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Get Help: New Jersey Social Services: Health

Tools For Tough Economic Times and Finding Social Services

Health Resources

Health Tools

Cancer

Find cancer resources by county.

Caregivers

Find resources for many aspects of caregiving from the New Jersey Aging and Disability Resource Connection.

Consumer Health Information

HealthyNJ is a comprehensive consumer health resource for healthy living.

Doctor Bills

New Jersey Medicaid program provides medical assistance to people who qualify.
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) provides free help to New Jersey’s Medicare beneficiaries who have problems or questions about their health insurance.

Doctor Profiles

New Jersey Health Care Profile database. Search medical doctors, podiatrists and optometrists by name to find information such as education and board certification.

Medical Insurance for the Uninsured

Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund provides assistance.
NJ FamilyCare, a state program for uninsured children and certain low income parents and guardians, provides affordable insurance coverage for those who are eligible.

Mental Health

Crisis Centers by county.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

Transportation to Doctor Appointments

NJ Find a Ride - searchable by county and municipality.

New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Fund
The TBI Fund provides New Jersey residents of any age, who have survived a traumatic brain injury, the opportunity to access the brain injury related services and supports they need to live in the community. The Fund purchases supports and services to foster independence and maximize quality of life when insurance, personal resources, and/or public programs are unavailable to meet those needs.

Hearing Loss

Hearing Aids
New Jersey's Department of Human Services offers Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled provides a $100 reimbursement to eligible persons who purchase a hearing aid.
Assistive Technology
The Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing distributes assistive technology to qualified New Jersey residents with hearing loss to ensure access to the telecommunications and visual alerting home safety equipment needed to live independently.

Cancer

NJ Department of Health - Office of Cancer Control and Prevention
Find cancer resources in NJ by county. Also find information on types of cancer, statistics, and NJ Department of Health publications.

Mental Health

Directory of Mental Health Services By County
Published by the NJ DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services

NJ Mental Health Cares
Call 1-866-202-HELP(4357) (TTY 1-877-294-4356) for free, confidential mental health information and referral. Includes legal, housing, employment, rehabilitation, inpatient and outpatient, self-help and more. Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. NJMentalHealthCares is a service of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey funded by the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

NJ Save

NJ Save is an online application to help low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities save money on Medicare premiums, prescription costs, and other living expenses.

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