.

Friday: 5:00-7:00

Newark, NJ

Peter Francisco Park

1 Raymond Plaza W Market St.

Saturday: 10-2

Paterson, NJ

Good Shepherd Mission

336 Broadway

Zion Lutheran Church is located at 215 Elm St. in Rahway. This church feeds the homeless in Union County.

Pastor A. Pernini Phone: 732-388-1815

Salvation Army Emergency Shelter is located at 1018 East Grand Street in Elizabeth. This is an emergency shelter for single adults.

Phone : 908-352-2886

Runaway & Homeless Youth Shelter provides temporary shelter for homeless and runaway youth (ages 13-17).

Phone Numbers: 908-354-5420 and 908-413-4261

Youth Services

Trinitas Child & Adolescent Outpatient Unit’s S.H.A.R.E (Sexual Harassment and Regaining Empowerment Program) is a program that includes the following: strategies to improve decision making, rediscovering self-esteem, individual and family therapy to restore relationships, and more. It is open to pre-teens and teens, ages 11-18 years old.

Phone: 908-994-7223

Healthy Boundaries Group of Trinitas Regional Medical Center is a group intended for children between the ages of 10 and 13 who exhibit touching/boundary issues, sexual behavior problems, and/or improper sexualized language. Objectives include learning about the following: respect for self and others, appropriate boundaries, impulsivity management, self-esteem building, and more.

Phone: 908-994-7223

Communities in Cooperation, Inc. works to help build a more equitable youth justice system with a focus on building relationships between youth and law enforcement while helping to cultivate positivity in youth.

Phone: 908-499-8450

Email: cic.we.share@gmail.com

Substance Abuse Resources for Adolescents

NJ Connect Hotline

Phone:1-855-652-3737

Available Mon.-Fri. 8am -10 pm

Saturday and Sunday: 5pm -10pm

Perform Care Hotline

Phone: 1-877-652-7624

Detox Patient/Outpatient/Inpatient

Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Program

Phone: 908-994-7376 : Luke Salter

NJ Homeless Hotline

Phone: 877-746-5211

NJ Connect for Recovery (Opioid Helpline)

Phone: 1-855-652-3737

Employment and Educational Assistance

Union County Educational Achievement Center prepares 16–21-year-old students to take the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) to earn a high school diploma. Post-secondary placements and/or employment services are provided.

Boxwood Learning Center

115 W 2nd Ave., FL. 3

Roselle, NJ 07203

Phone: 908-468-1802

Email: info@boxwoodnj.org

Youth Forward offers the following to anyone between the ages of 14 and 24: job placements and internships, tutoring and GED services, career and college counseling, and training and certifications.

Phone: 908-558-2520

Email: info.youthforward@ucnj.org