2010 Flu Shot Schedules - Click
here for the different county flu shot clinic schedules. If none are listed, you can also try the Find
A Flu Shot Now! site.
211
Non-Emergency Helpline - New Jersey residents
in need of health and human services, community resources
and governmental assistance are now just a three-digit
telephone call away form the information they need.
All they have to do is pickup a telephone and dial 2-1-1.
The service is available 24 hours a day, confidential,
multilingual and accessible to the hearing impaired.
2003
Human Services Directory - A
searchable alphabetic directory of public and private
health and human services throughout South Jersey and
Philadelphia. Other areas are represented if they provide
services for Burlington County residents. Links to some
of the organizations are provided.
Agencies
& Organizations of Burlington County, New Jersey
- The Burlington County Library maintains links to local
resources, including community, health, and social services.
Burlington
County Cancer Resources - The New Jersey
Cancer Education and Early Detection Screening Program
(NJCEED) is part of the New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services. NJCEED provides comprehensive screening
services for breast, cervical, prostate, and colorectal
cancer.
Burlington
County Community Resource Directory - A
searchable database of organizations that serve Burlington
County.
Burlington
County Health Department - A
directory of services of the Health Department.
Burlington
County United Way - United Way-funded programs
and services touched the lives of almost 200,000 people
in this community last year. This amounts to almost
one in two Burlington County residents.
Camden
Area Health Education Center - The Camden
AHEC is committed to improving the health of the medically
underserved - the ethnic and culturally diverse, the
aged, the poor, the very young, the unemployed, the
homeless and the uninsured. Particular emphasis is on
providing services in the communities of Camden and
Camden and Burlington Counties. See if they have a program
for you.
Communicable
Disease Program - Communicable Diseases
can be transmitted from person to person or from animal
to person. The Burlington County Health Department’s
Communicable Disease Section provides screening and
testing clinics for communicable diseases. The Communicable
Disease Section also offers immunizations to eligible
children and adults.
Community
Nursing Services - Virtua Home Care - Community
Nursing Services provides services to residents of Burlington
County.
County
Household Hazardous Waste Coordinator -
Find out about recycling issues here, especially for
dangerous materials such as batteries, herbicides, paints,
etc. Select your county from the list at the left of
the page.
Day Care for Older Adults - This list contains both medical and social day care services.
Drenk
Behavioral Health Center - The Lester A.
Drenk Behavioral Health Center (The Drenk Center) is
a private, non-profit organization headquartered in
Hainesport, NJ that provides a wide range of behavioral
health services. Our services reach all 7 southern counties
and span a continuum of mental health services including
crisis programs, in-home services, outpatient, residential
and case management services. We serve 8,000 people
annually. We have programs specifically for kids, adults,
and elderly adults. Our staff is well-trained, experienced
professionals who focus on partnering with consumers
to help consumers reach their goals. We strive to be
creative in how we offer services to make it as easy
as we can for consumers to connect with us. Services
are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Environmental
and Consumer Health - The Environmental
Health Section protects us from contamination of our
food and water, ensures safety where we live, work and
play and obtains “Right to Know” data about
the potential harm of products used in the community
and work place.
Health
Education - The Burlington County Health
Department has recently added a Health Education Section
to serve the educational needs of county residents and
agencies. Resources have been collected and created
to provide up-to-date information to individuals, businesses,
schools, community groups, etc. Health promotion and
educational materials are available free of charge.
Healthy Adolescent Program - This new web site from Burlington County offers teens info on health issues, volunteer positions, jobs, and lots more.
Human
Services - The Human Services Department
funds and monitors programs for human services, mental
health, homeless, alcohol and drug abuse, and the Municipal
Alliance Drug Education Program.
NJ
Division of Mental Health Designated Psychiatric/Crisis
Screening Centers - Contains a listing
by county of the designated psychiatric centers.
NJHelps
- NJHelps is a free and easy way for you to prescreen
for 8 programs that are available to help you and your
family. NJHelps is private, we do not ask who you are
and we do not share your information with anyone. NJHelps
will tell you where to go for help and what to bring
with you, after you have answered all the questions.
Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers - Provides primary healthcare services to local communities, including residents and migrant seasonal farm workers.
Tobacco
Control - Tobacco use is the single most
preventable cause of death and disability in America.
New Jersey is one of four states in the nation recognized
as a “new leader” in tobacco-use prevention.
WIC
- The Women, Infants & Children Program provides
supplemental foods and nutrition education to pregnant,
postpartum, and nursing women and their children.
En Español
Centro de Salud
Conductual Lester A. Drenk - El Centro
Drenk provee una gran variedad de servicios de salud
conductual. Es una organización privada,
sin fines de lucro, establecido con sus sedes principales
en Hainesport, NJ. Sus servicios incluyen: programas
a pacientes en crisis, servicios de consulta domiciliaria,
servicios a pacientes no-internados, y servicios de manejo
de casos. Ofrecen programas especialmente
diseñados para niños, adultos y personas
en edad avanzada. Los servicios están disponibles
las 24 horas del día, todos los días del
año.
Last Updated: January 2010
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