New Jersey Resources

2-1-1 Non-Emergency – Click this link to search the database, or call 211 on your phone to get information and referrals on a variety of services, including: food banks, clothing closets, rental and utility assistance, adult or child day care, transportations services for the disabled, tutoring, adoptions, Meals on Wheels, insurance, interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, job training, and much more.   This site and phone number will also provide emergency information about local problems such as floods and highway closures.

New Jersey Department of Education: Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in New Jersey Schools - The 1999-2008 Commissioner’s Report to the Education Committees of the Senate and General Assembly On Vandalism, Violence, and Substance Abuse In the Public Schools of New Jersey can be accessed here.

NJ Family Policy Council - This organization has published a number of articles on school violence, click here to read them.

NJ Self-Help Group Clearinghouse - Assists people in finding, forming and learning about self-help support groups at local, national and Internet levels. Has toll-free helpine and publishes an annual Self-Help Group Directory, which can be found at most public libraries.

PEI Kids - PEI Kids, a non-profit organization that provides an array of services to children and their families throughout Mercer County, offers several programs about bullying and abuse throughout the school systems in the area including a “No More Bullies, No More Victims” program for grades K-8 and Kids on the Block, an innovative puppet program in which one of the topics is on bullying.

Violence and Vandalism Decreases in NJ Schools - Read the synopsis of the report from the NJ Department of Education at this site.

Violence Institute of NJ -The Violence Institute of New Jersey was established in April 1997 to serve as a multi-pronged organizational resource to assist New Jersey in addressing the unacceptably high rates of violence statewide. The Institute helps to coordinate over 45 violence-related initiatives at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), including clinical, service, and basic and applied research projects.