Women's Guide - Appendix

        Table of Contents - Introduction - Health Issues - Family Issues
        Financial Security - Immigration - Violence Against Women
        Discrimination & Employment Issues- Basic Needs - Appendix

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Two 24-hour telephone hotlines give information statewide:

800-322-8092 - general information

800-572-SAFE - bi-lingual crisis services for domestic violence

More helpful hotlines:

800-322-8092 - Women's Referral Central

800-792-8820 - Abused Elderly Information and Referral

800-322-5525 - Ala-Call NJ Substance Abuse Hotline

800-922-0401 - Narcotics Anonymous/Family Help Hotline

800-792-8610 - NJ Child Abuse Reports

800-624-2377- AIDS Hotline

609-292-4605 - Division on Civil Rights

800-322-8092- Rape Crisis Hotline

609-584-8107 - NJ Coalition for Battered Women

800-601-7200 - NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault

609-292-8840 - Division on Women, Office on the Prevention of Violence Against Women

New 800-332-9227 - Local Child Care Referral Service

NEW JERSEY DIVISION ON WOMEN
     This agency provides coordination of programs and services for women including: Displaced Homemaker Programs, Hispanic Women’s Resource Centers, and
Urban Women’s Centers
(609)292-8840 - information

WOMEN’S LEGAL CLINICS
     The following offer regularly scheduled clinics and individual counseling on a reduced fee basis. Call for information.

Women’s Rights Litigation Clinic
Rutgers Law School
15 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 353-5637

Women’s Rights Information Center
108 West Palisades Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 568-1166

Northwest NJ Regional Women’s Center
Brotherton Hall, Centenary College
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(908) 852-1400, Ext. 2374

NEW JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

Bergen County Legal Services
(201) 487-2166

Camden Regional Legal Services
Burlington, Camden, Cumberland
Gloucester, and Salem Counties
(856) 964-2010

Cape-Atlantic Legal Services
Cape May and Atlantic Counties
(609) 348-4200 / 800 870-7547

Essex-Newark Legal Services
(973) 624-4500

Hudson County Legal Services
(201) 792-6363

Hunterdon County Legal Services
(908) 782-7979

Legal Aid Society of Mercer County
(609) 695-6249

Middlesex County Legal Services
(732) 249-7600

Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services
Ocean and Monmouth Counties
(732) 866-0020

Passaic County Legal Aid Society
(973) 345-7171

Somerset-Sussex Legal Services
Somerset and Sussex Counties
(908) 231-0840

Union County Legal Services
(908) 354-4340

Warren County Legal Services
(908)475-2010

NEW JERSEY DIVISION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Atlantic City
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
1548 Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 441-3100

Camden
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
One Port Center
2 Riverside Drive, Suite 402
Camden, NJ 08103
(856) 757-2850

Newark
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
31 Clinton Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 648-2700

Paterson
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
100 Hamilton Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07505
(973) 977-4500

Trenton
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
140 East Front Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-4605

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)
     If you work in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean or Salem Counties your district office of the EEOC is:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Philadelphia District Office
127 North Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(800) 669-4000

All other counties are served by:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Newark Area Office
1 Newark Center, 21st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 645-6383

BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTERS

Atlantic County
Women’s Center
(609) 646-6767/(800)286-4184

Bergen County
Shelter Our Sisters
(201) 944-9600/(800)677-6789

Burlington County
Providence House
(609) 871-7551

Camden County
SOLACE

(856)227-1234

Cape May County
Coalition Against Rape & Abuse
(609) 522-6489 / (877) 294-2272

Cumberland County
Cumberland County Women’s Center
(856) 691-3713/(800)286-4353

Essex County
Family Violence Project
(973) 484-4446

Gloucester County
People Against Spouse Abuse
(856) 881-3335

Hudson County
Battered Women’s Program
(201) 333-5700

Hunterdon County
Women’s Crisis Services
(908) 788-4044 / (888)988-4033

Mercer County
Womanspace
(609) 394-9000 /( 800) 572-7233

Middlesex County
Women Aware
(732) 249-4504

Monmouth County
Women’s Resources Center
(732) 264-4111 / (888)843-9262

Morris County
Jersey Battered Women’s Services
(973) 267-4763

Ocean County
Domestic Violence Crisis Center
(732) 244-5353

Passaic County
Women’s Center
(973) 881-1450

Salem County
Women’s Services
(856) 935-6655

Somerset County
Resource Center for Women and Their Families
(908) 685-1122

Sussex County
D.A.S.I.
(973) 875-1211

Union County
Project Protect
(908) 355-4357

Warren County
D.A.R.C.C.
(908) 475-8408

ACCREDITED CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL AGENCIES

Atlantic County
Atlantic County Women’s Center
PO Box 311
Northfield, NJ 08225
(609)646-1180

Bergen County
Bergen County Office for Children
21 Main Street
Court Plaza South, Room114W
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201)646-3694

Burlington County
Burlington County CAP
718 South Route 130
Burlington, NJ 08016
(609)267-7674/(609)261-9222

Camden County
Camden County Division for Children
Lakeland Campus
PO Box 88
Blackwood, NJ 08012
(856)374-6376

Cape May County
EIRC-Southern Regional Child Care Resource Center
Social Services Building
4005 Route 9 South
Rio Grande, NJ 08242
(856)886-5164

Cumberland County
Tri-County Child Care Services
10 Washington Street
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856)451-5813

Essex County
Programs for Parents, Inc.
35 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973)297-1114

Gloucester County
Southern Regional Child Care Resource Center/EIRC
606 Delsea Drive
Sewell, NJ 08080
(856)582-8282

Hudson County
Urban League of Hudson County
779 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201)946-7277/(201)946-7472

Hunterdon County
NORWESCAP
63 Main Street, Suite 206
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908)782-8183

Mercer County
Child Care Connection, Inc.
2425 Pennington Road
Trenton, NJ 08638
(609)737-9243/(609)737-2418

Middlesex County
Catholic Charities of Metuchen
295 Barclay Street
Perth Amboy, NJ 08661
(732)826-9160

Monmouth County
Child Care Services
PO Box 190
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732)294-1894

Morris County
Child & Family Resources
855 Route 10 E, Suite 114
Randolph, NJ 07869
(973)927-6060

Ocean County
CHS Child Care
761 River Avenue, Suite B
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732)905-6363/(609)695-6274

Passaic County
North Jersey Community Coordinated
Child Care Agency, Inc.
North Jersey 4C’s
101 Oliver Street
Paterson, NJ 07501
(973)684-1904

Salem County
Tri-County Child Care Services
14 New Market Street
Salem, NJ 08079
(856)935-7950

Somerset County
Catholic Charities of Metuchen
210 W. Camplain Road
Manville, NJ 08835

(908)725-1912

Sussex County
Northwest NJ Community Action Program
NORWESCAP, Inc.
93 Main Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973)383-3461

Union County
Community Coordinated Child Care of Union County
225 Long Avenue
Hillside, NJ 07205
(201)923-1433

Warren County
Northwest NJ Community Action
Program/NORWESCAP, Inc.
PO Box 27
Oxford, NJ 07863
(908)453-2129

WEBSITES

National Women's Health Resource Center's site, with 50 key health topics and "Ask the Expert" column

The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.

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The League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund gratefully acknowledges underwriting of this online Women's Guide by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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