Counseling & Guidance Services

Below you'll find community resources available for families:

Community Resources for Families

Phone Number

2nd Floor Youth Helpline

888-222-2228

Addiction Hotline

800-238-2333

Alcoholics Anonymous-Central Jersey Intergroup

609-298-7795

Anchor House Youth Shelter

609-396-8329

BeTheLi9ht Foundation Program

609-336-7129

Crisis Ministry (Food & Housing)

609-921-2135

Disaster Distress Helpline

800-985-5990 or text 66746

Division of Child Protection & Permanency

877-652-2873

Hispanic Association

609-392-2446

HiTops (Health Center & Support Groups)

609-683-5155

Homeless Hotline

609-278-1481

ICARE of East Windsor

609-469-0022

Mercer County Board of Social Services

609-989-4320

Mercer County Family Support Organization

609-586-1200

National Association of Mental Illness (NAMI)

609-799-8994

National Eating Disorders Association

800-931-2237

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

800-273-8255

PerformCare/Behavioral Health

877-652-7624

Rescue Mission

800-644-0037

RISE-Community Services Partnership

609-443-4464

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 24/7 Referrals

800-662-4357

Suicide Hotline

1-800-SUICIDE

Hospital Violence Intervention Program

609-815-7559

Womanspace (Domestic Violence)

609-984-9000

Mercer County Homeless Emergency Hotline

211

If you are interested in seeking counseling-related services at this time, please consider visiting their website.

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Mobile Response and Crisis Screening

The Department of Children and Families provides Mobile Response and Stabilization Services which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help children and youth experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. Services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and help stabilize children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a resource foster home, treatment home or group home).

To access services call:
1-877- 652-7624

Intervention Referral Services (I&RS)

The Intervention Referral Services (I&RS) Committee is a multidisciplinary school-based committee that assists educators to plan, deliver and monitor interventions to assist students who are experiencing learning, behavioral and/or health difficulties. Each school coordinates a system for planning and delivery of intervention and referral services designed to address the student’s needs. Parents or teachers can make referrals to the I&RS Committee.

The I&RS Committee discusses specific concerns, the implementation of prior interventions or modifications, and ways to further help the student. The committee develops an Action Plan that identifies the problem, determines objectives, outlines strategies to be implemented and sets a future date to review the effectiveness and outcome of the recommended interventions or modifications. The committee provides support and guidance to school staff who identify learning, behavioral and health difficulties. For further information, please contact your school counselor.​